Word: thatcherism
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Perhaps the real reason, Thatcher has been able to turn economic disaster into political triumph is the fact that her actions have not matched her militant rhetoric. The unemployed still receive unlimited benefits, a national health program continues on its merry inefficient way, and Thatcher has set to accelerate her attacks on trade unions by making public companies. Not only did many unemployed vote Tory, but union members in record numbers deserted the opposition Labor Party, which ostensibly exists to represent their interests...
...course, is the time for her to act. Her opponents have been vanquished and the new Parliament will be a rubber stamp for her proposals, but whether Thatcher has the guts to legislate her promised program is yet undetermined...
...Tory government should move quickly to spur further denationalization as it has with the mammoth British Telecom--reorganize the stifling tax system to encourage competition and entreprencurism, and firm up relations with the Common Market and Europe, not to mention South America. Only if Thatcher adds bite to her bark will the electorate be able to judge her on her performance instead of her personality...
...Democratic Party) and bridge the ever increasing gap between Toryism and rabid Labor ideology. The net effect in this election was even worse than siphoning of votes from Jimmy Carter in 1980 by Independent John Anderson to the benefit of the Conservative candidates Reagan and Thatcher...
...liberals and socialists fight for the losers share. Thatcher can now test her policies at will. Although the U.S. is not Britain, it would be instructive to watch Thatcher at work, for it is Reagan's turn to face the electorate next year. A victory for Thatcher should not cause nightmares for Reagan opponents, but a true test of Reagan-style policies may tell us whether the U.S. should follow the mother country's course...