Margaret Thatcher - Revision history

Olivia Rendall at 15:12, 31 October 2014

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Tom Griffin: updated intro

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Tom Mills: /* Shield: Counter-subversion in opposition */

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Shield: Counter-subversion in opposition

Tom Mills at 21:28, 22 March 2011

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Tom Griffin: external resources

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Tom Griffin: /* Counter-subversion in Government */

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Counter-subversion in Government

Tom Griffin: /* Counter-subversion in Government */

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	'''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''' (13 October 1925-8 April 2013) was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the [[Conservative Party]] from 1975 to 1990.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155 Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies], BBC News, 8 April 2013.</ref>		'''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''' (13 October 1925-8 April 2013) was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the [[Conservative Party]] from 1975 to 1990.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155 Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies], BBC News, 8 April 2013.</ref>

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 *[http://www.margaretthatcher.org/ Margaret Thatcher Foundation]
 *Tom Mills, [http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/the_death_of_a_class_warrior_margaret_thatcher_1925_2013 The Death of a Class Warrior – Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)], ''New Left Project'', 8 April 2013.
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 *[http://www.margaretthatcher.org/ Margaret Thatcher Foundation]
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−	'''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''' (~~born~~ 13 October 1925) was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the [[Conservative Party]] from 1975 to 1990.	+	'''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''' (13 October 1925-8 April 2013) was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the [[Conservative Party]] from 1975 to 1990.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155 Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies], BBC News, 8 April 2013.</ref>

	==Shield: Counter-subversion in opposition==		==Shield: Counter-subversion in opposition==

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 Thatcher first met [[Brian Crozier]] on 9 March 1976 at the Eaton Place home of [[William Sidney|Lord De L'Isle]], along with [[Norris McWhirter]], [[John Gouriet]] and [[Robert Moss]]. Apart from Thatcher, all present were founder members of the [[Freedom Association]].<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.127.</ref>
-In 1976, Crozier and [[Nicholas Elliott]] set up [[Shield]], a secret committee to advise Thatcher on intelligence. Created on the initiative of backbencher [[Stephen Hastings]],Shield met at Thatcher's Chelsea home and at her room in in the House of Commons.<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.128.</ref>
+In 1976, Crozier and [[Nicholas Elliott]] set up [[Shield]], a secret committee to advise Thatcher on intelligence. Created on the initiative of backbencher [[Stephen Hastings]], [[Shield]] met at Thatcher's Chelsea home and at her room in in the House of Commons.<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.128.</ref>
 Shield commissioned a report on subversion from a former senior member of MI6, which was completed by May 1977.<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.128.</ref>

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 *[[Centre for Policy Studies]], co-founder
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 ==Counter-subversion in Government==
-Following the Conservative election victory in 1979, the incoming Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, told [[MI5]] director-general [[Howard Smith]] that he wanted to be sufficiently well-brifed to counter "some of the rather extreme advice" Mrs Thatcher had received.<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.673.</ref>
+Following the Conservative election victory in 1979, the incoming Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, told [[MI5]] director-general [[Howard Smith]] that he wanted to be sufficiently well-briefed to counter "some of the rather extreme advice" Mrs Thatcher had received.<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.673.</ref>
 At his first meeting with the Prime Minister, Smith found that "Mrs Thatcher assumes a great role and influence on the part of the Communist Party and Trotskyists in the industrial field than they did in fact enjoy."<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.670.</ref>

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 By July 1982, Crozier believed that an information co-ordinator with counter-subversion responsibilities would be appointed. He later learned however, that he was mistaken about the role of the intelligence coordinator, who worked to the [[Joint Intelligence Committee]].<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.147.</ref>
-On 28 February 1985, Thatcher met Crozier in Downing Street. He briefed her on the [[Coalition for Peace through Security]], and work "combatting Marxist influence in education." He also strongly crticised the outgoing head of MI5, Sir [[John Jones]].<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.255.</ref>
+On 28 February 1985, Thatcher met Crozier in Downing Street. He briefed her on the [[Coalition for Peace through Security]], and work "combatting Marxist influence in education." He also strongly criticised the outgoing head of MI5, Sir [[John Jones]].<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.255.</ref>
 Crozier had his final meeting with Mrs Thatcher on 25 January 1988.<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.254.</ref>

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 At his first meeting with the Prime Minister, Smith found that "Mrs Thatcher assumes a great role and influence on the part of the Communist Party and Trotskyists in the industrial field than they did in fact enjoy."<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.670.</ref>
-At an early meeting with Smith, [[Dickie Franks]], [[Victor Rothschild|Lord Rothschild]] and Sir [[John Hunt]], Thatcher said she wanted all industrial wreckers identified. Smith argued against a sugggestion by Hunt that MI5's charter should be extended to cover this.<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.671.</ref>
+At an early meeting with Smith, [[Dickie Franks]], [[Victor Rothschild|Lord Rothschild]] and Sir [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth|John Hunt]], Thatcher said she wanted all industrial wreckers identified. Smith argued against a sugggestion by Hunt that MI5's charter should be extended to cover this.<ref>Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.671.</ref>
 In June 1979, Shield met to consider a report by a recently retired senior MI5 officer. [[Charles Elwell]] is one possible candidate for the authorship of this study, which was described as follows by Brian Crozier: