Tag: Baroness Thatcher

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 17:59 UTC

  UK first female prime minister and uncompromisingly conservative Iron Lady

  

  Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, liberator of the Falklands and uncompromisingly conservative “Iron Lady” of the 1980s died on Monday following a stroke at the age of 87.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 14:42 UTC

  Iron Lady will receive ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul’s Cathedral

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron’s office announced that Lady Thatcher who died on Monday will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul’s Cathedral. No date has been given and further details will be released over the next few days. However on her family’s wishes it will not be a full state funeral.

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 03:18 UTC

  Thatcher was warned about risks of Navy cuts a year before the Falklands conflict

  

  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was warned about the risks in slashing Britain's navy, a year before the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, secret files released Friday showed.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 21:57 UTC

  Preparations for Falklands’ war victory to be celebrated thirty years on

  

  Plans are being drawn up for celebrations to mark next year's 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, reports Wednesday the Evening Standard. The UK Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office and Falkland Islands government are working on how best to commemorate the 1982 conflict with Argentina.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:39 UTC

  Thatcher and Falklands’ military campaign invoked by US presidential hopeful

  

  A United States congresswoman running a surprising strong campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has compared herself to ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a foreign policy speech aimed in part at convincing US veterans that she would make a strong commander in chief.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 08:26 UTC

  MPs criticize “offensive” comedy on Lady Thatcher and ‘Falklands’ obsession’

  

  A new “grossly offensive” comedy on Channel 4 portraying Lady Thatcher as a sex-starved Falklands War obsessive, and mocking her frail mental health, has been criticised by MP's.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 21:03 UTC

  Streep/Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’, promises to be a win-win blend

  

  The first trailer for “The Iron Lady” has been released giving a glimpse of Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and from the looks of it the Oscar winning actress might have what it takes to convince audiences that she can step into the Baroness' shoes.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 19:13 UTC

  When Falklands and the World Cup 1982 nerve-wracked the Foreign Office

  

  According to recently released document the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wanted Scotland to crash out of the 1982 World Cup in Spain in an attempt to avoid a diplomatic headache over the Falklands conflict.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 19:00 UTC

  Statue of President Reagan, crucial ally of Mrs Thatcher, unveiled in London

  

  A statue of former US President Ronald Reagan has been unveiled at a ceremony outside the American embassy in central London. The invited guests include former UK Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher - who was a close ally of Reagan when they were both in power in the 1980s.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 02:56 UTC

  Memorial service for Admiral of the Fleet who was decisive for the Falkland’s recovery

  

  Representatives from the United Kingdom top echelon of the armed forces and Falklands’ representative in London were among 800 people who attended a memorial service in Hampshire for Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach