the Thatcher government violated its own guidelines on arms sales, approving licenses for weapons that could be used for internal repression and that posed a threat to the Falkland Islands.

Margaret Thatcher was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the UK ...

After British forces won the Falklands war, her popularity soared, allowing her to call a general election in 1983 which she won by a landslide. Mrs Thatcher established and chaired a small war ...