HIST 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Monetarism, Union Democracy, Social Liberalism
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No british pm in the 20th c. did more to bring discord than thatcher in some senses she was rather proud of this. On one hand she was the most admired, even adored politician (at least among faithful. Tories) since churchill: other hand she was the most loathed, reviled, and despised pm of the 20th c. Overall not a popular pm: averaged around 39% on opinion polls of satisfaction with pm. Made more of her background than any other 20th c. pm. Keynesianism: main tenant of spending way out of recession rejected by thatcher, made no sense with corner shop mentality anything but balance reckless. Mentality typical of petit bourgeoisie (lower middle classes: speak very strongly to a strain of conservatism that had been comparatively neglected within conservative party. Moralism also had similar appeal in same quarters: people that mrs. mary whitehouse appealed to, viewpoint blamed britain"s problems on moves towards greater degree of.
