About Thatcher Flashcards

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What is Thatcherism?

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The type of politics that Thatcher supported

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2
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What politics did Thatcher reject?

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Consensus politics

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What politics did Thatcher believe in?

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Conviction politics

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What is conviction politics?

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Politics should be shaped by the beliefs of leadership

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5
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What were Thatcher’s views on the economy?

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Her views on the economy were very controversial and revolved around the individual

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What did Thatcher not like people doing?

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Being dependent on the government for help and believed that individuals needed to accept the need to work hard

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What did Thatcher think of trade unions?

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She hated them - she spent a large part of her time in the government taking on the TUs

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How did Thatcher want to boost individual creativity?

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By scaling back the States economic role

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Why did Thatcher want the individual to flourish?

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hatcher thought that if the individual was allowed to flourish, then there would be more of an entrepreneurial spirit in Britain

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10
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What sort of traditional economic attitude could it be argued that Thatcher had?

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She was a classical Liberal

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What was a classical Liberal’s view on the economy like?

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  • A minimal state
  • The power of the individual

Thatcher believed in these ideas

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What were Thatcher’s view on the law?

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She was a passionate believer in the rule of law - had very traditional views on values

Believed that through the obedience of law, rights would be protected

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Why did Thatcher dislike strike action from large groups?

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It was lead by groups such as TUs, feminists and other rights groups, it was therefore not about the individual, and rather their collective rights

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Why did Thatcher overall dislike strike action?

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She saw that direct action as subversive

She believed in reform through the ballot box

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What % of civil servants were sacked by 1988?

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22.5% – This saved £1 billion

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16
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How many council houses were sold between 1982-1983?

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200,000

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17
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How much did NHS spending increase by in the years 1980 and 1987

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60%

18
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How many NHS trusts were in debt by 1996?

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34

19
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Thatcher didn’t trust European countries, what was the name used to refer to people like this?

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Euro-sceptics

20
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What did the 1988 education act do?

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Introduced a new curriculum

21
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What negative affects did the higher school standards have?

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They drove up house prices in the catchment areas - poorer families could not send their children to good schools

22
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What values did Thatcher believe in?

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The values of Britishness

That everyone in Britain should celebrate the civilised values of hard work, individual rights and democracy

23
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Why did Thatcher have little time for women’s rights groups and race protest groups?

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She thought that British law guaranteed freedom and justice for all

24
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How did Thatcher’s nationalism affect international relations?

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Meant that she placed British interests first and rejected international interference in Britain’s interests

25
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When did the Falklands war start?

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1982

26
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Thatcher didn’t trust European countries, what was the name used to refer to people like this?

A

Euro-sceptics

27
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How did the quality of care decline after Thatcher was replaced?

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2% of beds were lost between 1990-1994

28
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How much did tax increase by?

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It rose from 31% to 37% of a person’s income

29
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What did Thatcher advise local councils to do?

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‘Contract out’ work - this promoted greater efficiency and slimmed down local councils

30
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How much did staff numbers fall by in Wandsworth?

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A third

31
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What did Thatcher think was the main reason for Britain’s economic decline?

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She felt that state intervention was the root cause of the economic decline

32
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How did the numbers of pensioners living below the poverty line change?

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Rose from 13% to 43%

33
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How did the income of the richest change, 1979-1992?

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Rose by 61%

34
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How did the income of the poor change, 1979 to 1992?

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Fell by 18%

35
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How much of the Welsh workforce was lost by 1990?

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90%

36
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How many people mined coal in Wales in 1990?

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3,000

37
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How did the amount of Welsh students seeking higher education change?

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20% to 47%

38
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How did the Welsh GDP per Capita change?

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Rose from £7,000 to £20,300

39
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What things did Thatcher try to do to decrease the North-South divide?

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She created ‘enterprise zones’ , lead to some notable developments

40
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How many of the middle class voted Conservative in 1987?

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55% - A record low since 1918