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Conference of Conservatives

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1972–1998Date range
6Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1972

John Enoch Powell1972

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Speaks against entrance to Asian British passport holders expelled by Idi Amin

1976

Edward Richard George Heath6 October 1976

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Addresses Conservative Party Conference for the 1st time since Thatchers leadership

1977

Margaret Hilda Thatcher14 October 1977

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Tells Callaghan to, "keep taking the tablets", after Peter Jay compares him to Moses

William Hague1977

Government / Conservative Party Government

Makes the national news at the age of 16 by speaking at the Conservative party's 1977 national conference

1984

John Wakenham1984

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

An IRA bomb at the party conference hotel kills Wakenhams wife & injures his legs

1985

Margaret Hilda Thatcher11 October 1985

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Ends the conference with a speech offering the Police more men & equipment

1986

John Wakenham1986

Bournemouth · Government / Conservative Party Government

Organizes the conference prior to the 1987 election victory

1992

John Roy MajorOctober 1992

Brighton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Annual Conservative Party Conference, Thatcher & Tebbit oppose the Maastricht Treaty

1993

John Roy MajorOctober 1993

Government / Conservative Party Government

Launches "Back to Basics" policy

1998

William Hague1998

Bournemouth · Government / Conservative Party Government

The Suns front page read, in a parody of the famous Monty Pythons "Dead Parrot" sketch

Names involved

Edward Richard George HeathJohn Enoch PowellJohn Roy MajorJohn WakenhamMargaret Hilda ThatcherWilliam Hague

Provenance

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