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Margaret hilda thatcher, baroness thatcher, lg, om, pc, frs nee roberts was a british politician who served as prime minister of the united kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the conservative party from 1975 to 1990. Share with your friends the best quotes from the downing street years. Nothing remains more vividly in my mind, looking back on my years in 10 downing street, than the eleven weeks in the spring of 1982 when britain fought and won the falklands war. This book is an autobiography written by thatcher herself in 1995, in which she explains her ideology and justifies her government policies, led from 1979 to 1990. Pdf the downing street years download full pdf book download. The downing street years is a memoir by former prime minister of the united kingdom margaret thatcher covering her premiership 19791990. A history of the eleven years which thatcher spent as prime minister of the uk.
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