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Unravelling Britain: Thatcher and Thatcherism (Dr Robert Saunders)

The kind people have a wonderful dream/ Margaret on the Guillotine. Because people like you make me feel so tired. When will you die? When will you die? Make the dream real (Margaret on the Guillotine, Morrissey)

When they finally put you in the ground, Ill stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down (Tramp the Dirt Down, Elvis Costello)

Stand Down Margaret (The Beat)

The Day that Thatcher Dies (Hefner)

Thatcher F***ed the Kids (Frank Turner)6

THE BRIGHTON BOMBING, 12 October 1984

I came into politics because of the conflictbetween good and evil

Thatcher and Reagan

The Cold War: East v West9

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Womens Liberation

We do not intend to ask for anything. We intend to stand firm and assert our basic rights. If this involves violence, it will not be we who initiate this, but those who attempt to stand in our way to freedom (Gay Liberation Front Manifesto, 1971).Mary Whitehouse: Clean Up Television

Race Relations

The Three Day Week, 1974

The Winter of Discontent, 1978-79Margaret Thatcher: The Housewife in Politics

Whats wrong with Britain?1. The state was too big2. Trade Unions were too powerful3. Something had gone wrong with the national characterSOCIALISM!19North Sea Oil Production

The Gang of Four: Bill Rodgers, David Owen, Roy Jenkins and Shirley Williams

What to do next?1. Tax Cuts: Top rate of income tax halved (83p to 40p); basic rate down from 33p to 35p2. Privatisation: British Gas, British Coal, British Telecom etc3. Cuts in public spending especially subsidies to industry4. Reform of Trade Union law: 7 new Trade Union Acts22

The 1981 Riots23

Thatcher on Council Housingcouncil estates bring together people who are out of work but enjoy security of tenure at subsidized rents. They not only have every incentive to stay where they are: they mutually reinforce each others passivity and undermine each others initiative. Thus a culture grows up in which the unemployed are content to remain living mainly on the state with little will to move and find work.24

Thatcher on PrivatisationPrivatisation was fundamental to improving Britains economic performance. But for me, it was far more than that: it was about reversing the corrupting and corrosive effects of socialism. Privatisation is at the heart of any programme of reclaiming territory for freedom.

The Miners Strike, 1984-85

The Battle of Orgreave, June 1984

Poll Tax Riots1989-199029

John Major (The Grey Man)30

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We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them reimposed at a European level (The Bruges Speech , 1988)Leadership Election, 1990

Michael HeseltineTarzan, Lord of the Jungle33

22 November 1990: Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation

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