Margaret Thatcher's premiership

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Margaret_Thatcher's_premiership

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	premiership
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:diplomaticRelationsWith	Close relationship with Ronald Reagan Firm stance against Soviet Union
gptkbp:domesticPolicy	Deregulation Reduction of power of trade unions Promotion of home ownership Reduction of government spending
gptkbp:economy	gptkb:Thatcherism
gptkbp:electionVictories	gptkb:1983_general_election gptkb:1987_general_election 1979 general election
gptkbp:endDate	1990-11-28
gptkbp:firstFemalePrimeMinisterOf	gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Margaret Thatcher's premiership
gptkbp:legacy	Influence on global conservative movements Polarization of public opinion Rise of neoliberal economic policies in the UK Controversial and transformative period in British politics
gptkbp:lengthOfTerm	11 years, 209 days
gptkbp:longestServingPrimeMinisterSince	gptkb:Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm	gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Education_Reform_Act_1988 gptkb:Employment_Acts_(1980,_1982,_1988) gptkb:Local_Government_Finance_Act_1988 gptkb:Companies_Act_1985 gptkb:Public_Order_Act_1986 gptkb:Broadcasting_Act_1990 gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981 gptkb:Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_Act_1984 gptkb:Housing_Act_1980 Social Security Act 1986
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Falklands_War gptkb:Brighton_hotel_bombing gptkb:Anglo-Irish_Agreement Privatization of state-owned industries Resignation in 1990 Implementation of economic liberalization policies Miners' strike (1984–85) Poll tax introduction Cold War relations with the United States and Soviet Union
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:precededBy	James Callaghan's premiership
gptkbp:primeMinister	gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:resignedFrom	Loss of support from Conservative Party MPs
gptkbp:startDate	1979-05-04
gptkbp:successor	John Major's premiership
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher_Collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6