History of England 1-6

Thatcher, Margaret: education secretary, ref1, ref2; secret ballot suggestion, ref1; on Callaghan, ref1; election victory (1979), ref1, ref2; background, ref1; parliamentary career, ref1; monetarism, ref1, ref2; Conservative leadership election (1975), ref1; prime minister (1979), ref1; attitude to EEC, ref1, ref2; vision of Conservatism, ref1; appearance, ref1; economic policy, ref1; no U-turn, ref1; ‘right to buy’ for council tenants, ref1; union reform plans, ref1; taxation policy, ref1; Falklands war, ref1, ref2; character, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; election victory (1983), ref1; privatization, ref1, ref2; miners’ strike (1984–5), ref1; Brighton bombing (1984), ref1; Irish negotiations, ref1; relationship with Reagan, ref1, ref2; view of Gorbachev, ref1; attitude of artists to her, ref1, ref2; called a fascist, ref1; unpopularity, ref1, ref2, ref3; regime, ref1, ref2; Single European Act (1985), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; election victory (1987), ref1, ref2, ref3; relationship with Delors, ref1; Bruges speech (1988), ref1, ref2, ref3; ‘popular capitalism’, ref1; local council-rates reform (community charge), ref1; ERM debate, ref1; challenge to leadership, ref1; ERM entry, ref1, ref2; Howe’s resignation speech, ref1, ref2; Heseltine’s leadership challenge, ref1, ref2; community charge protests, ref1; resignation, ref1; response to Maastricht, ref1; on Black Wednesday, ref1; relationship with Major, ref1, ref2; on pit closures, ref1; effect of democratizing unions, ref1

theatre: Look Back in Anger, ref1; Joe Orton’s plays, ref1; Pinter’s plays, ref1; Stoppard’s plays, ref1; Shaffer’s plays, ref1; Blasted scandal, ref1; Nineties resurgence, ref1

think tanks, ref1

Thompson, E. P., ref1

Thompson, F. M. L., ref1

Thorpe, Jeremy, ref1, ref2

Till Death Us Do Part (TV series), ref1, ref2

Times, The: on death of Victoria, ref1; on wealth redistribution, ref1; supports Tariff Reform, ref1; on motor cars, ref1; on strikes, ref1; on Allied retreat, ref1; munitions campaign, ref1; content, ref1; on 1929, ref2; on death of George V, ref1; editors, ref1, ref2; on riots, ref1; serializes Cook memoir, ref1

Tirpitz, Admiral, ref1

Tiso, Jozef, ref1

Titmuss, Richard L., ref1

Tolkien, J. R. R., ref1, ref2; The Lord of the Rings, ref1

Town Planning Act (1909), ref1

Townshend, Pete, ref1

Toynbee, Arnold, ref1

Trade Boards Bill, ref1

Trade Disputes Acts: (1906), ref1; (1966), ref1

Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act (1927), ref1, ref2

trade unions: flourishing, ref1; membership, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Labour party, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; legislation, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; strikes (1910–14), ref1; status of women, ref1, ref2; wartime concessions, ref1; general strike (1926), ref1; political levy abolished, ref1; working hours, ref1; campaign for paid holidays, ref1; ‘In Place of Strife’ (1969), ref1, ref2; Heath’s policies, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Industrial Relations Act (1971), ref1, ref2; Social Contract, ref1, ref2, ref3; ‘free collective bargaining’ for wages, ref1; print unions, ref1; ‘Winter of Discontent’ (1978–9), ref1; English tradition, ref1; rivalry between, ref1; Thatcher’s policies, ref1, ref2; Blair’s policies, ref1

Trades Union Congress (TUC): miners’ strike (1925–6), ref1; general strike (1926), ref1; Heath’s view of, ref1; rejects Industrial Relations Bill, ref1; mining industry issues, ref1, ref2; Social Contract, ref1; Delors speech (1988), ref1; manufacturing closures, ref1

transport: commuting, ref1, ref2; trams, ref1, ref2, ref3; buses, ref1, ref2, ref3; trains, ref1, ref2, ref3; motor cars, ref1, ref2; bicycles, ref1, ref2; speeding, ref1; electric trolley buses, ref1

Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU), ref1, ref2, ref3

Tredegar Medical Aid Society, ref1, ref2

Tribune, ref1

Trimble, David, ref1

Triple Alliance, ref1, ref2, ref3

Turing, Alan, ref1

Twiggy (Lesley Hornby), ref1, ref2

2i club, The, ref1

U-boats, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Ugandan Asians: passports, ref1; expelled by Idi Amin, ref1; arrival in Britain, ref1

UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party), ref1

Ukraine: NKVD killings, ref1; famine, ref1

Ulster: four Protestant-majority counties, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; six counties, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Ulster Unionist Council, ref1

Ulster Unionists: leader, ref1; relationship with Conservative party, ref1, ref2; opposition to Irish Home Rule, ref1, ref2; importing arms, ref1, ref2; living under Dublin administration, ref1; recognize Belfast parliament, ref1; remaining in UK as ‘Northern Ireland’, ref1; Good Friday Agreement (1998), ref1

Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), ref1, ref2

Ultra code, ref1

Unemployed Workmen Act (1903), ref1

unemployment: fear of, ref1; consequences of, ref1, ref2; blamed on women, ref1; after WWI, ref1; Twenties, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; benefits, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Thirties, ref1, ref2; means test, ref1; violence, ref1; suicides, ref1; in Jarrow, ref1; in 1980, ref2; in black communities, ref1; predictions (1988), ref1

Unemployment Act (1934), ref1