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John Major
Standard Name: Major, John
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | P. D. James | Prime Minister John Major
arranged for PDJ
a Life Peerage, and she became |
| Friends, Associates | P. D. James | Her friends and colleagues included people in Scotland Yard, forensic scientists, lawyers, and politicians (for example, the former Prime Minister John Major
and his wife Norma
). She was a member of the Detection Club |
Timeline
Christmas Day 1950: Four Scottish Nationalist students removed...
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Christmas Day 1950
Four Scottish Nationalist
students removed from Westminster Abbey in London the Stone of Scone, on which Scottish kings had been crowned until Edward I
seized it in 1296.
28 November 1990: Margaret Thatcher resigned (having lost in...
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28 November 1990
Margaret Thatcher
resigned (having lost in a ballot for party leader on the 20th), and John Major
became Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party.
9 April 1992: The general election returned the Conservative...
National or international item
9 April 1992
The general election returned the Conservative Party
under its new leader, John Major
, to power, to the surprise of pollsters who had predicted a Labour
win.
16 September 1992: On what became known as Black Wednesday,...
National or international item
16 September 1992
On what became known as Black Wednesday, the pound sterling was driven out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism
which tied it in with other European currencies: that is particularly the deutschmark.
1 May 1997: In the general election Labour, under its...
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1 May 1997
In the general election Labour
, under its new leader, the young Scotsman Tony Blair
, at last dislodged the Conservative Party
from government.
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