1980s and Margaret Thatcher1980s and Margaret Thatcher1980s and Margaret ThatcherThe Eighties were a time of great change in all aspects of society. It was a time of money, confidence and greed. The Government had changed in 1976 to the Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher, the first woman Prime Minister this country had ever had, and her style of leadership left its mark upon society for a long time. It was a time of economic growth thanks to a stable economy and everyone was encouraged to own something, houses, cars, invested income. This had an effect on all areas of society right down to the youth of the time. Where the Punk movement in the Seventies had been a reaction against the unemployment situation, young people in the 1980s were put on Youth Employment schemes which were run by the Government. This meant that the unemployment figures were considerably reduced and there was much less opportunity for the youth of the time to protest. Whilst this seemed like a good idea, for some people it was not popular and was phased out quickly. However it did leave an impression upon many young people, that there was more to life than a Government pay cheque (dole money) and in the increasingly stable economy, it was a good opportunity for the business minded people to start to make money. Everyone was buying or selling something and making more money, in some cases, more than they had ever dreamed possible. Young men and women left school at sixteen or eighteen and went into business and became millionaires by the time they were twenty. Margaret Thatcher encouraged this idea for the individual to take control. The Eighties were becoming a time of excess, fast cars, fast money and everyone trying to get as much as they could for themselves. This confident attitude extended beyond the business world and in 1982 England was involved in the first major conflict with another country for forty years. The Falklands War lasted for a very short time but it gave Great Britain something to think about and raised the spirits of the nation who had started to become dissatisfied with the government in particular Margaret Thatcher. After the success of her Falkland Islands policy however, her reputation was restored and she led the conservatives to a sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections of June 1983. All the money that was being made so quickly was also being spent quickly. The young upwardly-mobile professionals (or yuppies) spent money in a style as never before. Designer labels were the fashion in clothing, as more and more people could afford to spend the sort of money that had only been available to very few until now. It became important to wear the right labels, drive the right car, be seen in the right places and live in the right areas of town. Parents could afford to spend money on their children and children came to expect to get what they wanted. Everything became bigger and better than the last model and that included toys and games too. Gadgets were popular and toys went in and out of popularity almost overnight. Fashion became more conventional, style was dictated by the chosen few and it was not cool to be different. Musically little happened than in comparison to previous decades, the charts were dominated by middle of the road bands who played a good tune but who did not challenge anyones ideas or come up with any new ideas of their own. There were few notable exceptions to this such as Culture Club, a group that seemed to take up where punk dressing left off and wore make-up and outrageous clothes. The lead singer Boy George was a fashion icon of the time and started a trend for make-up for men. In October 1988 the London Stock Market crashed and many people lost huge amounts of money overnight. The confident and aggressive eighties gave way to the caring, sharing nineties and a change in the way that we saw ourselves and each other.
Margaret Thatcher and her GovernmentMargaret Thatcher is the second daughter of a grocer and a dressmaker who became the first woman in European history to be elected prime minister. She then went on to become the first British prime minister in the twentieth century to win three consecutive terms and, at the time of her resignation in 1990, the nations longest-serving prime minister since 1827. Some people have seen her as a true political revolutionary in that she broadened the base of the Conservative Party to include the middle class along with the wealthy aristocracy. Thatcher was born Margaret Hilda Roberts on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. A clever child whose father was an ardent worker in local politics, she decided early in life to become a member of Parliament. She was educated at Somerville College and at Oxford University, where she was the first woman president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. She earned a master of arts degree from Oxford in 1950
This essay is an outline of a larger story.
The following is an excerpt from Margaret Thatcher – The Truth About the Women of Prime Minister and Government as We Know Them as she was Prime Minister – that the Conservatives and Greens had an opportunity to publish in their campaign.
Margaret Thatcher has been a feminist since the 1990s, as have her fellow women who were involved in the British Liberal Democrat Party’s Women and Nationalists campaign and to many others as a key figure in British life since independence. Her current position is that she should be classified at best as an “independent” prime minister under the so-called “two per cent legislation” and at worst as one of the only women in politics in history. Although she made the first major speech to supporters of the UK Independence cause in 2004, the party’s manifesto is clearly based on her record of a policy of economic stagnation and a lack of political choice that has not, in its present form, enabled Britain to advance to power.
The Tory government and Labour have not taken a stand to condemn the party in its strongest words yet in regards to Labour’s support for the Labour-led European Union and its vote in favour of Britain joining the European single market, leaving it to be judged by what they call a “Brexit referendum”. The Conservatives are not prepared to go into full-scale action on this with public funds on hand, so far without any serious intervention for a major party (as were two recent public statements from Labour leadership) nor any major legislation. But as it stands they are holding together at an astonishingly rapid rate of 40 billion pounds, in a state of emergency after nearly three years of Tory control at work in the House of Lords. If the Tories don’t act, it will be seen that they are leaving a position of international and international financial hegemony, where if the EU is left, they can say goodbye to the European treaties and even become the de-nationalised nation of their dreams.
