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| 15 December | Mr and Mrs Gorbachev visited Chequers. |
| 19 December | China: MT signed Hong Kong agreement in Peking. |
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| 1985 | |
| 20 February | MT visited Washington and addressed a joint session of Congress. |
| 5 March | Miners returned to work. |
| 11 March | USSR: Mr Gorbachev new Soviet leader. MT visited Moscow for Chernenko’s funeral. |
| 4 April | MT began eleven-day tour of Far East. |
| 2 May | Bonn G7 summit opened. |
| 2 September | Reshuffle. Peter Rees, Patrick Jenkin and Lord Gowrie left the Government. Norman Tebbit new Party Chairman. Leon Brittan to DTI, Douglas Hurd to Home Office. Kenneth Clarke, John MacGregor and Kenneth Baker all joined the Cabinet. |
| 9 September | Handsworth riots (continued 10 September). Brixton 28 September. |
| 16–19 September | MT toured Egypt and Jordan. |
| 25 September | Plaza Accord to reduce value of the dollar. |
| 6–7 October | Broadwater Farm riot. |
| 16–23 October | Nassau CHOGM: arguments about South Africa. |
| 24 October | MT and President Reagan addressed UN General Assembly. |
| 15 November | MT signed Anglo-Irish Agreement at Hillsborough. |
| 3 December | Luxemburg European Council. |
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| 1986 | |
| 9 January | Westland: Michael Heseltine resigned. |
| 24 January | Westland: Leon Brittan resigned. |
| 28 January | Publication of Community Charge Green Paper. |
| 15 April | US raid on Libya. |
| 3–6 May | MT visited South Korea and attended Tokyo G7 summit. |
| 21 May | Reshuffle. Keith Joseph resigned. Kenneth Baker replaced him as Education Secretary. |
| 24–27 May | MT visited Israel. |
| 3 August | Special London Commonwealth summit on South Africa. |
| 24 October | Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Syria following Hindawi affair. |
| 15–16 November | MT visited Camp David, following Reykjavik summit. |
| 5 December | London European Council. |
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| 1987 | |
| 22 February | Louvre Accord to stabilize the dollar. |
| 28 March | USSR: MT began five-day tour (ended 2 April). |
| 8 June | Venice G7 summit opened. |
| 11 June | General election: Conservative majority of 102. |
| 17 June | USA: MT visited President Reagan in Washington. |
| 6 October | Conservative Conference led to abandonment of decision to phase in community charge (dual running). |
| 13 October | Vancouver CHOGM. |
| 19 October | ‘Black Monday’. |
| 8 November | Enniskillen bomb killed eleven, injured sixty. |
| 7 December | MT held talks with Mr Gorbachev at Brize Norton. |
| 8 December | INF Treaty signed in Washington. |
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| 1988 | |
| 4–8 January | MT toured Africa. |
| 10 January | Lord Whitelaw resigned due to ill-health. |
| 7 March | Sterling ‘uncapped’. |
| 15 March | 1988 budget. Standard rate of income tax cut to 25 per cent, top rate to 40 per cent. |
| March | NATO summit in Brussels. |
| 6–8 April | MT visited Turkey. |
| 18 April | Michael Mates’s amendment to band community charge defeated. |
| 21 May | MT spoke to General Assembly of Church of Scotland. |
| 2 June | Interest rates increased from low of 7.5 per cent to 8 per cent. |
| 19–21 June | Toronto G7 summit. |
| 17 July | Alan Walters’s return as economic adviser to MT announced. |
| 25 July | Reshuffle. DHSS split between Kenneth Clarke and John Moore. |
| 30 July | MT began eleven-day tour of the Far East and Australia. |
| 20 August | IRA bomb at Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone. MT cut short Cornish holiday. |
| 20 September | Bruges speech. |
| 2 November | MT began three-day visit to Poland. |
| 8 November | USA: George Bush elected President. |
| 17 November | MT visited Washington: farewell to President Reagan and talks with President Bush. |
| 21 December | Lockerbie bombing. |
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| 1989 | |
| 31 January | Publication of NHS White Paper. |
| 27 March | MT began six-day visit to Africa. |
| 1 April | MT visited Namibia. |
| 5 April | Mr Gorbachev began a three-day visit to UK. |
| 29–30 May | NATO fortieth anniversary summit in Brussels. |
| 3 June | China: Tiananmen Square massacre. |
| 26 June | Madrid European Council. |
| 14–16 July | French Revolution Bicentennial and Paris G7 summit. |
| 24 July | Reshuffle: John Moore, Paul Channon, Lord Young and George Younger left the Government. Geoffrey Howe from FCO to Lord President and Leader HC. John Major succeeded him at FCO. |
| 19–22 September | MT visited Japan. |
| 18–24 October | Kuala Lumpur CHOGM. |
| 26 October | Nigel Lawson resigned. John Major replaced him as Chancellor and Douglas Hurd became Foreign Secretary. |
| 9 November | East Germany announced opening of its border with West Germany. Demolition of Berlin Wall began 10 November. |
| 5 December | MT defeated Sir Anthony Meyer in leadership election 314:33. Twenty-seven abstained. |
| 10 December | Czechoslovakia: end of communist rule. |
| 22 December | Romania: Ceauşescu overthrown. |
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| 1990 | |
| 2 February | South Africa: President de Klerk announced unbanning of ANC. Nelson Mandela released 11 February. |
| 31 March | Trafalgar Square riot. |
| 24–25 April | MT visited Turkey on seventy-fifth anniversary of Gallipoli landings. |
