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Inflation and unemployment under Thatcher

The 70s 80s 90s Blog6 years ago6 years ago26 mins

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

The 70s 80s 90s Blog13 years ago4 years ago06 mins

The Greater London Council in the late 1970s and early 1980s saw Tory leader Sir Horace Cutler fighting Labour’s Ken Livingstone

The 70s 80s 90s Blog13 years ago6 years ago04 mins

In its end of year edition in 1979, The Economist predicted the imminent downfall of Margaret Thatcher but instead she endured for another decade

The 70s 80s 90s Blog13 years ago4 years ago05 mins

Night clubs still operating a race bar in the 70s and 80s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog14 years ago6 years ago13 mins

New Romantic style leaders of 1980