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Question 1

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Answer 1

Elected in 1979 with a majority of 44 seats
Falklands War 1982
Re-elected 1983 with a majority of 144 seats
Re-elected 1987 with a majority of 102 seats

Question 2

Events as Prime Minister

Answer 2

Falklands War
Poll Tax
Three huge election victories
Left office following leadership election and falling support in the parliamentary party in 1990.

Question 3

Control of policy

Answer 3

Falklands War – Iron Lady
Closing of the coal mines
Use of economic advisor over Chancellor
Most cabinet members owed their careers to her.

Question 4

Lack of control of policy

Answer 4

Increasingly at odds with senior Cabinet ministers – a very dominant PM with a male-dominated cabinet.
Europe was a key issue – Euroscepticism being a key issue within Thatcherism.
Failure to see the warning signs of the 1989 Leadership Election