Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher?
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Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher?
John Major
| The Right Honourable Sir John Major KG CH | |
|---|---|
| Deputy | Michael Heseltine (1995–1997) |
| Preceded by | Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Tony Blair |
| Leader of the Opposition |
Who is Iron Lady of Tamilnadu?
| J. Jayalalithaa | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 February 1948 Melukote, Mysore State, Dominion of India (present day Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 5 December 2016 (aged 68) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Cause of death | Cardiac Arrest |
Why did Brezhnev give Thatcher the nickname ‘the mother of communism’?
The Soviets gave her this nickname because of her hardline stance against Communism. Thatcher was not given the moniker by Brezhnev, rather it was used by Captain Yuri Gavrilov in the Soviet newspaper Red Star as a response to a speech she gave about what she perceived to be Russian imperial…
What was the relationship between Reagan and Thatcher like?
Mrs Thatcher and Reagan also fell out in 1983 when the US invaded Grenada without dignifying Britain with a warning, despite the fact that this Caribbean island is a member of the Commonwealth and keeps the Queen as head of state. But their many differences paled by comparison with their unity over the Cold War.
Why was kransnaya Zvesda called the Iron Lady?
Abroad, the reaction of Kransnaya Zvesda (literally, “Red Star”), nowadays called the Central Organ of the Russian Ministry of Defence, was to backfire on them. Intending to mock her by comparing her with Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, they styled her the Iron Lady. She seized on this moniker in a speech in Finchley.
Why is Marie Antoinette called the Iron Lady?
Rather unpoltically correctly (by today’s standards, at least) she stated that the Russians were all for dominating the world and she made her tough stance on anti-socialism very clear, hence the name Iron Lady.