After a controversial speech at Bruges, this politician butted heads with then-foreign secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, which eventually prompted a challenge from Michael Heseltine.
After a controversial speech at Bruges, this politician butted heads with then-foreign secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, which eventually prompted a challenge from Michael Heseltine. Heseltine had earlier served as this leader's defense minister, but was forced to resign over his role in the "Westland Affair." This politician, who took a hard-line stance against a year-long (*) miner's strike, introduced of a national curriculum and feuded with Nigel Lawson over the institution of European Exchange Rate Mechanism. The major military accomplishment of this leader was a war which saw the sinking of the General Belgrano and a victory at the Battle of Goose Green. This leader, who came into office after defeating Jim Callaghan following the "Winter of Discontent", instituted a rather unpopular poll tax, and successfully managed the aforementioned Falklands War. Succeeded by John Major, for ten points, name this "Iron Lady," the only British female Prime Minister.
After a controversial speech at Bruges, this politician butted heads with then-foreign secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, which eventually prompted a challenge from Michael Heseltine.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher