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- In the dying days of November, exactly 25 years ago, the extraordinary era of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister came to an abrupt end, in a coup triggered by her party's two most prominent Welsh politicians.
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- She Supported The Retention of Capital Punishment
- She Presided Over Interest Rates of 15%
- She Voted Against The Relaxation of Divorce Laws
- She Abolished Free Milk For School Children
- She Precipitated A Social Housing Crisis Still Being Felt Today
- The Poll Tax
- A Note on The Consequences
- She Sowed The Seeds of NHS Privatisation
- Section 28 – Thatchers Quiet Homophobia?
Looking for a specific reason why people hate Thatcher? Click on a link below to jump directly to the relevant section… 1. She supported the retention of Capital Punishment 2. She destroyed Britain’s manufacturing industry and her policies led to mass unemployment 3. She presided over interest rates of 15% 4. She voted against the relaxation of div...
Well, she did. As a personal view, but not one she imposed on the party, as she expressed in an interviewwith Channel Four in October 1985.
She did. This Guardian article and the linked Google Spreadsheethas a number for excellent interactive charts where you can plot various economic indicators over the course of the Thatcher Government and beyond. More important than simply being in office during the time of such rates were the consequences and the measures taken to control them. Thi...
She did, but the Bill passed anyway. Prior to The Divorce Reform Act 1969, it was impossible for a “guilty” party to divorce and an innocent party. As long as the innocent spouse took care not to be caught in adultery, he or she could effectively block the other’s divorce and remarriage.
As ever, things are more complicated. In the 70′s there was significant pressure in the Wilson Government to make spending cuts in order to pay for Tax savings. Thatcher, the new Secretary of State for Education at the time, was ordered to make cuts in four areas: 1. Further Education fees 2. Library book borrowing charges 3. School meal charges 4....
She did. There can’t be much argument that her massive expansion and subsidisation of the Right to Buy scheme saw Council House purchases soar from around 50,000 in 1972 to nearly 200,00 in 1982. These graphics from the BBC highlight the changes: It’s been more than 20 years since she left power, including a 13 year Labour Government. It is therefo...
The Poll Tax is the stand-out, unequivocal disaster of the Thatcher Government. Also known as the ‘Community Charge‘, this ill-conceived legislation led directly to the downfall of Thatcher. It’s even been suggested that had voter registration not been so low as people tried to avoid being identified to pay the charge, it’s likely that the Conserva...
As a direct result of the catastrophe befalling the Conservative Party and the upturn in support for Labour, many Conservative MP’s wanted to get rid of the Poll Tax but thought they couldn’t with Thatcher still in power. Following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Howe and subsequent leadership challenge by Michael Heseltine, Thatc...
As ever, things are more subtle. Following recommendations in the Griffith’s Report the Thatcher government introduced ‘Modern Management Processes’ to replace the older system on ‘Consensus Management’. Then in 1988, and again in 1989, a review of the NHS (and subsequent White Papers ‘Working for Patients’ and ‘Caring for People’), led to the intr...
This is one of the apparently obvious, but in reality, confused reasons why people ‘hate’ Thatcher herself. The sentiment is more rightly directed at the Conservative Party as a whole. Section 28 refers to Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988which stated: There is little evidence to say that Thatcher was directly involved in the Act’s creati...
Authoritarian. Many called Thatcher an authoritarian. She dismissed some elected officials who disagreed with her and replaced them with people who didn’t dare to oppose. She also silenced the opposition of the Sinn Fein, an Irish political party. Literally!
Nov 22, 2020 · Despite getting a heads up about these "tests," Thatcher fails miserably: She shows up for cocktail hour dressed in formalwear for dinner, she doesn’t bring outdoor shoes suitable for hunting,...
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Apr 11, 2024 · Margaret Thatcher (born October 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England—died April 8, 2013, London) was a British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe ’s first woman prime minister. The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and, at the time of her resignation ...
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Apr 8, 2013 · BBC Scotland political correspondent. Love her or loathe her, Margaret Thatcher changed Scotland forever. She came to power determined to change a Britain she believed was in terminal decline.
Apr 9, 2013 · In the third of four Newsnight films, Martha Kearney considers what brought an end to Margaret Thatcher's political career - not the unions or the opposition or the electorate, but the...
