Aids crisis: Thatcher overruled on ad campaign, archives show

Name: Aids crisis: Thatcher overruled on ad campaign, archives show
Uploaded: 2015-12-30T09:30:08.000Z
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Description: Margaret Thatcher was effectively overruled by her Cabinet over the handling of the Aids crisis in 1986, newly-released government documents show.

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Margaret Thatcher was effectively overruled by her Cabinet over the handling of the Aids crisis in 1986, newly-released government documents show.

The then-Prime Minister was forced to relent on the wording of advertisements after ministers repeatedly ignored her fears over explicit language.

Nick Higham reports.

30 December 2015