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1979-1990 : The Iron Maiden's Years - Coggle Diagram
1979-1990 : The Iron Maiden's Years
Thatcher + her views
thatcherism in terms of economics
end nanny state
-- state intervention
// T.Us
end indus conflict = cutting their pow
free market soct
low taxes
private ownership
indiv responsability, hard work, family values, patriotism
thatcher's political culture
19th c liberalism
6 priorities
enhance country intnat posit°
develop market eco to stop UK decline
stop inflation
1925-2013
1979- 83 : The 1st mandate ; the making of the Iron Lady
the economic crisis
gov introduced
deflationary budget reduced income tax
almost doubled VAT
++ interest rates
12 to 17%
consequences
recession + overvaluing of £
serious downturn
unemployment = 2M
Bankruptcies soared
gov popT ----
Thatcher wanted --- pub spending
impossible
1981 the race riots
April
LDN
July
Liverpool
July
Manchester
all communities concerned
Brixton Riots
black ppl much + arrested
enquiry
multicultural policies x working
institutionalized racism wi police force?
1984 Swann Report
April-May 1982 ; The Falklands War
Argentine invasion of Brit Island
Brit colo of 10.000 ppl
Total victory
Thatcher determination
rapidity became associated w PM
1983 G.E
++ Cons MajT
worst result for Lab Part since 1935
International triumph
strong relationships w Reagan + Gorbatchev
role in end of Cold War
1983-87 : The 2nd mandate ; the Iron Lady in action
1984-85 the miners' strike
April 1984
National Union of Mineworkers
called a strike // pit closure
leader Arthur Scargill
Thatcher determined to win this battle
smart = had put stock of coal aside to survive strike
nickname of iron lady
strong feeling of despair in old indus parts
abandoned, out of touch w LDN elite
centralization of pow
surprise for a liberal
small cities governed by Lab Part
1986 Local Gov Act
abolish metropolitan authorities
limit pow of local gov councils
nickname TINA
There Is No Alternative
privatisation + exclusion
state owned companies = privatized
1984
Brit airways + Telecom
1986
Gas
1970s
cult despair
excess + cynism
Value for money
toxic
--- Income Tax
BUT ++ indirect taxes, interest rates
inflation + unemployment
rich richer + poor poorer
1987-90 : the 3rd mandate ; the unmaking of the Iron Lady
reform of the Health Service + further privatization
opposed by Brit. Medical Asso°
launched a campaign // them
angry constituents
// double-standard system
Privatization of water
too far?
the Poll tax or community charge
Poll Tax replaced the rates which had been fixed according to property value
equal charges for everyone in an area
"unfair !"
rich + poor the same
4y assistance for low incomes
widespread campaign for non payment
most unpopular Thatcher policy
cons party behind lab in polls
the european sore
pro-eur // Eurosceptics in the cons party
Nigel Lawson ; Ch of Ex
for joining Eur
Exchange Rate Mechanism
Bruges speech 1988
eco situation got worse
trade deficit worsening
inflation growing
reached 7.7% end of 1989
unemployment still high
OCT 1989
Lawson resigned / Thatcher popT also hit
1990
eco continued perform poorly
inflation +8%
interest rates +15.5%
2£ billion trade deficit
Thatcher agreed join ERM
but controversy over EUR continued
1987 G.E
October crash NY stock market
Thatcher several ill-judged reforms
Nov 1990 the unceremonious removal of Maggy
Howe's resignation (vice prime minister)
challenge find new leader
Michael Helestine
Thatcher + votes but x enough be reelected on 1st round
2nd round necessary
23 NOV RESIGNATION
John Major youngest PM of the century
5.1981-90 : The Northern Irish q° = struggling to find a solution
1981 hunger strikes by rep prisoners
Thatcher refused to grant them anything
all died
Irish commt = anger
quietly after gave substance of ptcal prisoner treatment to IRA prisoners
1982 proposals = give devolution gradually if violence stopped
1984 Brighton Bombing by Provisional IRA
1985 Anglo Irish Agreement
Thatcher - Garret Fitzgerald ; Irish rep PM
Brit + Ire try to find solu° togeth finally
1979-1992
The rejection + redemption of Lab Party
1980-83 turn to the left : Michael Foot years
marxist ideas
new very left wing programme
withdrawal from EUR
unliteral disarmement
extension of nationalization
SDP 1981 ; the split from the Lab Part
SDP
defending centre left values
1982 alliance w small Lib Party
1983 G.E
clear sign Lab Part far too much to left
1987 SDP == Lib Democrat
2010 made it to the top
coalition gov w tories until 2015
The embarrassing G.E 1983
"the world's largest suicide note"
abolition HoL
unilateral nucelar disarmment
withdrawal from EEC
repeal of gov's trade union legislation
renationalization of private industries
extension of nationalization to o/ industries
MASSIVE DEFEAT
Neil Kinnock new leader ; Foot resigned
set stones for reform ; understood lab needed reform
1983-1992 trying to reorganize the lab party : the Kinnock years
kinnock = opposition
regaining credibility
lost 4 elections in a row
1988-89 POLICY REVIEW
major reset ; new ideas
1992 lost G.E
Kinnock resigned
replaced by John Smith
New labour
came after but Kinnock paved the way for it
moderate, centre-left