Norman Lamont hid true cost of Black Wednesday in 1992Former UK chancellor built up ‘secret’ £12.5bn book of foreign exchange swaps, archives showJohn Major was warned against backing Russia’s EC membershipThen UK PM was told Moscow would ‘dominate’ European Community, archives revealSecret services found ‘1,400 subversives’ in UK civil service in 1985Thatcher ‘somewhat disquieted’ on learning that a few troublemakers held senior rolesHow Jacob Rees-Mogg’s anti-EU father defied former PM John MajorDeclassified documents reveal delight at William Rees-Mogg’s failed legal actionJohn Major looked to fascist Oswald Mosley for ideas on economyPM was open to unorthodox ideas to revive UK after recession, archives show
Norman Lamont hid true cost of Black Wednesday in 1992Former UK chancellor built up ‘secret’ £12.5bn book of foreign exchange swaps, archives showJohn Major was warned against backing Russia’s EC membershipThen UK PM was told Moscow would ‘dominate’ European Community, archives revealSecret services found ‘1,400 subversives’ in UK civil service in 1985Thatcher ‘somewhat disquieted’ on learning that a few troublemakers held senior rolesHow Jacob Rees-Mogg’s anti-EU father defied former PM John MajorDeclassified documents reveal delight at William Rees-Mogg’s failed legal actionJohn Major looked to fascist Oswald Mosley for ideas on economyPM was open to unorthodox ideas to revive UK after recession, archives show