British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwAWk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" id="mwAWo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> resigns as leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Major">John Major</a>.