IRA Tries to Assassinate Margaret Thatcher and her Ministers at Hotel in Brighton

IRA Tries to Assassinate Margaret Thatcher and her Ministers at Hotel in Brighton. On 12th October 1984 at 2.54am, the Irish Republican Army tried to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the entire British Cabinet. A bomb was placed inside the Grand Hotel in Brighton, Sussex, England where most leading members of the Conservative party were staying. It was the most devastating terrorist attack ever to have been launched on British politicians. The bomb failed to kill any of the ministers, however, five people were killed and 34 were injured in the attack. Thatcher was still awake at the time of the bomb and it left her bathroom badly damaged where she had been just two minutes earlier.

IRA member Patrick Magee had checked in to the hotel nearly a month before the conference and during his stay he planted the bomb under the bath in his room. The room was being used by Sir Donald Maclean and his wife when the bomb went off. Magee was subsequently found guilty of planting the bomb and received 8 life sentences. He was later released in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

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[agnitra]

@NoReasonBoner1.... How dare you support those terrorists? It is because of people like you that liberty is in danger. there is no difference between ppl who join such barbaric terrorist groups, and those that support them. They comprise of the same scum that we must eliminate at all cost. Thank Goodness that Lady Thatcher survived, for she was trully the epitome of what a leader is all about. Before you say such stupid statements, think twice.

[YouthfulScholar]

It is a good thing that we did not lose such an intelligent leader.

[rafagoatee]

pity they failed

[patrickshoes]

I'm sorry this evil woman hasn't yet departed, just the same as Ben N and Mr Paisley, right wing fascist bastards.

[mcgzer]

And the poor people in the north of england that suffered because of her? She is a fucking stupid devil women that caused many more suffering compared to what happened that one day.

[mcgzer]

Honour the dead? What about all the Irish people that died because of your land fighting for their freedom?

[dougie0303]

fuck the brits

[ttiiyy]

@7300Matt The union sometimes does not know when to stop. It's shameful.

[7300Matt]

I wasn't a huge fan of her politics, but I lived in England in the 70's & those poor miners can blame their union for their part in her election. They went on strike frequently, demanding more & more pay & the people got fed up with being held to ransom from the power going out every winter. The result was ultimately that the coal burning power stations were replaced with nuclear facilities. 32 years later, in 2008 when I returned, the grey streaked buildings in Cambridge were white.

[NoReasonBoner1]

pity the didnt assassinate the old whore