MARGARET THATCHER, the first woman to become “Prime Minister” of the United Kingdom for 11 years and the first to obtain three consecutive terms in the twentieth century. She has been\u00a0called the “Iron Lady” because of her radical conservatism and “lack of feeling” in proceeding to massive cuts in public services,\u00a0for reducing unions power,\u00a0 for a policy of productivity causing massive unemployment, for\u00a0her ruthlessness against the miners on strike and against the hunger strikers of the IRA, and\u00a0for her military victory in the Falklands. She initiated the “deregulation” with her ally Ronald Reagan with the damaging effects\u00a0better understood nowadays. She fortunately supported Gorbachev, favored a stronger NATO and initiated some openings with the European Union.<\/p>\n
Copyright:\u00a0Alice Labr\u00e8que and Jean Routier, Qu\u00e9bec, 2012-2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MARGARET THATCHER, the first woman to become “Prime Minister” of the United Kingdom for 11 years and the first to obtain three consecutive terms in the twentieth century. She has been\u00a0called the “Iron Lady” because of her radical conservatism and…<\/span><\/p>\n