At the height of her career as a long standing PM,
what was her downfall, a Party knifing, because
the backbench were getting wobbly boots over
re election chances over the intrduction of the "poll"
tax.
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Robert Orchard
Political journalist
But 60 of her MPs failed to back her... And the party's deputy chief whip or party manager at the time, Tristan now Lord Garel-Jones said he warned Mrs Thatcher many more Tory backbenchers were "wobbly".
Garel-Jones, who is from Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, told her she must soften her anti-European rhetoric and act to reduce the huge damage being caused to her MPs' chances of re-election by her disastrous flagship policy.
This was the widely-despised community charge or poll tax, with the same sum paid by everyone - no matter how rich or poor - to fund local council services.
