Margaret Thatcher Was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known Margaret born on 13th October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. Thatcher
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Conservatives one nation principles Conservatives after Macmillan haven't supported the growth of trade unions, citing Margaret Thatcher and the crushing of the Skargill strikes in 1984 is the best example that the modern Conservative party has not supported this aspect of one nation. They didn’t support it because strikes are genuinely unpopular, even if one supports the message behind the strike you are still not going to like the inconvenience it causes furthermore the Conservatives are funded
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Margaret Thatcher Yo Margaret Hilda Roberts nací el 13 de octubre en Inglaterra. Mi padre era Alfred Roberts, un propietario de dos tiendas de comestibles y ferviente metodista, que llegó a ser concejal de su pueblo. Mi madre fue Beatrice Roberts (cuyo apellido de soltera era Stephenson) y tuve una hermana llamada Muriel (1921-2004). Fui criada como una devota metodista y he permanecido cristiana durante toda mi vida. Estudie en la escuela femenina Kesteven y posteriormente en la institución
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Topic of the lesson Politics has a female face Objectives: SWBAT (students will be able to) * Use proper vocabulary on the topic * Be ready to discuss the problems of gender stereotypes in politics * Develop their critical thinking * Express their thoughts and opinions in debates * Develop their listening skills Materials needed: * Tapescript for the text for listening * Handouts for reading and discussing * Dictionaries Time required: 90 minutes The quotation
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Did Thatcher break society and can the big society concept fix it? Stephen Hunt Politics With Marketing Management 1st May 2012 Contents Page 2 ‘There is no such thing as society’ 4 Thatcher in power 12 Labour and the big crash 15 the Big society concept 22 Conclusion 25 Bibliography ‘There is no such thing as society’ ‘There is no such thing as society;’ this one sentence spoken by Margaret Thatcher in an interview to woman’s own in 1987 was seen by her many critics as capturing
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Has the Conservative Party abandoned ‘Thatcherism’? Thatcherism was the name given to the type of policies that were put in place, by the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The policies primarily involved the idea monetarism, privatization, and strong law and order. Thatcherism put emphasis on the government controlling the amount of money that was in circulation in Britain, so that inflation was kept at a steady level and so it was not a hindrance to economic growth. Moreover, it also involved
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the ethnical groups in society. The economy in the contemporary age has a back down when the coalminers and car and steal plants closes and the number of unemployed rises. In 1984 the miner’s strikes because of Margaret Thatcher wants to close down the coalminers. The years where Thatcher is the leader is marked by the privatization of the public services such as water and electricity. But they still have public support for health and education and therefor they can maintain the Welfare State in
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Was the miners strike a success for Thatcher ? She called them "the enemy within" and the 1984-85 miners' strike was the most divisive confrontation of Margaret Thatcher's 11 years in power. In a strike that lasted for a year it pitched striking miners against the police, family members and communities against each other and even saw Britain's security services and foreign governments. The strikes resulted in Mrs Thatcher's status as an unrivalled hate figure for British trade unionists and
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party leadership.An example of such an occasion was the 1979 general election. Labour leader Michael Foot was a kind-hearted man, an ex-pilot and had credible policies, yet he cared not for his appearance and was often quite poorly dressed. Margaret Thatcher on the other hand was well-spoken, well-dressed and an looked the part of a prime-minister - and it was her that won the election. This is evidence that voting is infact a rational
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From 1997 to 2005 conservative party lost three general elections in a row. David Cameron has introduced much reform into the Conservative Party since his ascension into power of the Conservative Party, in December 2005. He has, in many ways, modernised the Party, and has introduced measures that are so wide reaching, that his brand of Conservatism has a name, Social Conservatism. Conservative
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