Gang of 25
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Gang of 25
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The Gang of 25 or the Group of 25 was a cohort of British Conservative Party backbench members of Parliament (MPs) that threatened to vote against prime minister Margaret Thatcher's 1981 Autumn Statement. The statement contained monetarist measures to control inflation. Similar measures introduced since 1979 had reduced inflation but caused job losses in the manufacturing sector. The majority of the Gang put their names to a 25 November letter to Thatcher's Chief Whip, Michael Jopling, that stat
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Group of British Conservative Party backbench MPs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_25
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2021-05-16T07:57:38Z
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2024-08-28T22:49:17Z
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