Austerity economics – failure 35 years ago
The 1979 Thatcher government introduced a form of austerity economics called monetarism that ended up being a complete failure
1980s
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Labour Party youth wings: NOLS and LPYS
NOLS and the LPYS were the two youth wings of the Labour Party in the 1970s and 1980s and they couldn’t have been more different
Political badges from the 1980s
My collection of political badges from the 1980s shows the causes we cared about from racism to nuclear disarmament and freedom for the people of Chile
Tories and racism in the 1970s
What did people around Thatcher think about race relations?
Bigoted judges in the 1970s and 1980s
The 1970s and 1980s saw some bigoted judges make outrageous comments on homosexuality, race and trades unions as Tony McMahon reports
80s bands that toyed with Nazi references
Some pop bands in the 80s liked to play with Nazi imagery and terminology but in reality they were playing with fire
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