Margaret Thatcher — birth year?
1925
Thatcher — political party?
Conservative Party
Iron Lady — origin?
Soviet journalist nickname for Thatcher
Thatcherism — policies?
Economic liberalization and individualism
Thatcher — death year?
2013
Thatcher — first elected MP?
1959
Thatcher — became PM?
1979
Beveridge Report — year?
1942
Five Giants — Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor, Idleness?
Major social problems identified by Beveridge
Post-war welfare — aim?
Extend social welfare from cradle to grave
Beveridge — influence?
Keynesian demand management
Welfare measures — examples?
National Insurance, free education, NHS
Thatcher — “free society” argument?
Contrasted with Soviet-style state control
1970s crisis — causes?
Inflation, strikes, economic decline
Winter of Discontent — year?
1978–1979
Neoliberalism — advocates?
Market solutions, limited state, deregulation
Hayek & Friedman — ideas?
Limited government, free markets, monetarism
Deregulation & privatization — purpose?
Reduce state role, boost private sector
Miners’ strike — year?
1984
Mine closures — number?
122 between 1985–1992
Poll tax — mechanism?
Fixed per-person housing tax
Poll tax — impact?
Mass protests, riots, resentment
Labour — post-1990 shift?
Acceptance of privatization, market reforms
Third Way — leader?
Tony Blair, centrist policy approach
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