Thatcherite
British neoliberal conservative
A Thatcherite supports or embodies the political philosophy of Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.
The ideology emphasizes free markets, privatization, reduced union power, and limited government intervention: Thatcherite economic reforms transformed British industry.
As an adjective, it describes policies or attitudes aligned with this approach: a Thatcherite approach to public spending.
Pro-privatization economic stance
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- privatizationState sells public assets
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
individualism · laissez-faire · capitalism · supply-side · anti-union · self-reliance · enterprise · austerity
One who backs another
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- ideologueDogmatic political advocate
conservative · right-winger · dry · free-marketeer · monetarist · neoliberal · Reaganite · traditionalist
Right-leaning party supporter
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- ReaganAmerican presidential surname
- HayekAustrian free-market economist
Friedman · Westminster · British · Falklands · poll-tax · privatisation · hard-right · backbencher
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- deindustrializationLoss of industrial capacity
- yuppieAmbitious urban professional
- working-classManual laborers as group
- coalfieldsRegions with extractable deposits
regeneration · inequality · homeownership · entrepreneurialism · financialization
neoliberal
Pro-privatization economic stance
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- privatizationState sells public assets
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
deregulation · individualism · laissez-faire · capitalism · supply-side · anti-union · self-reliance · enterprise · austerity · competition
supporter
One who backs another
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
ideologue · conservative · right-winger · dry · free-marketeer · monetarist · neoliberal · Reaganite · traditionalist · hardliner
Conservative
Right-leaning party supporter
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- ReaganAmerican presidential surname
Hayek · Friedman · Westminster · British · Falklands · poll-tax · privatisation · hard-right · backbencher · manifesto
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- deindustrializationLoss of industrial capacity
- yuppieAmbitious urban professional
- working-classManual laborers as group
coalfields · regeneration · inequality · homeownership · entrepreneurialism · financialization
Thatcheritesocialist
Proponent of collective ownership
collectivist · Keynesian · statist · Marxist · social democrat
ThatcheriteMarxist
Communist theory follower
communitarian · egalitarian · hard left · democratic socialist · syndicalist