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1951 FPTP

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Labour got 0.8% more of the vote // Tories 26 more seats -> won cos FPTP

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EU key events 1997-2007

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1997 Treaty of Amsterdam - amendment&consolidation of existing treaties

1999 launch of Euro

2001 - Treaty of Nice - reform of institutions to cope w/ expansion

2004 - expansion of EU from 15 to 25 states

2004 - Establishment of a constitution

2007 - enlargement of EU to 27 states

2007 - Treaty of Lisbon - to increase democracy (replacing 2004 constitution)

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Military intervention March 1999

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NATO bombing of Yugoslavia led by British forces

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Intervention Sierra Leone

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May 2000 to resolve CW

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5
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Thatcher society quote

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Interview 1987 - ‘there’s no such thing as society’

-> lack of compassion

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6
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Black Wednesday

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16/09/92
Wobble on the stock exchange
Interest rates were raised from 10% -> 12% -> 15%
Economy suffered ST (but then acc led to economic boom)
Politically made Major look incompetent

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7
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Unemployment under Thatcher

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1980 2m
1983 3m
Not until end of 80s she gets unemployment down (//inflation 10% by 1990)

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8
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Privatisation e.g Thatcher

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Jaguar 1984 , BA 1987

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9
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Inflation Thatcher

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(Recession by 1980) 1980 15%
1983 5%
1986 2.5%
1990 10%

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10
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Prices and incomes policy 1960s

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1965

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11
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In Place of Strife

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1969

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12
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Social contract

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1973

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13
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North Sea oil….

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…comes ashore 1975

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14
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IMF Loan 1970s

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1976

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15
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Inflation 1970

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12%

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16
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1978 inflation & unemployment

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Inflation 10%

Unemployment 1.6m

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17
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2 main Thatcher policies

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1980 Housing Act

1990 Poll Tax

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18
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Supply side economics

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From 1983

E.g privatisation , deregulation

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19
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Miners strike Thatcher

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1984/5

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20
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Employment Acts

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1980/2

-> allow Thatcher to take on miners

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21
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Big Bang in the City

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1986

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22
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OMOV

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Labour intro in 1993
Gets rid of TU block vote
Reduces TU influence

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1995 &;Labour ?

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Labour abandon Clause IV
-> started to get support from big business
Acceptance of Thatcherite policies

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24
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1997 inflation

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2.6%

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25
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Scottish &Welsh devolution

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1998

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Labour from 2001

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Massive injection of cash in public services

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2007 inflation

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4.8%

28
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Employment 2007

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2.5m more in work than 1997

29
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Overall economic changes (mainly after Thatcher)

Continuity ?

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Move away from PWC (ends Keynesianism)
Reduced power of TUs
Industry -> services

// consumer booms, battle w/ inflation & employment, mixed economy

30
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Mutual Defence Agreement

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1958

31
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Britain’s ‘H’ bomb tested

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1957

32
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Formation of CND

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1958

…march to Aldermaston

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UDI for Southern Rhodesia

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1965

34
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Escalation of Nam War

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1964

35
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Wilson-Smith talks

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1966 on HMS Tiger

1968 HMS Fearless

36
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1970s milestone foreign

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Détente in CW

37
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Replacement of Polaris with…

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Trident in 1979

38
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Russia 1970s tense

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Markov Affair 1978

39
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Rhodesia issue solved

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1980 - Smith goes & independence gained

40
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Falklands War

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1982
2 May - sinking of Belgrano
14 June - surrender of Argentine forces
Defended sovereignty

41
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British rebate from EEC

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Secured 1984

42
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Single European Act

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1986

-> ever closer political union

43
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1st meeting of Thatcher & Gorbachev

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1984

44
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Westland Affair

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1986

45
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Bruges Speech

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1988

46
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Entry into ERM

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1990

47
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Collapse of USSR

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1991

48
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Maastricht Treaty

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1992

49
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Referéndum Party

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Set up 1994

50
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Expansion of EU… (1st)

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1995 - to 15 states

51
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Blair becomes Labour leader

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1994

52
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JIC dossier on Iraq

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2002

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Hutton Inquiry

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Found In Jan 2004 that govt had not direct involvement in Dr David Kelly’s death (July 2003) & there were no grounds for BBC’s claim // damage already done - increased doubt about the legality& morality of Blair’s original decision to go to war - didn’t change public opinion of B&Labour

54
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Foreign themes

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Europe
SR
Empire & commonwealth
CW

55
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7/7 Bombings

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2005
3 bomb explosions in Ldn by 4 British Islamists
56 killed

56
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Opp to Iraq

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‘Stop the War’ march Ldn - Feb 2003 - 1m ppl

4 ministers, including foreign secretary (Robin Cook) resigned over the issue

57
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Race relations 1997-

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Greg Dyke 2001 - labelled the BBC “hideously white”

58
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Tone extra

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Accusatory

59
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Source analysis

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Direct correspondence between … we can expect the contents of this source to be a true reflection of his thoughts at the time

Letter never intended for public use….shows no political bias -> can trust its contents to be a truthful reflection of his thoughts towards…

This overly dramatic tone - attempt to skew Eden’s opinion -> limited

60
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1970 election FPTP

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Con only got 3.4% of vote, but 43 more seats

61
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1964 FPTP

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Lab only 0.7% more of vote, but 13 more seats -> increased majority

62
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1974 FPTP

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Con gets 0.8% more of vote but Lab 4 more seats

63
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1979 FPTP

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Con win 7% more of vote but 70 more seats

64
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Reason for con win 1979

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New marketing by Saatchi and Saatchi provided the ‘Labour isn’t working’

65
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FPTP 1997

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Tactical voting - Liberals would vote for Labour to keep Tories out
Labour needed less votes for each seat than Tories did - for each seat that Labour won, it had polled about 32K votes // Conservatives - 58K

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