Old Newscast: Margaret Thatcher Announces Her Resignation, 1990 (Part 1)
The day that marked the end of the Thatcher era.
On this episode of Old Newscast, we look at the day that Margaret Thatcher announced she would stand down as prime minister, 22 November 1990.
Jim Naughtie, 蜜芽传媒 special correspondent joins Adam with Caroline Slocock, who was Thatcher鈥檚 private secretary.
They go through how the day unfolded publicly and behind the scenes, and what led to the decision.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 蜜芽传媒. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Rufus Gray and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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