SUMMARY OF THE HIGH TIDE AND EBB TIDE OF THATCHERISM 1983-90

CONFLICT WITH THE MINERS

• it enhanced the divide between the newly affluent parts of the country which no longer lied on heavy industry for their jobs
• it largely divided the north and south
• harsh violence on tv fuelled the general view of lawlessness
• gov carried out pit closures rapidly after strike
• the failure of the miners gave heart to other employers in resisting workers demands
• streghtened Thatcher's determination to see off other enemies as long as the gov kept its sense of determination and…