Thatcher

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Thatcher usually refers to Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and the first woman to hold that office.

Known for her free-market policies and uncompromising style, she earned the nickname "the Iron Lady." The adjective Thatcherite describes her ideology or its adherents: Thatcherite economic reforms, a committed Thatcherite. (Lowercase thatcher is someone who makes thatched roofs.)

politician

Margaret

Traditional woman's name

Tories · 1980s · Falklands · Reagan · Westminster · Downing Street · Cold War · Grantham · Denis · handbag

ideology

neoliberal

Pro-privatization economic stance

free-market · Reaganomics · austerity · unionist · right-wing · Tory · hawkish · hardline · Thatcherite · trade union

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Opposites
occupational roofing trade

Thatchertiler

Ceramic floor installer

slater · shingler · roofer

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY (Margaret Thatcher)

ThatcherMarx

German economic philosopher

Fidel Castro · Karl Marx · Lenin · Hugo Chávez · Che Guevara

POLITICAL STYLE (Margaret Thatcher)

ThatcherAneurin Bevan

Harold Wilson · Angela Merkel · Tony Blair

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Family

thatch, thatching, thatches, thatched, thatchers, Thatcherism

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