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- ↑ Martin Pugh, "Grantham Factor", London Review of Books , 2 March 1989.
- ↑ Campbell, John (2000). Margaret Thatcher, Volume One: The Grocer's Daughter. Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0224040976.
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