Further flashbacks examine historical events during her time as Prime Minister , after winning the 1979 general election , including the rising unemployment related to her monetarist policies and the tight 1981 budget ( over the misgivings of " wet " members of her Cabinet – Ian Gilmour , Francis Pym , Michael Heseltine , and Jim Prior ) , the 1981 Brixton riot , the 1984 – 1985 UK miners ' strike , and the bombing in Brighton of the Grand Hotel during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference , when she and her husband were almost killed . We also see ( slightly out of chronological sequence ) her decision to retake the Falkland Islands following the islands ' invasion by Argentina in 1982 , the sinking of the ARA '' General Belgrano '' and Britain 's subsequent victory in the Falklands War , her friendship with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and emergence as a world figure , and the economic boom of the late 1980s
bombing in Brighton
Brighton hotel bombing
The Iron Lady (film)