Nicholas Ridley

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Nicholas Ridley was a British Conservative politician and Thatcher-era cabinet minister known for his strong free-market views and controversial role in shaping UK economic and industrial policy.

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Nicholas Ridley canonical 5
Nicolas Ridley 1

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instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
human
associatedWith Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher government economic reforms
causeOfResignation controversial interview on European monetary union and Germany
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
employer Government of the United Kingdom
linked to: UK government
familyName Ridley
fieldOfWork economic policy
industrial policy
public administration
givenName Nicholas
hasInfluenced Conservative Party policy on nationalised industries
UK environmental policy in the late 1980s
UK transport policy in the 1980s
United Kingdom privatisation programme
ideology Thatcherism
free-market liberalism
languageUsed English
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
notableFor controversial comments on European integration
involvement in industrial and economic policy under Margaret Thatcher
role in Thatcher-era economic reforms
role in shaping UK privatisation policy
strong advocacy of free-market policies
notableWork Contributions to Conservative Party economic policy in the 1970s and 1980s
Ridley Report
participantIn Thatcher ministry
formulation of Conservative Party economic policy in opposition before 1979
politicalAlignment economic liberalism
right-wing
positionHeld Chairman of the Conservative Party Policy Group on Tax and Government Spending
Financial Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for the Environment of the United Kingdom
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
sphereOfActivity British politics
government economic policy
industrial relations policy
workLocation Westminster
linked to: City of Westminster
workPeriod late 20th century

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Ridley Hall, Cambridge namedAfter Nicholas Ridley
Hugh Latimer contemporaryOf Nicholas Ridley
Arnold Ridley child Nicolas Ridley
linked to: Nicholas Ridley