Britain Transformed A-Level History Thatcher Summary Notes: Division
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Unit 1H - Britain transformed, 1918-97 (8HI01H)
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History for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century
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Thatcher: Political and social
division
National unity
Speeches on threat of communism and Russia
Falkland’s war 1982- complex military operation to take back the islands from the
Argentinian invasion
Created a sense of national unity, headlines un tabloid press, and surge of support
Class
Class politics T thought undermined national unity and British values of hard work and
resilience
NUM
Thatcherism increased class conflict by increasing inequality
People had no stake in scoiety and hence no loyalty
Scottish and Welsh national is grew- voted for nationalist parties opposed to
conservatives
T believed in national moral duty to obey
Sale of council houses; gap in the working class; limited choice; took away the right to
rent decent affordable housing from poorest in society
The Miners strike
Political and social division in britian
Even conservatives thought she went too far
Editor of the Sunday telegraph “we are class warriors”
Thatcher: Political and social division 1
, Shows long term conflict
Unions and Thatcher
Second term
Wanted to succeed where Heath had failed
Turned public opinion against trade union movement (winter of discontent)
Public backing
1978 Nicholas Ridley strategy for the NUM:
Law against secondary action
Alternative sources of power, not reliant on coal
Reserve of coal stocks
Government and the Miners (causes)
Coal industry nationalised in 1946; gov control of british coal corporation
Ian macgregor, head of the national coal board, appointed by thatcher, businessman
Reduce state subsidies, not relying on taxpayer money
Pits closed
South Wales, Scotland and north of England employs majority of adult men in mines
Arthur Scargill 1981 - masterminded defeat of Heath government in 1974
Macgregor plan to close 20 pits
Scargill reveals he was concealing real scale of plans, really 70 pits (majority of mines)
Cabinet 30 year later released papers and confirmed the claim
Scargill announced strike
The Ballot
1984 trade union act; unions have to conduct secret ballot to announce a strike
Thatcher: Political and social division 2
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