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The Fall of Thatcher - "more grandeur, less Grantham"

The Fall of Thatcher - "more grandeur, less Grantham"

Update: 2020-02-29
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Andrew Turnbull, like other senior officials and her cabinet ministers, witnessed Margaret Thatcher tearfully read out her resignation statement to her colleagues in November 1990. He was also in the room for a series of one to one meetings beforehand where her colleagues told her the game was up. He recalls the events of her fall - and how the Prime minister had become incredibly preoccupied with foreign affairs - prompting the observation there was “more grandeur, less Grantham” - the town where she was born.

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The Fall of Thatcher - "more grandeur, less Grantham"

The Fall of Thatcher - "more grandeur, less Grantham"

Ben Monro-Davies and Andrew Turnbull