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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

FromThe Things That Made England


Margaret Thatcher

FromThe Things That Made England

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Margaret Thatcher, 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013 was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990. The longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century she was the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the Iron Lady. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. Roifield proposes that her tenure kicks starts English and Scottish nationalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Aug 26, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (55)

An affectionate meandering through the things that make England the way she is – from HP Sauce to the Allottment, Aethelstan to the politics of Queuing. With Luke Baxter, Roifield Brown, David Crowther and Fiona Powell trying to make some sense of it all, though rarely succeeding it might be said. And when you’ve listened, join us on Facebook, vote, and tell us what you think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.