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EastEnders
(TV programme)
246
,
330
,
471

economic contraction
14

economic growth
53
,
180–1
,
183
,
477

economic incompetence
12–18

economic recovery
179–85

Economist, The
47
,
169
,
185

economy, UK: balance of payments
180
; bank lending
181
; banking sector
399–400
,
406
,
423–4
; budget (1975)
14
; (1979)
52–6
; (1981)
58–60
; (1984)
180
; (1988)
402
; budget deficit
15–16
,
58
; budget surpluses
184–5
; capital expenditure
59
; credit boom
181
,
423–4
,
466–7
; economic contraction
14
; economic growth
53
,
180–1
,
183
,
477
; economic incompetence
12–18
; economic recovery
179–85
; exchange controls, abolition of
54–6
,
389–90
,
465
; Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)
443–4
,
449–51
,
455
; exchange rates
12–13
,
58
,
77
,
186
,
389
,
450–1
; exports
55
,
77
,
180
; financial deregulation
54–6
,
273
,
389–90
,
393–408
,
466
; financial crisis (2008)
424
; foreign investment
195
,
389–90
; GDP
59
,
60
,
183
,
191
,
465
,
467
,
469
,
476
; hot money
390
; hyperinflation
49
; imports
77
; inflation
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
24
,
38–9
,
40
,
50
,
51
,
54
,
56
,
73–4
,
180
,
186
,
196
,
424
,
450–1
,
462
,
475
; interest rates
13
,
52
,
56–8
,
73
,
181
,
402
,
450–1
; investment banking
393–5
,
404–5
,
409
; invisible earnings
373
; monetarism
16
,
24
,
39
,
49–56
,
56–71
,
73–4
; money, definition of
51–2
; money supply
16
,
24
,
49–50
,
52
,
53
,
60
,
73
,
180
,
181
; trade balance
373
; unemployment
15
,
17
,
50
,
59
,
81–6
,
95
,
179
,
180
,
182–3
,
311–13
,
461
,
475

Ecstasy
301–3

Eddington, Paul
254

Eden, Anthony
130
,
131

Edge of Darkness
(TV programme)
210

Edinburgh
81
,
325
,
429

education
37
,
118
,
339–40
,
437–8

Education Act (1944)
48
,
468

Education Reform Act (1988)
339
,
437–8

Edwardes, Michael
72
,
186

Egan, Rusty
284

electoral reform
115

Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU)
363–4
,
365
,
378

Elers, Peter
328

Elizabeth II, Queen
10
,
17
,
332
,
473

Elton, Ben
251

Emmerdale Farm
(TV programme)
246

Employment Act (1980)
346
,
363
,
376
,
378

Employment Act (1982)
376

Employment Protection Act (1975)
377–8

Endurance,
HMS
135
,
137
,
141
,
166

energy supplies
343

Enfield, Harry
247
,
416

Engineers’ and Managers’ Association
351

English Heritage
335

Enniskillen bombing
430–1

Entertainments (Increased Penalties) Act (1990)
306

Erasure
280

Erith, Raymond
266

Estphal, Heinz
132

Ethiopia, famine
297
,
336–8

European Commission on Human Rights
100

European Community
145
,
425
,
443–51
,
454
; European Commission
118
,
444
; European Council
448
; European Economic Community
14–15
,
115
,
116
,
118–19
; European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)
13
,
58
,
182
,
443–4
,
449–51
,
455
; European Monetary System
443
; European monetary union
454–7
; European Parliament, elections (1989)
448–9
; European Social Charter
379

European Union
see
European Community

Eurythmics
279

Evans, Gwynfor
235

Evans, Moss
8–9
,
20–1

Evening Standard
123

Everett, Kenny
122

exchange controls, abolition of
54–6
,
389–90
,
465

exchange rates
12–13
,
58
,
77
,
186
,
389
,
450–1

exports
55
,
77
,
180

Exxon
188

 

