Thatcher era
British conservative eighties
The Thatcher era is the period of British politics from 1979 to 1990 when Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister.
The term evokes her Conservative government's policies—privatization of state industries, weakening of trade unions, free-market economics, and reduction of the welfare state.
Thatcher-era housing policies, a Thatcher-era mentality.
The phrase often carries political charge, praised or criticized depending on one's view of her legacy.
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