Biography

Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Born in 1925, she will be a member of the conservative party which will bring her to power. Subsequently, she studied law and entered politics in the Conservative Party at age 28. In May 1979 she became the first Prime Minister where she proposed an uncompromising liberal policy for 11 years. After her retirement from politics in 2002, she published her memoirs. Finally, she died in London in 2013 from Alzheimer's disease that she had been fighting for many years.

What can be blamed on him

His intransigent policy

Margaret Thatcher became the first Prime Minister in 1979 and left Downing Street only in 1990. During her 11 years, she applied an intransigent liberal policy. It will eliminate social gains in the field of education and health. It will also increase interest rates in order to counter inflation. These different actions will allow the country to increase production and attract many investors. However, this will mainly cause a increasing inequalities. Despite the many criticisms that the people will make her and the pressure of the unions she will never let go. These actions will push his opponents to give him the nickname “the Iron Lady”.

Internationally, Margaret Thatcher will have a good deed to her credit: her participation at the end of the Cold War. On the other hand, it will also be the source of the withdrawal of the financing commitment of the United Kingdom to the European Union and the beginning of this crisis which will lead in 2020 to the complete exit from the Union. After three terms and unpopularity never seen before, Margaret Thatcher resigns from her post and gives way to John Mayor.

The miners' strike

Margaret Thatcher is also known to be the person responsible for the miners' strike from 1984 to 1985. This strike involved a year of closure of the coal mines which at the time were the source of 80% of electricity. It was then that Margaret Thatcher called them the enemies of the interior. The clashes between the unions and the government were above all a clash between the world of work and the emergence of the neoliberal system. The Prime Minister chooses not to spare the strikers and confronts the unions with the help of a highly armed police. The clashes will result in 20,000 wounded and more than 11,000 people arrested, including 200 imprisoned. Unfortunately during the period, the United Kingdom will also witness the death of 6 people including 3 teenagers.