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Staravoitova, Galina, 513

State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS), 573

States of Emergency: (1970), 197–8; (1972), 217, 222; (1973), 230; possibility in 1979, 426

Steel, David, 150, 326, 408, 445

Steering Committee of Shadow Cabinet, 242, 264, 267, 427–9

Stephenson, Beatrice, see Roberts

‘Stepping Stones’ initiative, 420–3

sterling: crisis (March 1976), 312, 315; crisis (September 1976), 315; ERM, 477, 485–7, 501, 570; withdrawal from ERM, 492–4

Stewart, James, 14

Stockton Lecture, 317–18

Stockton-on-Tees constituency, 118

Stormont, 328

Strachey, John, 28

Stradling Thomas, John, 433

Strategic Defence Initiative, 367

Strauss, Franz Josef, 347

Strauss, Norman, 420–1

strikes: miners (1972), 188, 201, 205, 213, 216–18; miners (1974), 192, 200, 201, 437; miners (1984–85), 216, 217, 575; dock (1972), 222; Ford workers (1978), 413, 415; (1978–79), 289, 394–5, 413–14, 419–20, 428

student unions, 185–7, 189

subsidiarity, 482

Suez crisis (1956), 87–91

Sumner, Donald, 85

Sunley, Jonathan, 526n

Supplementary Benefit, 120

supply side revolution, 575

‘Swinging Britain’, 153

Swinton, Lord, 291

Swinton College, 75

Switzerland, political structure, 523

Syria: Yom Kippur War (1973), 372–3; MT’s visit (1976), 373, 376–8

Taiwan: US defence, 521; economy, 584, 588

Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de, 10

Tanzania, economy, 589

taxation: postwar income tax, 70; Conservative policy (1960s), 115, 116; income tax increases, 115, 116; Selective Employment Tax, 138–9; debate (1966), 140; Labour policy, 160, 605; income tax reduction (1970), 203; corporation tax reduction (1971), 203; mortgage tax relief, 244, 245, 564; business tax cuts, 265; income tax increases (1975), 300; child allowances, 564; income tax cuts (1979, 1984, 1988), 571; corporation tax changes (1984), 571; increases, 573; EC comparison, 574

Taylor, Sir Teddy, 325–6, 460

Te Kanawa, Kiri, 144

teachers: training, 176–8, 190, 192, 245; pay, 227; transfer of salaries, 248

television: commercial, 86; general election (1959), 100; early closedown (1973), 231

Thatcher, Carol: birth, 80; childhood, 81–2, 99, 101, 102–6; education, 106, 138, 185, 280, 309; career, 280, 309, 388; MT’s leadership election, 280; Zurich (1977), 318; on kibbutz, 379–80; China (1977), 388; general election campaign (1979), 456

Thatcher, Denis: wedding, 11, 76; on 1945 election, 43; work, 65, 76, 96, 97, 103, 138, 271, 309; meets Margaret Roberts, 65–6; engagement, 66–7, 74; married life, 76–7, 78, 103–5; holidays, 78, 99, 105–6; fatherhood, 80, 103; MT’s career, 85, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101, 137, 182, 266; Suez crisis, 88–9; Rolls-Royce analysis, 206; EC entry celebrations, 211; winter (1973–74), 232–3; MT’s leadership campaign, 266, 277, 280; quoted, 361; impressed by Reagan, 372; daughter on kibbutz, 379–80; winter of discontent, 427; general election campaign (1979), 442, 450, 456, 460; MT’s departure from Downing St, 465; fortieth wedding anniversary, 480; baronetcy, 488

Thatcher, Margaret (nee Roberts): upbringing in Grantham, 3–34; schooling, 17– 19, 33–4; Oxford, 35–60; employment, 61–2, 67, 74; Dartford candidate, 63–75; marriage, 76–9; legal studies, 78–9, 81, 83–4; twins, 80–3; tax law, 83–4; Selection Committees, 93–6; Finchley, 95–101; family life, 102–7; arrival at Westminster, 107–9; Private Member’s Bill, 109–13; maiden speech, 112–13; Ministry of Pensions, 119– 25; Shadow spokesman on Housing and Land, 136; Shadow Treasury spokesman, 137; Shadow spokesman on Fuel and Power, 142–3; Shadow Cabinet, 142, 143–50, 156; Shadow Transport, 143; ‘What’s Wrong With Politics?’ CPC lecture, 147–9, 255; US visit (1967), 153–4; USSR visit (1969), 154–6; Shadow Education and Science, 156–60; Education Secretary, 163–93; in Heath’s Cabinet, 194–235; general election (February 1974), 235–9; Shadow Environment spokesman, 240–1; housing policy group, 242–50; Party Political Broadcast (1974), 247; manifesto (October 1974), 248–50; general election (October 1974), 257–61; leadership campaign, 266–80; leadership election, 279–81; forms Shadow Cabinet, 282–91, 310; Leader’s office, 293–4, 309; Blackpool Conference speech (1975), 305–9; Shadow Cabinet reshuffle (1976), 310; devolution issue, 321–6; Europe, 330– 48; East-West, 348–72; Middle East, 372–83; Asia and the Far East, 383–91; ‘Iron Lady’, 362, 370, 470; relationship with foreign dictators, 392–3; Leader of the Opposition, 394–433; general election (1979), 435–61; Prime Minister, see The Downing Street Years; departure from Downing Street, 465–6; Bruges speech (1988), 473, 487, 506–7; Washington speech (1991), 475–7; life peerage, 488; Hague speech (1992), 488–91, 609–25; House of Lords maiden speech, 491–2; CNN conference speech (1992), 492–3

appearance: dress, 13, 71, 74, 94–5, 96, 97, 107, 118, 119, 295, 443; jewellery, 103–4; 37, 295; voice, 295–6, 457–8;

family: children, 80–2, 99, 101, 102–7; holidays, 15, 78, 99, 105–6, 248, 304; homes, 4, 62, 67, 74, 76, 102–3, 138, 309, 465; nannies, 81, 94, 103; wife and mother role, 80–2, 94

interests: antique furniture, 103–4; cinema, 14–15; interior decorating, 138; music, 9, 38–9, 66, 77; porcelain, 104, 156; reading, 7, 8, 28–30, 50–2, 56–9, 84–5, 113, 309–10; silver, 103

religion, 5–6, 8–11, 37, 39–40, 105, 554–6, 565, 603

woman in politics, 63, 64, 71, 72, 94, 117, 144, 157, 163, 261

Thatcher, Mark: birth, 80; childhood, 81–2, 99, 101, 102–7; education, 106, 138, 280, 309; election campaign (1974), 238; career, 280, 309; MT’s leadership election, 280; lost in desert, 384; MT’s departure from Downing Street, 465

Thatcher Foundation, 469, 602

Thatcherism, 115

Theosophy, 7

Thomas, Harvey, 441, 458

Thomas, Hugh, Lord, 347, 442

Thomas, J.P L., 65

Thomas, Peter, 144, 202, 285

Thorndike, Sybil, 76, 211

Thorneycroft, Peter: Oxford debate, 48; resignation (1958), 92; MT’s adoption, 98; Party Chairman, 290, 291–2; Heath’s role, 416; The Right Approach to the Economy, 419; ‘Stepping Stones’, 421, 422–3; winter of discontent, 427; election campaign (1979), 440, 442–3, 444, 447, 450–1, 453, 456, 458

Thorpe, Jeremy, 239, 431

three-day working week, 231–2, 311, 414

Tibet: Chinese policies, 530; science and technology, 579