20 - The Thatcher Governments Flashcards
Who resigned as Tory leader after failing to win 2 elections in 1974? Who replaced him?
Heath
Thatcher
What ideology had Thatcher fiercely embraced? What did she want to avoid?
The New Right
Failures of Heath’s ministry
What was Thatcher characterised by? What would she never give into?
Determination
Compromise
What was Thatcher accused of later in her premiership? What did this contribute to?
Arrogance
Her downfall
What consensus was Thatcher opposed to? What did she embark on?
Post-war consensus
Radical change
What did Thatcher want to reduce the role of? What did she want to expand?
Government
Free-market
What was already undermined before Thatcher came into power? Why had Labour cut public spending?
Post-war consensus
It was a condition of the IMF loan
Whose government previously adopted New Right policies? What did Thatcher blame for Britain becoming “the sick man of Europe”?
Heath
Heath’s U-turns
How did Thatcher plan to halt Britain’s economic decline? What did Thatcher want to reduce in society?
Free-market policies
Unnecessary bureaucracy
What Economic School did Thatcher support because of their monetarist beliefs?
Chicago School of Economics, University of Chicago
What did Thatcher seemingly continue with in the first 2 years? What did she give British Leyland to end a steel strike?
Predecessor’s policies
More subsidies
Who would Thatcher appoint as ministers? What were they known as?
People who shared her views
“Dries”
Who were 2 ministers that were considered self-made men?
Norman Tebbit
Nigel Lawson
What eventually happened to the ministers who were considered Heathites and “wets”?
They were replaced with “dries”
What approach did Thatcher take against terrorism? Who did she want to extend co-operation between?
Hard-line approach
UK and the Irish Republic
