
Strike action today compared with the past
2022 has seen an increase in strike action but how does it compare to previous decades especially the Thatcher era in the 1980s
2022 has seen an increase in strike action but how does it compare to previous decades especially the Thatcher era in the 1980s
The recession of 2022 and 2023 has big similarities but also huge differences with the early 1980s recession of Margaret Thatcher as Tony McMahon discovers
Inflation is on the rise again but will it ever be as bad as the 1970s? Tony McMahon compares that decade to the situation now.
Both unemployment and inflation soared in the first two years of the Thatcher government though the Tories were open to a rise in the jobless figures