Karl A L Smith

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Political History

The history of oil and gas exploration in the UK

I keep hearing that the UK has little oil and gas but actually we still have quite a lot. The problem is how we access it. Long term we are moving away from it completely but in the short term…

Political Weakness at Home Shaped Thatcher’s Resolve After Falklands Invasion

London, April 1982 — When Argentine forces landed on the Falkland Islands this month, seizing the remote South Atlantic territory in a swift operation, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faced not only a foreign policy crisis but a severe test of…