Of course it was difficult and dangerous for all the soldiers and sailors and airmen who went down there. We didn't have a dangerous time, but we had a very difficult time. This was a tremendous achievement and it definitely revived the self confidence of the nation. It was an amazing episode in our history.

Shure, Jan (29 September 2020). "Sasha Swire's 'Jewish Lobby' trope is so very revealing". The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 1 October 2020. Lattimer, Mark (22 January 1999). "When Labour played the racist card". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015 . Retrieved 14 November 2020.

Most of the negotiated terms that we were offered by every conceivable country, led by the Americans, would have been seen as a surrender in this country.

The intent to retain 55 destroyers and frigates in the active fleet and none on stand-by up to the mid-1980s (significantly modifying the decision in the 1981 review which aimed to reduce the destroyer and frigate fleet to 50 ships, with a number of these - up to eight - on stand-by/inactive); [7] Swire's book, Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power, was published on 24 September 2020. It is Swire's diary of 20 years, [2] and contains insights into the private lives of Conservative politicians, [9] including David Cameron, George Osborne, Dominic Raab, Theresa May, Michael Gove and Boris Johnson. [1] It was serialised in The Times prior to its release. [10] Swire, Sasha (15 September 2020). "Negronis at dawn and David Cameron's last days: Sasha Swire's secret diary". The Times . Retrieved 19 September 2020. The “mistakes” Lord Tebbit is referring to include the decision not to add any defensive capability to supply ship SS Atlantic Conveyor, despite its cargo of six Wessex helicopters from 848 Naval Air Squadron, five RAF Chinook HC.1s from No. 18 Squadron RAF, eight Fleet Air Arm Sea Harriers, and six RAF Harrier GR.3 jump jets. Nott’s autobiography, entitled ‘Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,’ suggests a series of fascinating facts about the Falklands War. Nott said: “I must confess that I wasn’t much aware of the Falkland Islands before the invasion. I had a huge globe in my room in the Ministry of Defence and I went over to it to rediscover the geographical position of the Falklands. I was a bit horrified to see how far away they were.”

Petronella Wyatt, a friend, reported that Swire was initially distressed by some of the sensational extracts, hinting that they had somehow been "distorted". [11] According to her book, Cameron once ventured to say to Swire: "The scent you are wearing is affecting my pheromones. It makes me want to grab you and push you into the bushes and give you one." [12] It was a bit tense. We had Admiral Lewin there, to ask him questions. We all knew perfectly well it was a risky thing to do.” The secretary of state is supported by the other ministers in the Defence Ministerial Team and the MOD permanent secretary. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for defence, and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Defence Select Committee. [6] Before going to university, Nott served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Gurkha Rifles during the Malayan emergency, (1952-56). He then went up to Trinity College from 1957 to 1959 to read Law and Economics and was also President of the Cambridge Union in his final year. He was then called to the Bar in the Inner Temple in 1959 and in the following year became a General Manager at the Merchant Bankers S. G. Warburg and Company Limited, staying at Warburgs until 1966. He was full of confidence that he could get a task force to sea the following week. Margaret Thatcher was tremendously impressed and so was I.