The Thatcher Revolution

Thatcher & Sons, A Revolution In Three Acts, Simon JENKINS Over 11 years she transformed her nation and gave birth to an -ism. Not widely loved, but was admired even by those who disagreed with her. Though her form of economic liberalism wasn't new, her will to implement it against the grain of politics was unique. She bred a generation of politicians all of whom took her as reference. Her fall left the nation stunned. Essays saw it as so idiosyncratic that it could not survive her departure

The Thatcher Revolution 1979-1990 and its legacy for Britain. 1. Strife in the Seventies and the end of old, industrial Britain. During the 1970, Britain joined the union European unity (1973). Many laws were past to improve equal opportunities for women. However, the end of the 1970’s is remembered overall as a time of hanger and conflict characterised by the increasing power of the trade union. In the winter of 1978/1979, Britain was paralysed by a series of public sector strike. There was

Margaret Thatcher: | Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925; her family had helped the Jews during World War Two. The period leading to the war and the War itself were very formative periods for Margaret Thatcher. She had first studied in a grammar school in Grantham and then to the University of Oxford where she first studied chemistry and was brilliantly successful and for some time after graduation, she worked in the laboratory of Nobel price winner Dorothy Hudgson. The, she decided to change

I. The Conservative Party It is the oldest and most successful party. It was created at the end of the 17th century and they have governed England for most of the last 300 years. At the beginning, it was called the “Tory Party”. It represented the interests of the royal family, the Anglican Church, and also the aristocracy (the land owners). They changed their names in 1830 under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel => it became the “Conservative Party”. He wanted to change the name

British politics The first period was led by the Labor Government from 1946 to 1951 whose Prime Minister was Clement Attlee. This government set up a certain number of policies based on Keynesianism and Welfare State. This post-war settlement put in place a system of full employment and a system of social services. Within this context, Attlee’s government undertook the nationalization of major industries and public utilities and the creation of the National Health Service. The Conservatives were

THE 1950s & THE 1960s IN THE UK I) The 1950s The 1950s have been defined as a period of affluence which peak in 1959. Indeed, the affluence was both a fact and a feeling. The 1950s witnessed the evolution to what literate, wealthy and liberal, property-owning democracy. There were significant improvement in living standards and mainly a property owning boom. By the end of the 1950s the middle classes and also the upper working class began to buy houses but also consumer durables such as cars

The process of privatisation, especially the preparation of nationalised industries for privatisation, was associated with marked improvements in performance, particularly in terms of labour productivity.[92] But it is not clear how far this can be attributed to the merits of privatisation itself. The "productivity miracle" observed in British industry under Thatcher was achieved not so much by increasing the overall productivity of labour as by reducing workforces and increasing unemployment.[93]

catholiques. Il forme alors une alliance avec les Whigs, qui forment l’aile libérale du Parlement britannique, qui s’opposent aux Tories, l’aile plus conservatrice. L’essor des clivages au sein de la société britannique survient lors de la première révolution industrielle. Centre névralgique de ce bouleversement, le Royaume-Uni connaît plusieurs césures majeures. On assiste à la naissance d’un conflit de classes. La rationalisation du travail entraîne la naissance d’une véritable classe ouvrière. L’expansion

ITS HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT • Has isolationism always existed? • When and how did isolationism come about? • Has isolationism been the main reason for the difficulties of British integration into EU? By studying the past, it will be easier to understand British identity. It will be clear that British identity has always been intertwined with continental Europe. Part I : The Historical Background Chap 1 : The original links I/ Prehistory

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