The Once and Future Fraud

One of the principal reasons people voted for Mrs Thatcher on 3 May 1979 was her promise to restrict immigration into the UK.
As a result, the National Front vote was roughly halved and the Party itself collapsed.
Before that very month (May '79) was out Mrs Thatcher authorised Vietnamese to be allowed to settle in the UK. (Some of the "boat people" had travelled overland to Hong Kong.)
In June and July ('79) some 75,000 Iranians emigrated to the UK. (BBC Radio 4, 12 January 2009.)
On 12 August ('79) my Japanese girl friend and I were refused entry to St. Helier. The Home Office (falsely) described Kazuko-san as "not a genuine visitor", and we had to return to St. Malo.
The Immigration Officer asked: "What do you think of us?"
"You're only doing your job," I replied. "It's up to the politicians to sort this matter out."
"Hear! Hear!" responded his junior.
At the end of October 1979 the Immigration Minister, Timothy Raison, when asked (on BBC Radio 4) why the Government had backed down over its promise to end the concession to foreign husbands who wanted to live in the UK replied: "Because of the fuss."
The House of Commons voted on this issue in December 1982 (the year of the Falklands Conflict), but failed to get it through.
In January, Mrs Thatcher told the Conservatives they had to show unity because there would be a general election that year. Conservative opposition collapsed, and the bill was passed.
The figure 75,000 (above) is deceptive, because as a result of "chain migration" through marriage, Iranians (Vietnamese, Commonwealth citizens, etc.) are entitled to take up permanent residence here ad inifinitum.
The so-called Iron Lady was fraudulent.