No. No. No. (Margaret Thatcher)

"No. No. No."
Statement on the European Council
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher in 1990
video icon BBC News clip (30 October 1990)[1]

"No. No. No." was the response of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to European Commission president Jacques Delors's proposals for European integration at the October 1990 European Council summit meeting in Rome. Her remarks led to the resignation of deputy prime minister Geoffrey Howe and the ensuing Conservative Party leadership election in which Thatcher was ousted.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Euro Moments: Thatcher says 'no, no, no' to Europe". BBC News. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021. And it proved too much for Sir Geoffrey Howe who resigned from government two days later. Mrs Thatcher herself was ousted from Downing Street by her party a few days later.