Factory Records
295
,
299–300
,
308
,
309–10

Fair Trade Act
391

Faith in the City
report
334

Falkland Islands: ownership claims
132–5
; population
134

Falklands Play, The
(TV programme)
243

Falklands War
448
,
471–2
; achievement
130–2
; advance on Stanley
163
; America and
131
,
145–7
,
149
; Argentine air attacks
149–50
,
158–60
,
162–4
,
166
; Argentine capture of Port Stanley
140–1
; Argentine capture of South Georgia
141
; Argentine forces
131–2
,
156–7
; Argentine invasion
135–8
,
140–1
; Argentine seizure of the Islands
132–3
; Argentine supporters
145–6
; Argentine surrender
165–6
; Argentine troops
140
; assault on Port Stanley
164–6
; background
132–5
; battle of Goose Green
160–2
; British forces
131–2
,
139–40
; British objective
130
; British supporters
145
; casualties
151
,
159
,
162
,
163–4
,
166–7
; comparison with Suez Crisis
130–1
; costs
166–7
; diplomatic failure
148–9
,
153–4
; exclusion zone
150
; Exocet missiles
145
,
149–50
; Franks report
137
; and the general election (1983)
172–3
; the Haig mission
146
,
148–9
; infantry landing
156–60
; intelligence
137
,
153
; lessons of
199
; logistics
132
,
146
; loss of the
Sheffield
152
; massacre story
162
; media coverage
154–6
,
163–4
; opposition to
167
; parliamentary opposition
154
; Peruvian negotiations
153
; popular support for
154–5
; response to Argentine invasion
141–4
; retaking of South Georgia
147
; significance
131–2
; sinking of the
General Belgrano
132
,
150–3
,
172
; submarines dispatched
137
; task force
138
,
138–40
; United Nations Security Council debate
144–5
; victory celebrations
167–8
; Vulcan raid
149
; weapons
131

family breakdown
95
,
313–14

Family Service Unit
83

family values
312

Farrell, Terry
271
,
274–5

Fearless
, HMS
135

feminism, Thatcher and
46

Fermanagh by-election
101

Ferry, Bryan
285

Fieldhouse, Admiral Sir John
138
,
157
,
160

Fields, Terry
442

film industry
255–61
,
471

financial deregulation
54–6
,
273
,
389–90
,
393–408
,
466

Financial Services Act (1986)
402

Financial Times
155
,
176
,
451
,
455

financial crisis (2008)
424

Finchley
45

Fitt, Gerry
26

Fitzgerald, Dr Garret
102

Fleet Street
361–3
,
364
,
365
,
371

Fletcher, Alex
406–7

Fletcher, Yvonne
355–6

Foot, Isaac
122

Foot, Michael
10
; background
121–4
; becomes party leader
109–10
; and Callaghan no confidence vote
27
; deputy
121
; economic policy
123–4
; and the election campaign (1979)
36
; and the Falklands War
142–3
; and the general election (1983)
173
; general election results (1983)
177
; health
121–2
; relationship with Benn
124–5
; values
110
,
113

football
26
,
242
,
321
,
485
; football hooliganism
318
,
320–3

Ford, Gerald
14

Ford Motors
20–1

foreign investment
195
,
389–90

Foreign Office
135
,
137
,
142
,
144

Forsyth, Michael
429

Fortunes of War
(TV programme)
249

Foster, Norman
265
,
265–6
,
275

Fowler, Norman
76
,
327

France: and the EC
448
; economic policy
465
; exchange controls
56
; and the Falklands War
145
,
445
; nuclear weapons
216
; the Plaza Accord
182

Frankie Goes to Hollywood
209
,
280–2

Franks report
137

Fraser, Lady Antonia
227

Fraser, Hugh
71

Fraser, John
95

Freedom Association
71

Freedom to Party
306

Friedman, Milton
61
,
67
,
68

Frost, David
333

FTSE 100 index
14
,
396
,
401

Fukuyama, Francis
425

 

Gaddafi, Colonel
243
,
355–6
,
430

Gaddis, John Lewis
219–22

Gaitskell, Hugh
10
,
123

Galbraith, J. K.
6

Gallup poll (1981)
120

Galtieri, General Leopoldo
135
,
136
,
137

Gandhi
(film)
255

Gang of Four
see
Social Democratic Party

Garoghan, James
9–10

gay liberation
324
,
327–30

GDP
59
,
60
,
183
,
191
,
465
,
467
,
469
,
476

Geldof, Bob
336–8

gender-bending
282–4

General Belgrano
(Argentine light cruiser)
132
,
150–3
,
172

general election (1979): Callaghan campaign
31
,
34
,
37–8
,
40–1
; issues
35–40
,
36–9
; manifestos
35–6
,
38
,
40
; media support
40
; opinion polls
31
,
39–40
; results
41–2
; television debate
31
; Thatcher campaign
29–34
,
41
; Thatcher’s victory speech
42

general election (1983)
168–79
,
463–4
; background
169–70
; casualty list
178
; Conservative manifesto
170–1
; Conservative campaign
172–3
; the Falklands factor
169–70
; Labour manifesto
171–2
; minor parties
178–9
; new MPs
177–8
; newspaper coverage
176
; opinion polls
172
,
173
,
174
; results
176–9
; SDP–Liberal Alliance and
173–6
; SDP–Liberal manifesto
175–6

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