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Bobby Sands' death
1981
Brighton Bombing
12 October 1984
Wrongful 70s convictions overturned
1991
Potter's feminist film Thriller
1979
Section 48
Sex education should promote the family
Section 28
Outlawed the promotion of homosexuality in any context
Stonewall founded
1989
Eastender's screened a gay kiss
1989
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
My Beautiful Launderette
1985
New Cross Fire
1981
Channel 4 created
1982
Riots due to the death of two black women
1985
Ghost Town
1981
Miners Strike
1984-85
How many youths died in the New Cross Fire?
13
Day of Action
1981
How many people marched to London in the Day of Action?
20,000
How long did the Miners Stike last?
362 days
What percentage of miners had rejoined the pits by March 1985?
63%
How many millions of tonnes of coal reserves did Ian McGregor stockpile?
57 million
How many pits were closed in 1984?
20
Scotland voted in favour of devaluation
1997
SDP-Liberal alliance approval rating
50.5%
Michael Foot led Labour
1980-83
Neil Kinnock led Labour
1983-92
John Smith led Labour
1992-94
Blair won the election
1997
What percentage of the national income did Thatcher and Blair take?
45.4% and 39.7%
Reshuffle of Thatcher's cabinet
1981
Westland Helicopters
1985-6
Poll tax marches
March 1990
How many people partook in the poll tax marches?
200,000
What was the percentage decrease of posh boys in Thatcher's cabinet 1974-87?
75-66%
How many female MP's were there?
41
SDP alliance created
1981
How many seats did the SDP alliance take in the 1983 election?
23
How many Labour MP's switched their alliance?
28
Monetarism
1981-83
Supply Side economics
1983-89
How much were taxes reduced by as a result of monetarism?
33-30%
How much was public spending cut by?
£11-9 billion
How much was VAT raised by?
8-15%
What was inflation at in 1980?
22%
How much did inflation fall by?
18-3.4%
Boom and Bust
1986
British Gas privatised
1986
Water and electricity privatised
1990
British Airways
1987
What percentage of the country owned shares by 1990?
25%
How many shares were sold after the "Tell Sid" campaign?
4.6 million
How productive were British workers compared to American ones?
77%
What was unemployment at in 1985?
3.2 million
How much was the loss British Airways made between 1981-82?
£544 million
How much did average income increase by between 1979-92?
37%
How much did the poorest 10%'s wages decrease by between 1979-92?
18%
How much did the wealthiest 10%'s wages decrease by between 1979-92?
61%
How much was income tax cut by for the high earners?
83-60%
Financial Services Act
1986
Black Monday
October 19, 1987
What did Lawson cut interest rates to in 1988?
7.5%
How much was law and order increased by?
36%
What was the economic growth 1979-80?
13%
What was the unemployment rate between 1980-90?
9.1%
How much did financial services expand by in London?
300%
From when were council houses allowed to buy their properites?
1980
How much was the discount on housing for 3 and 20 years?
33% and 50%
How many people brought their homes between 1980-89?
500,000
GLC abolished
1986
How much was funding cut to local governments between 1979-84?
£44-39 million
How much had the civil service been cut by?
25%
How much was spending increased by from 1979-89?
35%
How much did Trident cost annually?
7.5 billion
Operation Swamp
1981
What was union membership at in 1979?
13.5 million
What was the policing bill for Nottingham (key battleground during the Miners Strike)?
£25 million
How much did NUM membership fall by between 1980-90?
65%
What companies were privatised before 1983?
British Aerospace, British Sugar and British Petroleum
When was BT privatised?
1984
When was British Gas sold?
1984
How much was raised to buy British Gas through the selling of shares?
£5.4 million
When was british rail privatised?
1994-1997
What was the 1992 Private Finance Initiative under John Major?
private funding and expertise used to provide a government service, which was funded by the state in the long term
How much money was raised from privatisation to pay for tax cuts?
£19 billion
How many shareholders were there 1979-90?
3 million to 11 million
By 1990 how many shares were owned by individuals?
20%
How many jobs were lost as a result of coal privatisation?
200,000
What did the 1979 removal of exchange controls do?
ended restriction on how many pounds could be converted and spent abroad
What was the effect of the removal of exchange controls on Britain?
drained money, increasing the balance of payments deficit
What contributed to the financial crisis of 2008?
Big Bang induced riskier financial schemes
What was personal debt in 2003?
£1.3 trillion, highest in Europe
When did Thatcher begin building coal reserves?
1984
What was Scargill’s disapproval rating among the public after he failed to ballot members about strike action?
79%
What percentage of civil servants had been sacked by 1988?
22.5%
When did Thatcher abolish the Civil Service Department?
1981
What councils were abolished during the 1985 Local Government Act?
Greater London Council plus 6 others
How did ‘contracting out’ affect the staff numbers of Wandsworth council by 1985?
fell by 1/3
How many NHS trusts were in debt in 1996 due to the introduction of free market elements?
34
What did Thatcher do with education that affected her aim to roll back the state?
allowed schools to get funding from central government, reduced power of LEAs
How many were unemployed in wales in 1986 compared to 1979?
166k vs 73k
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