Black Wednesday 1992: How Britain Crashed Out of the ERM and Made George Soros £1 Billion
On 16 September 1992, the British government spent £27 billion trying to defend the pound's position in the Exchange Rate Mechanism, only…
Sarah Mitchell
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The Poll Tax Riots: How Thatcher's Flagship Policy Destroyed Her Premiership
Margaret Thatcher's Community Charge — the poll tax — was meant to revolutionise local government finance. Instead, it sparked the largest…
Sarah Mitchell