A journalist from the Soviet press first coined the term Iron Lady, intended as an insult to the British Prime Minister. The relationship with the then USSR started early, upon winning the leadership of the Conservative party, Thatcher told a packed hall in 1976 about the USSR “dictatorship of patient, far-sighted determined men bent on world […]
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Thatcher’s best known quotes “Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.” “I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with m, that’s not their job.” “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” “To
Mrs Thatcher’s personal assistant “Crawfie” was Cynthia Crawford who played a huge part in the image styling we knew Margaret Thatcher as. The Classic skirt suits, handbags, pearls conservative colours literally. Margaret Thatcher’s collection of some 300 cloths was offered to the V&A museum. It was said discussions began around the acquisition of outfits for
Probably slightly unfair to link a phrase introduced into the public lexicon 26 years after Thatcher left office, but there is probable evidence, you be the judge and comment below: Thatcher defiantly declared in the House of Commons with the famous phrase, ‘No No No’ in response for greater central control given to Europe. The European
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The political battle ground of the early 90s was local taxation, the money you paid your council each month. The government set about abolishing the local government tax with what it called Community Charge or more affectionally known as ‘The Poll Tax’ The old system was a tax method based on the house, irrespective of
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EDUCATION during the Thatcher Years It was also Thatcher, who helped raise the School leaving age to 16 implemented in 1972 when Thatcher was serving in education. 1972 White Paper ‘Education: A Framework for Expansion’ Bullock report 1975 Language and learning, this was a first of its kind going into great detail and stating the
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The Iron Lady was not one to shy away from the responsibilities as they saw it to maintain world order or to not shy away from openly supporting Britains biggest Alley the United States of America. Thatcher allowed US warplanes to fly from British bases to attack targets the US saw it had to do in retaliation strikes
The Sell off of the crown jewels of Nationalised Britain Gas, oil, telecommunications, various industries, transportation, water industries. British Petroleum 1979 British Aerospace, Cable & Wireless privatised in 1981 22 of the British Transport Docks Board. BTDB 1981 and formed into the Associated British Ports Jaguar 1984 British Telecom (BT) privatised in 1984, it had set
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One cornerstone of the Thatcher government was far-reaching Trade Union reforms, the battle lines were being drawn between the free market economic model and the workforce protection of the Trade Union movement. The free marketeers pointed to the 1970s as a decade of strikes and discontent, the 3 day week, the car industry was more
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On the 22nd November 1990, Margaret Thatcher Resigned after being Prime Minister for 11 years. Margaret Thatcher led the Tory party to 3 general election victories, 2 of which were landslides. The Thatcher years covered the whole of the 1980s connecting the end of the 70s to the start of the 90s. The end of
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