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Thatcher 'considered arming police' during 1981 riots
BBC News By Sanchia Berg Today, BBC Radio 4 Margaret Thatcher considered arming the police during the riots of 1981, newly-released National Archives files have shown. These were the worst civil disturbances in England since 1919, according to contemporary … Abandon Liverpool – secret papers reveal Tories' 1981 advice to Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher defied her Cabinet to order Trident Bid to end hunger strikes revealed |




