Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd13 November 1887
His government faces criticism after police violence in Trafalgar Square.
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
His government faces criticism after police violence in Trafalgar Square.
Deploys police against the prohibited demonstration.
Faces crisis after soldiers kill unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry.
Faces political crisis after Bloody Sunday during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Gives a Commons statement defending the army account.
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