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The title is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's fondness for the slogan "There is no alternative" which she used to describe her belief that despite capitalism's problems, "there is no alternative" to it as an economic system, and that economic liberalism must push back against anarchism, communism and socialism.
Leaders Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan publicly appear together on the South Lawn in February 1981. Whilst Thatcher was prime minister, she greatly embraced transatlantic relations with US president Ronald Reagan. She often publicly supported Reagan's policies even when other Western allies were not as vocal.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher [nb 2] (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
Margaret Thatcher was known as the Iron Lady for her tough fiscal policies (PA) And Thatcher is someone who got it right, according to Reeves who wrote: “Well-coiffured hair, bright blue suits ...
The slogan was often used by Thatcher. [citation needed] [11] The phrase is used to signify Thatcher's claim that the market economy is the best, right and only system that works, and that debate about this is over. One critic characterized the meaning of the slogan as: "Globalised capitalism, so called free markets and free trade were the best ...
"Britain Awake" (also known as the Iron Lady speech) [1] was a speech made by British Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher at Kensington Town Hall, London, on 19 January 1976. The speech was strongly anti-Soviet , with Thatcher stating that the Soviet Union was "bent on world domination " and taking advantage of détente to make gains in ...
Sir Tim Lankester was Margaret Thatcher’s first private secretary for economic affairs (from 1979 to 1981), and later the U.K. director on the boards of the IMF and World Bank. He is the author ...
Blatcherism is a term formed as a portmanteau of the names of two British politicians, Tony Blair (Labour Party) and Margaret Thatcher (Conservative Party). It has been used by critics of monetarism and economic liberalism to refer to the thesis that a policy model of the Thatcher government, distinct from one-nation conservatism , was ...