In a country already experiencing a growing political and economic isolation, one might not call a political speech by some one “anti-democratic.” But one must always make certain they are talking in a more constructive language, as in a sense a matter of mutual respect and concern. The Labour manifesto explicitly recognizes that Labour has not stood in solidarity with other Labour parties against which they have been accused of political treachery, and they make that point in support of Labour’s position in the European elections. However much they will try hard to impose a “one nation state” on the continent this time around, the only way they can be prepared to do so is by taking back the power of the European Parliament. Given the limited opportunities ahead for the party to gain any wider social or legislative consensus, the election will be more or less the last democratic referendum in European history.
In their last manifesto of 2010 it described the UK as a member of the single market – which is a right the Tories already support. They even called this a “Brexit” and, if it were adopted, would mean a rise in the prices of oil for the poor and the unemployed in Britain – not something Labour has ever done. In particular, in the same document they suggested that a “refugee population” could “renegotiate a new UK agreement” and in return the EU would “help countries like Turkey and Iran come closer to the EU”. If this was in fact to be done, they said, there could be an “extent for migrants to work within the EU”.
The Tories seem determined to get rid of the EU. However, this seems a big mistake. Since the Tories have been leading the referendum campaign for so long in their manifesto, they have simply set out to weaken the EU while they can. Indeed, it is impossible to imagine a Tory leader who won’t say that the UK’s current economic woes are a result of Europe alone and that Britain can still
Margaret, as the first female prime minister in British history, is an advocate of free trade and she takes full advantage of this opportunity to set international markets on her own terms, although she is also a strong supporter of free transport (the European Union and the European Maritime Organisation). As Britain’s second sitting woman since the establishment of the Liberal Democrats in 1970, she has made substantial contributions, such as her support of the introduction of international financial union. In recent years, however, she has often resorted to bullying, and in 2004 she was forced to apologise after she appeared to be in the wrong of a controversy.
In 2008, after a long campaign of negative publicity, Thatcher made it clear she would not be in office for another 12 years because she would be trying to get her own MPs on to vote for her (in what was later described as a witch hunt). Although she had won her first Commons seat in 2008, she lost the right to be deputy prime minister in 2010 and was expelled from her Conservative party the last time it came calling. She had the backing of other Liberal Democrats to secure a seat for her party’s deputy prime minister post until her defeat to David Cameron and her attempt to run for re-election.
Margaret Thatcher in 1996 was a feminist. In 2013, she won a second general election and won two more since 2012. She has been called feminist for one reason only: she is a feminist and is not a feminist.
Margaret Thatcher, as a feminist has been a feminist because she believes in human rights and equality for all, regardless of class or political affiliation. As far as it goes, human rights remain the most vital right under international law. There are only eight countries on Earth where people are free from state ownership or other legal obligations unless they are under armed conflict or in contravention of international human rights law.
The United Nations General Assembly has never condemned oppression or discrimination based on race, gender or sexual orientation. It should be noted that in some countries and all of the world, it does take account of specific situations in which a group of individuals can face oppression but it is the responsibility of governments to ensure everyone retains equal rights and a range of rights. (In the United States, the right to travel freely, on condition of age or disability, is still violated).
One recent example is the “freedom of assembly” enshrined in the ICCR, which requires that all politicians, from local politicians to elected officials in government, should be present to listen to the “general public.” This requirement was introduced in 1997 to keep track of the progress of other countries. However, since 1998, some countries have changed their constitutions on the basis of the ICCR so they are less likely to be able to require public attendance due to the constitutional issue of voting rights.
A third reason for the international community to condemn women is the threat posed by extremist groups trying to gain control over the state. There are many extremists abroad at every level, some motivated by radical nationalism that seek to overthrow any form
This essay is an outline of a larger story.
The following is an excerpt from Margaret Thatcher – The Truth About the Women of Prime Minister and Government as We Know Them as she was Prime Minister – that the Conservatives and Greens had an opportunity to publish in their campaign.
Margaret Thatcher has been a feminist since the 1990s, as have her fellow women who were involved in the British Liberal Democrat Party’s Women and Nationalists campaign and to many others as a key figure in British life since independence. Her current position is that she should be classified at best as an “independent” prime minister under the so-called “two per cent legislation” and at worst as one of the only women in politics in history. Although she made the first major speech to supporters of the UK Independence cause in 2004, the party’s manifesto is clearly based on her record of a policy of economic stagnation and a lack of political choice that has not, in its present form, enabled Britain to advance to power.
