HIST 2376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Wildcat Strike Action, Deindustrialization, Culture War
15 Nov 2018
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Key terms: miners" strike of 1984, new labour, privatization, margaret thatcher, winter of discontent. Jim callaghan: becomes prime minister in 1976, known as the last leader of the old labour government. Inherited an ongoing economic crisis that no government could fix. Majesty"s government: the vote passed by one vote so new elections had to be held, the conservatives won the vote and margaret thatcher became prime. 1980s in britain: margaret thatcher, first woman to be prime minister of britain, very aggressive, confrontational political style, the conservative party became a much harder party during her time. There is no alternative : pr campaigns, adoption of more aggressive political campaigns, during the crises, the conservatives hired an advertising agency to carry out an ad campaign against the labour party, privatization. Labour: complete rejection of socialism and enthusiastic embrace of liberalism and market economics. In 1997, tony blair and the new labour party defeat the conservatives and takes office as.
