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Thatcher
Why did she win the election
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how did she tackle inflation?
scrap
nationalisation
of building land
Reduce government intervention in industry
Reduce waste
Beurocracy
over governemnt
how would she tacke trade unions
no
closed shops
in civil service
wider use of
secret ballots
provide public funding for
postal ballot
union fund strikes
pay bargain in private
no
excessive pay deals
how would she tackle tax?
cut
income tax
raise
thresholds
widen
brackets
increase
vat
how would she deal with nationalisation
sell to
private ownership
restrict
NEB
how would she tackle rising crime?
imrpove
pay
of police
wider sentencing laws
sharp shock for
youth
to stop reoffending
how would she tackle council houses?
tenants
given legal righs to buy homes
right to buy
100%
mortgages
how would she tackle education?
National curriculum
keep
grammar schools
claim
partial fees
what were labour weaknesses?
Winter of discontent
OPEC
consequences and
stagflation
Unemployment at
3 million
Unions
Divisions within party
No majority
Troubles
IMF reinforced rubbish economy and power
Calllaghan
didnt call election - crisis, what crisis
Emergence of
SDLP
Roy Jenkins
a
Divided electorate
Believed labour was
left wing
extremists