Thatcher

Britain transformed

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