Andy Richardson takes a look back at Margaret Thatcher's June 1983 landslide election victory. Thatcher
JUNE 9, 1983. FILE PHOTO FILE - This is a June 9, 1983. file photo of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leaves the Castle lane, Westminster, London England polling station with her husband, Dennis, after casting their votes in the general election . Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whose conservative ideas made an enduring impact on Britain Monday April 8, 2013, has died. She was 87.
The Conservatives’ manifesto was formed around three pillars – defence, employment and economic prosperity. The Tories remained committed to membership of the European Community, an independent nuclear deterrent, trade union reform, further privatisation, a long-term reduction in taxation and a war on inflation.
Labour’s unpopular campaign had included leaving the European Economic Community – an early form of Brexit – while it also wanted to abolish the House of Lords, and abandon Britain’s nuclear deterrent. The party’s 37-page manifesto was described by Labour MP Gerald Kaufman as the ‘longest suicide note in history’ and, despite Mrs Thatcher having presided over an unemployment total of three million, Labour were duly trounced.
Pay for nurses, however, was the thorniest of issues. Inflation had been running at 18 per cent in 1980, 12 per cent in 1981 and nine per cent in 1982, and wages had fallen behind – sound familiar? Programme Name: Thatcher: A Very British Revolution - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a - Picture Shows: 1983 Margaret Thatcher - BBC - Photographer: BBC
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