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Chapter 13-The Thatcher Governments Flashcards

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what did thatcher describe herself as

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a conviction politician

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what was thatchers background

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middle class - daughter of a grocer

chemistry at Oxford

lawyer

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what did Thatcher say at the peak of discontent of her policies at the 1981 party conference

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‘You turn if you want to- the lady’s not for turning’

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what school of economics did thatcher believe in

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Chicago school of economics

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what was the new right

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a collective name for academic and theoretical organisations that rejected Keynesian orthodoxy

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what ideology was thatcher influenced by

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The new right

conservative intellectuals

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what did the new right favour over Keynesian policies

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free market economy

monetarism

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what did Norman Tebbit claim was responsible for ‘today’s violent society’

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‘attitudes of post war funk which gave birth to the permissive society’

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what did thatcherites strongly believe in regard to the law

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the strength of the police

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what were ‘wets’

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those who were soft regarding the social outcomes of monetarist policies

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what were ‘dries’

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those who supported the policies of monetarism

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what were examples of ‘wets’ in the cabinet

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willie whitelaw- Home Secretary

Jim Prior- employment minister

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what were examples of ‘dries’ in the cabinet

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Geoffrey howe- chancellor of the exchequer

Keith Joseph- department of industry

Nigel lawman given key economic post

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what did Howe become famous for

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his resignation which condemned thatcher and played a part in her fall from power

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what posts did Geoffrey howe hold

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chancellor of the exchequer- 1979-83

foreign minister 83-89

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what was Nigel lawson responsible for

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the lawson boom in 1989

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when was lawson chancellor of the exchequer and why did he resign

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1983-89

furious at thatchers use of Alan Walters for economy

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18
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why did Michael hessletine resign in 1986

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the Westland affair

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when was the SDP formed

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1981

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who were the gang of four who started the SDP

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David Owen

roy Jenkins

shirley williams

bill rogers

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how many labour MP’s left for the SDP

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28

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what convinced moderates such as Shirley Williams to start the SDP

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the Wembley conference which was dominated by the labour left and had far left hecklers

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what seat did Williams sensationally win in November 1981

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Crosby- previously tory

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what seat did Jenkins win in march 1982

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Glasgow hillhead

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who beat labour in the Bermondsey by election
the liberals
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what Wass the alliance
the merging of the two centrist parties the liberals and the SDP
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what was the issue with the alliance
tensions between the two parties- particularly David Steel and David Owen
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what caused there Labour Party to be so divided
Foot elected leader over obvious candidate Dennis Healey Healey beat Tony Benn to deputy in Blackpool in 81 left leader and centre-right deputy
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who did Labour voters begin to vote for
some became ';thatcher conservatives' liberal or SDP some didn't vote at all
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who replaced Michael foot as leader of the opposition in 1983
neil kinnock
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who did Kinnock expell from the party in 1986
militant tendency
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who were militant tendency
far left group named after the magazine militant that preached Trotskyite revolutionary socialism
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who else did kinnock take on within the party
Bennites Union leaders
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why was the labour manifesto for the 1983 election so unpopular
was extremely left wing
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what things did the labour manifesto in 1983 include
unilateral disarmament withdraw from EEC bamn on fox hunting
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what did the Labour MP Gerald Kaufman describe the 1983 manifesto as
'the longest suicide note in history'
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how many more anti- conservative votes were there than pro-conservative votes
3 million 13-16
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how did the tories still win a 144 seat majority even with 3 million less votes
first pasty the post system
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how many less votes did the alliance have compared to labour
500,000
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how many more seats did labour have than the alliance
186 209-23
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how many seats did the tories win
397
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why was the alliance less successful in the 1987 election
not enough to unify the party other than a dislike of thatcher the two davids had different personal views labour became more centrist and favourable
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what percentage of the votes did the alliance get in 1987 and how did this compare to 1983
24% down from 40%
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what did the conservatives promise if they won the 87 election
stronger defence more economic growth lower taxes
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how many seats are won by the main three parties in the 1987 election
tories- 375 labour- 229 alliance- 22 down 1
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what percentage of the votes did the main three parties get in the 1987 election
tories- 42.2% labour- 30.8% alliance- 22.6%
47
what side did thatcher sympathise with during the troubles
unionists
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why was there a hunger strike in 1980 among IRA prisoners in H-block of the Male prison
they wanted to be seen as political not ordinary prisoners
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who led and died as a result of this hunger strike
Bobby Sands
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how many hunger strikers died before it was called off in October 1981
10
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what happened at the grand hotel in Brighton in 1984
bomb set off at tory party meeting 5 died
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what was signed at Hillsborough in November 1985
anglo-irish agreement
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what did the anglo-irish agreement include
set up permanent intergovernmental cooperation between UK and republic of Ireland
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what was the aims of the anglo-irish agreement
enhance security cooperation between Britain and republic of Ireland strengthen moderate nationalists against Sinn Fein
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who supported the anglo-irish agreement
the alliance the SDLP
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what was the response to the anglo-irsish agreement in Northern Ireland
outrage- 200,000 protested in Belfast Ulster resistance paramilitary group set up in 1986 as a response
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what were examples of bombings due to the troubles under thatcher
July 1982- Hyde park bombings by IRA- 11 soldiers killed December 1983- harrods bombing by IRA- 6 killed October 1984- bombing of grand Brighton hotel May 1987- 8 IRA members and a civilian killed by SAS
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how many pits did the NCB say they were going to close in 1981
23
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who was the head of the NCB in 1984
Ian Mcgregor
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how many more pits did the NCB plan to close by 1987
75
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what was the UDM
union of democratic mineworkers split from NUM in 1984 formed in Nottinghamshire
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what did the UDM accuse scargill of
caring more about far left politics than the minors
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how many were involved at the battle of greave
5000 miners 8000 police
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how many did the coal industry employ in 1979 compared to 1990
1979- 200k 1990- 60k
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how did union membership fall from 1979-90
dropped by a third
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what was inflation by 1980
15%
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what was unemployment by 1980
2 million
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how did VAT on petrol change from 1979-88
increased almost every year
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how did GDP rise under deregulation and how did this compare to the USA and Japan
britain- 2.4% Japan- 4.1% USA- 2.8%
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by how much did unemployment rise from 1979-90
600k
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what did unemployment peak at under thatcher
11.9%
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by the end of 1990 what percentage of British oil came from North Sea oil
85%

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