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Ridley Park

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Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, was a British Conservative politician and government minister. As President of the Selsdon Group, a free-market lobby within the Conservative Party, he was closely aligned with Margaret Thatcher, and became one of her Ministers of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979. Responsible for the Falkland Islands, he tried to resolve the long-running sovereignty issue with Argentina, which detected Britain’s reluctance to defend the territory, and later invaded it. As Secretary of State for Transport, Ridley performed a key function in building-up coal stocks in advance of the UK miners' strike , which helped the government to defeat the National Union of Mineworkers . As Secretary of State for the Environment, Ridley opposed a low-cost housing development near his own property, earning him the title of NIMBY . He was also responsible for introducing the 'poll tax' , which was one of the main factors leading to Thatcher's resignation in 1990. He was created a life peer in 1992.
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