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Power, Corruption & Lies

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A memory of a time, 1983, when I was 16.

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Margaret Thatcher wins the general election with a landslide of 144.

Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Jeremy Corbyn are all elected for the first time as MPs.

Neil Kinnock replaces Michael Foot as Leader of the Labour Party

22 Provisional IRA members receive a total of over 4,000 years from a Belfast court.

New chancellor Nigel Lawson announces public spending cuts of £500 million.

Over a million people demonstrate against nuclear weapons at a CND march in London.

The National Health Service privatises cleaning, catering and laundering services.

Six people are killed in a Harrods bombing.

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New Order release their second studio album, "Power, Corruption & Lies" with a cover design by Peter Saville.

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