Thatcher politics & parties Flashcards
T. enlisted help one ‘wet’ = …
William Whitelaw
… cabinet reshuffle = ‘purging of the wets’ -> promoted … & …
1981
Norman Tebbit
Nigel Lawson
used press sec … to leak info to damage opponents
Sir Bernard Ingham
direct mail campaign to … potential new voters in … election campaign
500,000
1983
…, …, … resigned …, …, …
Michael Heseltine
Nigel Lawson
Geoffrey Howe
1986
1989
1990
Con MPs educated at private schools dropped … to … by …
75%
66%
1989
during premiership female MPs inc … to …, only … to … Cons
19
41
8
17
‘All Britain Anti-Poll Tax protest …, … protestors
Mar 1990
200,000
T resisted further Euro integration within …
European Econ Community
continued privatisation e.g. Electricity … & B Rail …
1991
1992
(Major) basic income tax reduced … to … …
25%
23%
1990
(Major) VAT inc to … …
17.5%
1991
… introduced ‘internal market’ in NHS
NHS Service & Community Care Act 1990
(Major) Criminal Justice & Public Order Act …
1994
‘Gang of Four’ = …, formed splinter party … in …
Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Shirley Williams & William Rodgers
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
1981
… Lab taken over by far-left faction led by … & …
1983
Michael Foot
Tony Benn
Lab electoral support meagre … 1983
27.6%
new Lab. leader 1983 = …, policy review …
Neil Kinnock
‘Meet the Challenge, Make the Change’
… rebranded as New Lab
1994
Blair removed commitment to … (nationalisation)
Clause IV
(Blair) creation Scottish Parliament & Welsh Nat Assembly …
1998
(Blair) min wage …
2005
SDP alliance with Lib … = … vote but only … seats
1983
1/4
23
SDP & Lib formally merged into Lib Dems …
1988
Scottish Nationalist Party formed … but greater prominence, since … gradually inc influence
1934
1990
Welsh Nationalist Party formed …
1925
