| 79 May 4 Fr |
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MT appointed Prime Minister |
| 79 Jun 7 Th |
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European Elections |
| 79 Jun 12 Tu |
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Budget |
| 79 Jul 31 Tu |
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Lusaka Commonwealth Meeting began (ended 8 Aug) |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo |
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IRA murdered Mountbatten and 18 soldiers (Warrenpoint) |
| 79 Oct 23 Tu |
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Exchange controls abolished |
| 79 Nov 29 Th |
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Dublin European Council (ended 30 Nov); budget row |
| 79 Dec 24 Mo |
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USSR invaded Afghanistan |
| 80 Jan 2 We |
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Steel strike began (ended 3 April) |
| 80 Mar 25 Tu |
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Budget |
| 80 Jun 2 Mo |
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Cabinet agreed European budget proposal |
| 80 Sep 22 Mo |
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Iran-Iraq war began |
| 80 Nov 4 Tu |
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Reagan elected US President |
| 81 Jan 5 Mo |
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Reshuffle: Stevas, Maude left cabinet; Brittan joined |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu |
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NCB announced pit closures (abandoned 18 Feb) |
| 81 Mar 1 Su |
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2nd Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct) |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
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Budget |
| 81 Mar 26 Th |
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SDP formed (Alliance formed 16 June) |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo |
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Reshuffle: Soames, Gilmour, Carlisle dropped; Prior moved to Northern Ireland; Tebbit joined Cabinet to replace him at Employment; Lawson joined Cabinet (Energy); Parkinson became Party Chairman |
| 81 Nov 26 Th |
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Crosby by-election: Shirley Williams won Conservative seat for SDP |
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