| 6 July | NATO summit in London. |
| 9 July | Houston G7 summit. |
| 14 July | Nick Ridley resigned. |
| 30 July | IRA murdered Ian Gow. |
| 2 August | Gulf: Iraq invaded Kuwait. MT held talks in Aspen, Colorado with President Bush. |
| 17–19 September | MT visited Czechoslovakia and Hungary. |
| 3 October | German reunification. |
| 27–28 October | Rome European Council. |
| 1 November | Geoffrey Howe resigned. |
| 19–21 November | CSCE summit in Paris. |
| 20 November | Conservative leadership first ballot: MT 204, Heseltine 152, 16 abstentions. |
| 22 November | MT announced decision not to contest second ballot. Final speech to the Commons as Prime Minister. |
| 28 November | MT resigned as Prime Minister. |
| ABM | Anti-Ballistic Missile |
| ACAS | Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service |
| ANC | African National Congress |
| AUEW | Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers |
| BL | British Leyland (later Rover Group) |
| BMD | Ballistic Missile Defence |
| BR | British Rail |
| BSC | British Steel Corporation |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
| CEGB | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| CFCs | Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFE | Conventional Forces in Europe |
| CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| CND | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| CPRS | Central Policy Review Staff |
| CPS | Centre for Policy Studies |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| DES | Department of Education and Science |
| DHA | District Health Authority |
| DHSS | Department of Health and Social Security (divided from 1988) |
| DoE | Department of the Environment |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
| DUP | Democratic Unionist Party |
| E | Economic Committee of the Cabinet |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Community |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice |
| ECST | European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism |
| Ecu | European Currency Unit |
| EFL | External Financing Limit |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EMS | European Monetary System |
| EMU | Economic and Monetary Union |
| EPG | Eminent Persons Group (sent to South Africa) |
| ERM | Exchange Rate Mechanism (of the EMS) |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FSBR | Financial Statement and Budget Report (‘the Red Book’) |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GLC | Greater London Council |
| GM | General Motors |
| GM school | Grant-Maintained school |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| H | Home Affairs Committee of the Cabinet |
| HAT | Housing Action Trust |
| HMI | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate (of schools) |
| IDU | International Democratic Union |
| IEA | Institute of Economic Affairs |
| IGC | Inter-Governmental Conference |
| ILEA | Inner London Education Authority |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INF | Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces |
| INLA | Irish National Liberation Army |
| IRA | Irish Republican Army |
| ISTC | Iron and Steel Trades Confederation |
| LEA | Local Education Authority |
| MCAs | Monetary compensation amounts |
| MEZ | Maritime Exclusion Zone |
| MIRVs | Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles |
| MLR | Minimum Lending Rate |
| MNF | Multi-National Force |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MSC | Manpower Services Commission |
| MTFS | Medium Term Financial Strategy |
| Mo | Monetary base |
| £M3 | Sterling M3 |
| NACODS | National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers |
| NADs | National Armaments Directors |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCB | National Coal Board (later British Coal) |
| NDLS | National Dock Labour Scheme |
| NEB | National Enterprise Board |
| NEDC | National Economic Development Council (‘Neddy’) |
| NGA | National Graphical Association |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NIO | Northern Ireland Office |
| NUM | National Union of Mineworkers |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OD | Overseas and Defence Committee of the Cabinet |
| OD(SA) | Sub-committee of which ran the Falklands War |
| OECS | Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OUP | Official Unionist Party |
| PLO | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| PPS | Parliamentary Private Secretary |
| PSBR | Public Sector Borrowing Requirement |
| PSDR | Public Sector Debt Repayment |
| RPI | Retail Price Index |
| RUC | Royal Ulster Constabulary |
| SALT | Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty |
| SAS | Special Air Service |
| SDLP | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| SDP | Social Democratic Party |
| SDI | Strategic Defence Initiative |
| SLCM | Sea-launched Cruise Missile |
| SNF | Short-range Nuclear Forces |
| SSA | Standard Spending Assessment |
| START | Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
| TASM | Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile |
| TEZ | Total Exclusion Zone |
| TGWU | Transport and General Workers’ Union |
| TUC | Trades Union Congress |
| UDR | Ulster Defence Regiment |
| UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| WEU | Western European Union |
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