The Tory government and Labour have not taken a stand to condemn the party in its strongest words yet in regards to Labour’s support for the Labour-led European Union and its vote in favour of Britain joining the European single market, leaving it to be judged by what they call a “Brexit referendum”. The Conservatives are not prepared to go into full-scale action on this with public funds on hand, so far without any serious intervention for a major party (as were two recent public statements from Labour leadership) nor any major legislation. But as it stands they are holding together at an astonishingly rapid rate of 40 billion pounds, in a state of emergency after nearly three years of Tory control at work in the House of Lords. If the Tories don’t act, it will be seen that they are leaving a position of international and international financial hegemony, where if the EU is left, they can say goodbye to the European treaties and even become the de-nationalised nation of their dreams.
In a country already experiencing a growing political and economic isolation, one might not call a political speech by some one “anti-democratic.” But one must always make certain they are talking in a more constructive language, as in a sense a matter of mutual respect and concern. The Labour manifesto explicitly recognizes that Labour has not stood in solidarity with other Labour parties against which they have been accused of political treachery, and they make that point in support of Labour’s position in the European elections. However much they will try hard to impose a “one nation state” on the continent this time around, the only way they can be prepared to do so is by taking back the power of the European Parliament. Given the limited opportunities ahead for the party to gain any wider social or legislative consensus, the election will be more or less the last democratic referendum in European history.
In their last manifesto of 2010 it described the UK as a member of the single market – which is a right the Tories already support. They even called this a “Brexit” and, if it were adopted, would mean a rise in the prices of oil for the poor and the unemployed in Britain – not something Labour has ever done. In particular, in the same document they suggested that a “refugee population” could “renegotiate a new UK agreement” and in return the EU would “help countries like Turkey and Iran come closer to the EU”. If this was in fact to be done, they said, there could be an “extent for migrants to work within the EU”.
The Tories seem determined to get rid of the EU. However, this seems a big mistake. Since the Tories have been leading the referendum campaign for so long in their manifesto, they have simply set out to weaken the EU while they can. Indeed, it is impossible to imagine a Tory leader who won’t say that the UK’s current economic woes are a result of Europe alone and that Britain can still
Margaret, as the first female prime minister in British history, is an advocate of free trade and she takes full advantage of this opportunity to set international markets on her own terms, although she is also a strong supporter of free transport (the European Union and the European Maritime Organisation). As Britain’s second sitting woman since the establishment of the Liberal Democrats in 1970, she has made substantial contributions, such as her support of the introduction of international financial union. In recent years, however, she has often resorted to bullying, and in 2004 she was forced to apologise after she appeared to be in the wrong of a controversy.
In 2008, after a long campaign of negative publicity, Thatcher made it clear she would not be in office for another 12 years because she would be trying to get her own MPs on to vote for her (in what was later described as a witch hunt). Although she had won her first Commons seat in 2008, she lost the right to be deputy prime minister in 2010 and was expelled from her Conservative party the last time it came calling. She had the backing of other Liberal Democrats to secure a seat for her party’s deputy prime minister post until her defeat to David Cameron and her attempt to run for re-election.
Margaret Thatcher in 1996 was a feminist. In 2013, she won a second general election and won two more since 2012. She has been called feminist for one reason only: she is a feminist and is not a feminist.
Margaret Thatcher, as a feminist has been a feminist because she believes in human rights and equality for all, regardless of class or political affiliation. As far as it goes, human rights remain the most vital right under international law. There are only eight countries on Earth where people are free from state ownership or other legal obligations unless they are under armed conflict or in contravention of international human rights law.
The United Nations General Assembly has never condemned oppression or discrimination based on race, gender or sexual orientation. It should be noted that in some countries and all of the world, it does take account of specific situations in which a group of individuals can face oppression but it is the responsibility of governments to ensure everyone retains equal rights and a range of rights. (In the United States, the right to travel freely, on condition of age or disability, is still violated).
One recent example is the “freedom of assembly” enshrined in the ICCR, which requires that all politicians, from local politicians to elected officials in government, should be present to listen to the “general public.” This requirement was introduced in 1997 to keep track of the progress of other countries. However, since 1998, some countries have changed their constitutions on the basis of the ICCR so they are less likely to be able to require public attendance due to the constitutional issue of voting rights.
A third reason for the international community to condemn women is the threat posed by extremist groups trying to gain control over the state. There are many extremists abroad at every level, some motivated by radical nationalism that seek to overthrow any form