Events from the year 1981 in the United Kingdom.

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Events from the year 1981 in the United Kingdom.

March 1981, and inside 10 Downing Street, Margaret Thatcher is confronting the most terrible dilemma any British Prime Minister has ever faced.

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Leafing through the documents, you realise how seriously officials took this gigantic war game

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