WIDE divisions within the Conservative Party over how the Government should respond to Argentina's invasion of the Falklands are revealed as Margaret Thatcher's 1982 private papers are made public.
While the Tories publicly presented a united front, briefing notes prepared for the Prime Minister demonstrate the polarised opinions she had to contend with in the early days of the crisis.
Until now the backroom deliberations have remained largely private, but the notes are among those released by the Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust as it opens its files from a year which came to define Mrs Thatcher's career.
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