Thatcher's Government

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1979 Election
The winter of Discontent 1979 under Callaghan, who was in the Bahamas at the time. Newspaper headline ‘Crisis? What crisis?’ becomes synonymous with Callaghan, Unemployment was at 1 million, ‘Labour isn’t working’ poster
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1979 Election
Callaghan should have called the general election earlier to avoid the influence of bad industrial relations in the election, The IMF crisis of ‘76 reinforced the public’s perception of declining Britain. It also caused splits in the party
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Thatcher's Strengths
The force of her personality; her confidence and drive, She used public relations company Saatchi & Saatchi to polish her image, Economic policy – she was naturally inclined against ‘big government’
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Thatcher's Strengths
Kept broad-brush themes, and avoided specific policies in order to please a wider demographic, Monetarism and strict economic regulations appealed to the public after Labour’s overspending
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Economic Achievements
Number of people owning shares rose from 7% to 25% between 1979 and 1990, Privatisation raised £5 billion a year for the treasury throughout the 1980s, By 1983 Britain had begun to recover, with growth of around 2.5% per year
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Economic Achievements
She was lucky with regards to North Sea Oil which brought in a lot of revenue, Inflation was radically lowered (but initially still high), She encouraged an ‘enterprise’ attitude to help business prosper
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Economic Failures
From 1979-1981 Britain’s economy fell by 2.5%, whereas others grew by up to 6.3%, Interest rates reached 16% in 1980, Manufacturing fell 17% in 21 months
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Economic Failures
Money from privatisation not invested in anything useful such as improving public transport which was in a bad state, In 1983 imports exceeded exports, The introduction of Poll Tax in 1990 caused violent riots in various cities, and was eventually sc
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Callaghan should have called the general election earlier to avoid the influence of bad industrial relations in the election, The IMF crisis of ‘76 reinforced the public’s perception of declining Britain. It also caused splits in the party

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1979 Election

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The force of her personality; her confidence and drive, She used public relations company Saatchi & Saatchi to polish her image, Economic policy – she was naturally inclined against ‘big government’

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Kept broad-brush themes, and avoided specific policies in order to please a wider demographic, Monetarism and strict economic regulations appealed to the public after Labour’s overspending

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Number of people owning shares rose from 7% to 25% between 1979 and 1990, Privatisation raised £5 billion a year for the treasury throughout the 1980s, By 1983 Britain had begun to recover, with growth of around 2.5% per year

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