Impact of Thatcherism on society

• Sale of council houses :

  • 1980 housing act - discount of 33 to 55%
  • By 1988 - 2 million houses sold
  • Sold off in better areas - councils ordered to pay debts and not more housing - long term issue
  • Number and quality of homes on
• Extra parliamentary opposition :

  • Oxford refused to give her an honorary degree due to spending cuts to higher education
  • Playwrights satirised thatcher
  • 1985 church report calls governments to help deprived communities and bishops come out in criticism
  • 70k protestors block cruise missiles + greenham women camp against trident
  • greenpeace grew with thalomide and chernobyl