TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramsey,Steve
TI  - Something has gone wrong: dealing with the Brighton bomb 
SN  - 9781785903366 
U1  - 363.3250942256 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Biteback Publishing
KW  - Thatcher, Margaret Hilda,
KW  - Provisional IRA
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - England
KW  - Brighton
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-1997
N2  - On 12 October 1984, an IRA bomb exploded inside Brighton's Grand Hotel, killing five people and injuring thirty. It was an assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, who were staying there for the Conservative party conference. While the bombing was deplorable, the story of how people reacted to it is an inspiring one. People refused to be beaten by what had happened; they got on with their jobs and their lives - a theme with, sadly, a strong resonance in present-day Britain. In Something Has Gone Wrong, Brighton journalist Steve Ramsey speaks to those who were there on the day and involved in its aftermath, many of whom have never spoken publicly about it before. His interviewees include: firemen who worked on the long rescue operation; medics from the local hospital; police officers who rushed to the scene; detectives who played key roles in the criminal investigation; and cabinet ministers and high-ranking civil servants, who describe how the conference continued and how the government pursued business as usual
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