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Thatcher and aide
But it was widely known that Thatcher had largely refused to deal with his severe diabetes and a former aide told reporters that Thatcher's health had been so run down that his death from natural causes surprised few insiders.
* Sir Fergus Montgomery, policitian and former aide to Margaret Thatcher ( 1947-1950 )
" Bleed for Me " also plays in the background of the Dead Kennedys ' song " Kinky Sex ( Makes the World Go ' Round )," in which an aide for the Reagan White House arranges World War III on the phone with Margaret Thatcher, who moans erotically at every new atrocity ; this track may be a reference to the Thatchergate tape.

Thatcher and 1994
Investcorp ’ s new London office at 48 Grosvenor Street was opened by Baroness Thatcher in 1994.
In 1994 Palumbo demolished the Mappin & Webb building in London and replaced it with No 1 Poultry, which was opened by Thatcher.
Tracking Down Maggie is a 1994 documentary film by Nick Broomfield about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
He was also prominent in the Arts world, as one of the Directors of the Royal Opera House 1958 – 1982, a Governor of the Royal Ballet 1960 – 1994 ( Chairman of the Board after 1985 ), and Vice-chairman of the BBC 1975 – 1980, being vetoed as Chairman by Margaret Thatcher.
Wainwright founded the Popular Planning Unit of the Greater London Council during the Thatcher years, and was convenor of the new economics working group of the Helsinki Citizens ’ Assembly from 1989 to 1994.

Thatcher and video
It was " a highly effective means of lobbying the Thatcher government to introduce tight state controls on the burgeoning video industry ".
The music video for " Land of Confusion ", a song that appeared on the band's 1986 album Invisible Touch, contained Spitting Image puppets of Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and other people.
She also provided the voice of Dr. Sheila Thatcher in the video game Star Trek: Away Team.

Thatcher and Royal
The British press also changed its coverage at the end of 1988, following a speech by Margaret Thatcher to the Royal Society advocating action against human-induced climate change.
He opposed the privatisation of the Royal Ordnance Factories in 1984, in 1986 he criticised the Thatcher government for allowing the United States to bomb Libya from UK bases, and in 1987 he campaigned against the loss of trade union rights by workers at GCHQ.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family were the most prominent targets.
Thatcher went from the conference to visit the injured at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
89001, which was officially named Avocet by the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 16 January 1989 at Sandy, Bedfordshire-the home of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( whose logo is an Avocet ).
U. S. President Ronald Reagan delivers an address to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1988 ; first lady Nancy Reagan and U. K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are at right
She had a recurring role in the TV series Due South as Inspector Margaret " Meg " Thatcher of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1995 through 1999.
M receives word that a terrorist organisation known as BAST ( Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terrorism ) is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit scheduled a year hence between American President George H. W. Bush, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Russian Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
Margaret Thatcher credits Tickell for persuading her to make a speech on global climate change to the Royal Society in September 1988 ( though the speech was written by Thatcher and George Guise ).
This was because he was unable to accept the reductions in the strength of the Royal Navy proposed by Mrs Thatcher and then Secretary of State for Defence, John Nott.
Quinlan Terry designed the external envelope of New Margaret Thatcher Infirmary at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with Steffian Bradley Architects as the lead consultant and planners for the building ; a new Georgian Theatre for Downing College Cambridge ; new offices, retail & residential development at 264-267 Tottenham Court Road, London ; offices & retail at 22 Baker Street, London ; Queen Mother Square, Poundbury.
As of 2012, the Thatcher Baronetcy is the last hereditary title to be granted to someone outside the British Royal Family.
The Order currently includes two former British Prime Ministers, Lady Thatcher and Sir John Major, as well as numerous British government ministers and senior members of the Royal Household.
Aetna Americaplatz at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks: Musikfest 2012 Opening Ceremonies, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sena Ehrnhardt, The Burrows, Forward Motion, The Blues Brotherhood, Draw the Line, Homemade Jamz, 2U, The Difference, B-Street, MarchFourth Marching Band, Tusk, The Killdares, Live Wire, The Chris Beard Band, Chris Watson Band, The Aardvarks, Eric Steckel, and the Craig Thatcher Band

