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...Margaret Thatcher complained of what her successors would describe as a “blob”; when she suspected civil servants of not being “one of us”, she meant not supporting her agenda....
...Cyril E Arney Houston, TX, US...
...“I want my money back,” he said, quoting former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who in the early 1980s demanded that the EU reimburse Britain for its contributions. “I’ll get it back,” he added....
...And this is something that every government has done going all the way back to Thatcher or beyond, well then, well beyond Thatcher. So it’s been a time-honoured frustration for ministers....
...The many civil servants Margaret Thatcher sent to Brussels to design the single market can be re-employed destroying it....
...Ambulance response times and waits in A&E departments in England are at record levels, with help taking, on average, more than 90 minutes to arrive even to suspected heart attack and stroke victims....
...And I think this goes to a broader point than the strikes, which is if you’re saying Britain is broken, the NHS is in, you know, A&E, well, how are you gonna get it out?...
...Happily, the Frelimo slogan did go on to say: “Victoria e Cerba!”....
...flagship store, which is set over four floors of a grand 18th-century building on historic Broad Street, began as an academic retailer, and has sold university reading materials to everyone from Margaret Thatcher...
...The “Thatcher cure” hasn’t worked. The Brexiteers’ goal of making the UK “Singapore-on-Thames” is a delusion based on a profound misunderstanding of Singapore....
...Thatcher Wine curates book collections to furnish the homes of clients, including Gwyneth Paltrow....
...The film evokes the manic creativity of these young outsiders of the Thatcher era: poverty-stricken and stranded in a hostile decade. “That was one of the things I found so refreshing....
...Thatcher never dared take on the NHS, though she did buy private health insurance....
...The problem of e-waste Aleksandra Wisniewska E-waste is the fastest-growing element of the world’s domestic waste stream....
...These leaders have buried Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Coronavirus has also now caused a still more dramatic return of government than the financial crisis....
...When Margaret Thatcher cut the ribbon on the new Crittal Windows headquarters in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 — one of her last acts as UK prime minister — few would have foreseen that the huge facility would...
...While there were successes like the Mini and the E-Type Jaguar, quality was poor and production was plagued by strikes....
...Dr James E Dodd Chairman, The Witness Corporation,London SW1, UK Letter in response to this letter: Science should not be isolated from the arts / From John Ure, University of Hong Kong...
...She evoked the spirit of former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher and promised defence would sit at the heart of “the prosperity agenda”. She urged the armed forces to “buy British”....
...And it’s possible that the trade war or fears of a no-deal Brexit will intensify: the idea that governments should provide stability for business (a view shared by both Lady Thatcher and New Labour) died...
...But when you look at people's actual lived experiences, i.e. after they've paid their rent or their mortgage, we are more unequal than that would suggest....
...philip.stephens@ft.com Letter in response to this column: If anything, Brits are full of ‘energy and purpose’ / From Gordon Bonnyman, Frant, E Sussex, UK...
...surprising, bordering on the eccentric — Walt Disney and Coco Chanel are “The Founders”; Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein “The Geniuses”; William Tweed, the corrupt Tammany Hall boss, and Margaret Thatcher...
...He produces a baseball cap with a starred “E”. “We never had a logo until now,” he says disbelievingly. “Elton’s been around for nearly 50 years.”...
...If not, Switzerland will continue to lose the immortal parts of its soul, i.e. its reputation....
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