Why Did Thatcher Inspire Such Passionate Support And Hatred Flashcards
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What did many of Thatcher’s supporters see her as?
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A resolute, clear-sighted leader who brought about extensive, much-needed change and arrested the national decline of the 1970s defeating trade unions and inflation with ‘Thatcherism’
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Why were Thatcher’s polices controversial?
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Moving the tax system from direct to indirect taxation was criticised for disproportionately hitting the poor, people who lost their jobs were hit hardest by her polices and many felt she created a culture of greed, the growth of ‘cardboard cities’ with more homeless people, and showing her disapproval of the culture of dependency that had grown up with he welfare state Thatcher remarked ‘there is no such thing as society’
