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  1. Vor 4 Tagen · Thatcher gave the political right an ideology to believe in. But what makes Thatcherism the great rupture in British Conservativism was that the ideology came wrapped up in something else: a 'betrayal' thesis, as Keith Joseph declared with enormous clarity that post-war Conservatism had been apostasy and heresy.

  2. Vor einem Tag · In 1990, the United Kingdom witnessed one of its most significant civil disturbances in modern history. The introduction of the Community Charge, widely known as the Poll Tax, under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government, ignited widespread protests and riots across the country. This controversial tax reform aimed to replace the existing ...

  3. Vor 2 Tagen · An extremely rare chess set depicting key political figures of the Miners’ Strike 1984/85, including Margaret Thatcher and Arthur Scargill, has gone on display at National Coal Mining Museum for England as part of their free year-long exhibition, 84/85 – The Longest Year.

  4. Vor 4 Tagen · Margaret Thatcher, often referred to as the “Iron Lady,” is a name synonymous with steadfast leadership and transformative policies that left an indelible mark on British politics and global affairs. Serving as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, she was the first woman to hold this office, breaking significant gender barriers and setting a precedent for female ...

  5. Vor 4 Tagen · In 1989 Margaret Thatcher took to the platform at the Conservative Party conference to be greeted by chants of ‘ten more years!’ Little over 12 months later, she was out of office, removed not by the electorate, but by her own party. Popular memory associates the downfall of Thatcher with the community charge, the official name ...

  6. Vor 6 Tagen · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy [10] The five employment acts and one trade union act [11] introduced by the Thatcher and John Major Conservative governments of 1979 to 1997 severely reduced the powers of trade unionism in Britain. They restricted the right to picket and prevented unions bringing their members out in ...

  7. Vor 4 Tagen · Tinline’s book does not offer a solution for Britain’s intractable crises. It does, however, contextualize the current moment within a broader pattern of crises and consensus throughout modern British history. The book may, then, appear to be a response to recent events, but its argument has been gestating since 2004 and has been informed by a number of documentaries produced by the author ...