Thatcher Ministry

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:diplomatic_relations gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Thatcherism
neoliberalism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thatcher Ministry
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:predecessor Callaghan Ministry
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Anglo-Irish_Agreement
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Miners'_Strike
gptkb:Poll_Tax_Riots
Support for the monarchy
Promotion of entrepreneurship
Support for NATO
Focus on education reform
Privatization of state-owned industries
Support for anti-communist movements
Criticism of the European Union
Support for the police
Promotion of free market policies
Promotion of home ownership
Support for the Commonwealth
Promotion of individualism
Focus on law and order
Promotion of deregulation
Focus on national sovereignty
Reduction of trade union power
Support for the private sector
Deregulation of the financial sector
Introduction of the Citizens Charter
Recession in the early 1980s
Promotion of social conservatism
Promotion of British culture
Opposition to the Soviet Union
Formation of the European Single Market
Introduction of the Right to Buy scheme
Support for the US in the Gulf War
Economic recovery in the mid-1980s
Focus on economic competitiveness
Implementation of tax cuts
Implementation of the Right to Buy policy
Introduction of the Channel Tunnel project
Involvement in the European Community
Opposition to the Labour Party
Promotion of public sector reform
Support for the US-UK special relationship
Support for the arms industry
gptkbp:successor Major Ministry
gptkbp:term_end November 28, 1990
gptkbp:term_start May 4, 1979
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Callaghan_Ministry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6