The major political event of this year is the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June's general election, making her the longest continuously-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since Lord Liverpool in the early 19th century. The year is also marked by a number of disasters: the sinking of the ferry , the Hungerford massacre, the "Great Storm", the Glanrhyd Bridge collapse, the Remembrance Day Bombing and the King's Cross fire.