Margaret Thatcher government

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Conservative government UK government

The Margaret Thatcher government was the Conservative administration that led the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, marked by free-market economic reforms, privatization, and a strong stance against trade unions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Conservative government	1
Thatcher-era Britain	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Conservative government ⓘ UK government ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter	United Kingdom general election, 1979 ⓘ surface form: 1979 United Kingdom general election
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ
conflictStartTime	1982 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
domesticIssue	miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: miners' strike of 1984–1985
economicPolicy	free-market reforms ⓘ monetarism ⓘ
electionVictory	United Kingdom general election, 1979 ⓘ surface form: 1979 United Kingdom general election 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ 1987 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
endTime	1990 ⓘ
followedBy	John Major ⓘ surface form: John Major government
foreignPolicy	close relationship with Ronald Reagan administration ⓘ firm stance against the Soviet Union ⓘ strong Atlanticism ⓘ support for NATO ⓘ
headedBy	Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
ideology	Thatcherism ⓘ conservatism ⓘ economic liberalism ⓘ
legislativeAchievement	privatization of British Airways ⓘ privatization of British Gas ⓘ privatization of British Steel ⓘ privatization of British Telecom ⓘ privatization of electricity industry in Great Britain ⓘ privatization of water utilities in England and Wales ⓘ
majorEvent	Big Bang (financial markets) 1986 ⓘ
notableChancellorOfTheExchequer	Kenneth Clarke ⓘ surface form: Geoffrey Howe Nigel Lawson ⓘ
notableForeignSecretary	Douglas Hurd ⓘ
notableHomeSecretary	William Whitelaw ⓘ
policy	council house sales under Right to Buy ⓘ curbing inflation ⓘ deregulation ⓘ financial deregulation including Big Bang of 1986 ⓘ increasing VAT ⓘ introduction of the Community Charge (poll tax) ⓘ privatization of state-owned industries ⓘ reducing direct taxation ⓘ reduction of trade union power ⓘ support for European Single Market ⓘ tight control of public spending ⓘ trade union legislation in the 1980s ⓘ
politicalParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy	James Callaghan ⓘ surface form: James Callaghan government
reasonForEnd	Margaret Thatcher resignation as Prime Minister in 1990 ⓘ
startTime	1979 ⓘ
termCount	three consecutive terms ⓘ
treaty	Single European Act ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Nimrod → associatedWith → Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ

Thatcherism → implementedBy → Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ

Community Charge → introducedBy → Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conservative government

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover → setInPeriod → Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thatcher-era Britain