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The Thatcher Era

Limitations on Parliamentary Power EEC NATO International tariff agreements IMF loans Northern Ireland Strikes QUANGOS. Administrative law

Arthur Scargill Head of Yorkshire NUM, President, NUM, Founder, Socialist Labour Party

James Callaghan Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher Born 1925 Chemist, Barrister MP Education Secretary Conservative Party Leader Prime Minister

Conservative Philosophy 1975

Changes 50% marginal tax rate Denationalization program Trade union privileges curbed No wage-price control Freed movement of currency Home buying encouraged Vastly decreased deficit De-industrialization Big Item: curbing public expenditure.

Government Waste

Response to critics of her policy

1983 Election Keynesian consensus broken Falklands War

Conservative Election Broadcast 1983

Michael Foot Labour Party Leader

Poll Tax Riots

Thatcher on Socialism

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