Thatcher and ,"
Although Major proved " a great disappointment to Thatcher ," he was her preferred choice as successor as she expected to " continue in control of the country as a backseat driver ".
Fruit of the Lemon, set in England and Jamaica in the Thatcher era, " explores the notion of home, and how it differs for the formerly colonized and their descendants ," as the New York Times noted: " Though Levy writes specifically about black Jamaican Britons and their struggles to be acknowledged as full members of the larger society, her novel illuminates the general situation facing all children of postcolonial immigrants across the West, from the banlieue of France to the Islamic neighborhoods of New York to the Hispanic ghettos of Los Angeles.
It is the most performed of all his plays and inspired British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to declaim, " You turn if you want tothe lady ’ s not for turning ," at the Conservative Party conference in 1980.
Some of the band's artworks have proved controversial, such as the cover of " Sanctuary ," in which Eddie can be seen standing over the corpse of Margaret Thatcher.
Vander Jagt was described by President Nixon as " the best public speaker in America ," a sentiment echoed by the producer of the Homebuilder's Convention: " I've been doing this for 26 years and have worked with Colin Powell, Margaret Thatcher and George Bush and many other greats and Vander Jagt was by far the best speaker we ever had.
While at the " Summer White House ," Bush hosted world leaders including Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev for informal and private meetings.

Thatcher and claimed
Thatcher herself claimed philosophical inspiration from the works of Burke and Friedrich Hayek for her defence of liberal economics.
Thatcher had claimed nuclear weapons were our defence " of last resort ".
It has been claimed that Margaret Thatcher threatened nuclear retaliation against Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War.
William Thatcher, the lead character in the 2001 film A Knight's Tale played by Heath Ledger claimed to be Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein from Gelderland so as to appear to be of noble birth and thus qualify to participate in jousting.
Thatcher also claimed that the 1981 budget, which increased taxes during the recession and was criticised by 364 economists, had been devised by Walters.
Milton Friedman claimed that " the thing that people do not recognise is that Margaret Thatcher is not in terms of belief a Tory.
During the trip Lynch claimed in an interview with the Washington Post that a five-kilometer air corridor between the border was agreed upon during the meeting with Thatcher to enhance security co-operation This was something highly unsavoury to many in Fianna Fáil.
In addition during the trip Lynch claimed in an interview with the Washington Post that a five-kilometre air corridor between the border was agreed upon during the meeting with Thatcher to enhance security co-operation This was something highly unsavoury to many in Fianna Fáil.
He has admiration for former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and believes she was betrayed by her own party when she was forced out of Downing Street, and in 1997 claimed that the Referendum Party had " more integrity than the whole of the other political parties put together.
'" When asked which individual he most despised, Hoskins named Tony Blair and claimed that " he's done even more damage than Thatcher ".
On 19 July 1984, Thatcher said in the House of Commons that giving in to the miners would be surrendering the rule of parliamentary democracy to the rule of the mob ; she referred to the striking miners as " the enemy within " and claimed they did not share the values of other British people.
Soviet miners who sent money to the NUM would not have been able to obtain convertible currency without the support of the Government of the Soviet Union and Thatcher claimed to have seen documentary evidence that suggests that Soviet-leader Mikhail Gorbachev authorised these payments.
Despite this, it has been claimed that the market orientation of the Thatcher government prejudiced it against Whitehouse in private.
Parkinson also published his memoirs in 1992, in which he claimed that, with a determined campaign, Thatcher would have won the second ballot of the Conservative Leadership election in 1990 – which her Cabinet had warned her she would lose and persuaded her to stand down.
Heseltine was angry and claimed a meeting on Westland had been cancelled but Thatcher argued that no such meeting had ever been scheduled.
His death shocked the Saskatchewan public and his daughter-in-law JoAnn Thatcher later claimed she suspected the death was a suicide.
It protests against what it claimed was the obedience of the United Kingdom under Margaret Thatcher to United States interests.
The group claimed to have a " country-wide network of Conservative office-holders and activists " and claimed credit for canvassing for Margaret Thatcher in her constituency for the 1979 General Election.
In 1984 appeared his book The Two Cities in which he claimed that Thatcher could see " everything in black and white the universe I inhabit is made up of many shades of grey ".
In Equatorial Guinea in June 2008, Simon Mann claimed during his trial testimony that Thatcher, then resident in Spain, " was not just an investor, he came completely on board and became a part of the management team " of the coup plot.
Among the advance guard was Nick du Toit who claimed that he had been introduced to Thatcher by Mann.
The Liberals, led by Ross Thatcher of Moose Jaw, claimed that Pederson's promise of land payments was tantamount to bribery.
California Pacific now claimed rights over the Teva name and patent, stating that Thatcher was merely an employee of their company.

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