iron_lady_撒切尔夫人.pptVIP

So what do her politcs affect The UK, How do they view her political career? Margaret Thatcher remains an intensely controversial figure in Britain. There were some negative effects for her country in some aspects. “The broad thrust is devastating criticism of the police. Is that for us to welcome? Surely we welcome the thoroughness of the report and its recommendations? MT.” Her cuts in higher education spending resulted in her being the first Oxford-educated post-war Prime Minister not to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oxford. the Social Market Foundation, a right-wing think tank, described it as having an extraordinary range of dictatorial powers. ? GDP and public spendingby functional classification ? % change in real terms1979/80 to 1989/90] Transport ?5.8 Trade and industry ?38.2 Housing ?67.0 Defense ?3.3 As the recession of the early 1980s deepened she increased taxes, despite concerns expressed in a statement signed by 364?leading economists issued towards the end of March 1981. By 1982 the UK began to experience signs of economic recovery，unemployment was over 3 million for the first time since the 1930s. The new tax was introduced in Scotland in 1989 and in England and Wales the following year, and proved to be among the most unpopular policies of her premiership. Shortly before her resignation, she accepted the arguments for privatising British Rail, which her successor John Major implemented in 1994. The Economist later considered the move to have been a disaster Thatcher was no friend of the African National Congress (ANC), which Geoffrey Howe recalls her dismissing as late as October 1987 as a typical terrorist organization. After seeing the Queen, calling other world leaders, and making one final Commons speech, she left Downing Street in tears. She regarded her ousting as a betrayal. Iron lady --- Margaret Thatcher 1.Brief introduction 2.Early political career 3.Leadership 4.Victory in the eighties 5.The end of an er