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The Thatcher Era
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Limitations on Parliamentary Power EEC NATO International tariff agreements IMF loans Northern Ireland Strikes QUANGOS. Administrative law
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Arthur Scargill Head of Yorkshire NUM, 1974-81 President, NUM, 1981-2002 Founder, Socialist Labour Party
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James Callaghan 1912-2005 Prime Minister 1976-79
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Margaret Thatcher Born 1925 Chemist, Barrister MP 1959-1992 Education Secretary 1970-74 Conservative Party Leader 1975-1990 Prime Minister 1979-1990
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Conservative Philosophy 1975
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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.
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Government Waste
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Response to critics of her policy
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1983 Election Keynesian consensus broken Falklands War
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Conservative Election Broadcast 1983
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Michael Foot Labour Party Leader 1980-83
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Poll Tax Riots
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Thatcher on Socialism
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