This article presents a ‘primacy of domestic politics’ interpretation the Thatcher government’s main objectives in negotiations early 1980s, which secured return Hong Kong to China 1997. In immediate aftermath Falklands conflict, sovereignty issues were uppermost public discourse and decision cede over seems inconsistent with other elements Thatcher’s foreign policy. However, when placed contex...

The aim of this paper is provide an investigation into the effect of competition policy on industrial performance. The impetus for this research project was a British economy class taken on the London Economics Study Group in spring 2007.