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On April 8, 2013, Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister who had been in charge of the United Kingdom for nearly 12 years and known as the "Iron Lady" of Europe, died of illness.
This former British leader has a very high status in the hearts of military personnel, especially veterans who participated in the Falklands War, and is very in awe of him, but after the death of Margaret Thatcher, some people in Britain spontaneously organized to drink and celebrate, and even went directly to the street to burn Mrs. Thatcher's portrait.
These people seem to hate the former prime minister so much, so why is there a polarization of her in the UK? What did she do when she was in charge of the UK that led to mixed reviews?
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's real name was Margaret Shedar Thatcher, and although her parents had no political experience, they were very fond of discussing politics as ordinary people, especially interested in the political positions of British conservatives.
It was also under the influence of his parents that Thatcher gradually developed a strong interest in politics, and was admitted to Oxford University by his own efforts, joined the Conservative Association at the school, and eventually became the president of the association.
After graduating, she worked in a plastics factory, and in her spare time she was active in Conservative Party meetings and debates, and most of her salary was spent on politics, but she didn't care.
But after the end of World War II, the protagonist of British politics was not actually the Conservative Party, but the left-wing Labour Party, which was a capitalist country in Britain, but had some Marxism in its foundation.
The reason why the Labour Party has been able to control British politics for so many years is that at that time, the working class voters accounted for the overwhelming majority, but at that time, it was the most intense period of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
As a result, the British Labour Party actually took the initiative to seek change, trying to change its left-wing character, but their change did not succeed, but lost a part of the votes of the working class.
Until 1979, at this time, Thatcher led the Conservative Party to defeat the Labour Party in the election and became the first female prime minister in British history by virtue of her years of efforts in the political arena.
During the Labor Party rule, the British government attached great importance to the welfare of the domestic people, and the remnants of the old colonial empire still existed, so the domestic welfare covered all aspects of society, and children could enjoy the corresponding welfare benefits from birth to work.
However, this kind of welfare treatment is based on the country's huge financial expenditure, and after World War II, the original colonial economic system collapsed, coupled with the trauma of the two world wars, the country's financial pressure gradually could not support the high welfare policy, and reform was imperative.
Thatcher reforms
When Margaret Thatcher came to power, the economic development of Japan and South Korea in Asia was rapid, while the economic development of European and American countries was slow due to the oil embargo of Middle Eastern countries, especially the domestic industrial recession was very serious.
With the introduction of cheap labor in Asian countries, which took over a large amount of industrial production from European and American countries, it has caused a second shock to the British economy, and against this background, if the high welfare policy of the Labour Party is maintained, Britain will never be able to regain the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets.
In order to meet the needs of economic development, Margaret Thatcher began to reduce the financial pressure on the country by cutting the welfare benefits of workers, and at the same time comprehensively promoted privatization and closed down the loss-making state-owned enterprises every year, causing many people to "lose their iron jobs".
It was precisely for these reasons that large-scale strikes and demonstrations often broke out in Britain in those years, trying to put pressure on this new woman, but they underestimated the Iron Lady's will to revive the heroic style.
Margaret Thatcher ordered all the striking workers to be suppressed, and for a time her approval rating fell to the bottom, and the national working class was all looking forward to her stepping down, and almost no one was willing to let her take LinkedIn again.
But just as Margaret Thatcher was facing tremendous pressure at home, a turning point quietly appeared.
The Falklands War – the last glory of the British Empire
In 1982, after the Argentine military junta's head of the Argentine military government, Galtieri, collapsed with Britain on the ownership of the Falklands, he also faced great pressure at home, and took the risk of sending troops to recover the Falklands, and the whole country was shocked when the news was transmitted back to Britain.
As the world's first power, the colonial period of the sea handle, but now it is exported by a small South American country, which makes the British masses excited, and it is bound to give Argentina a little color.
After Margaret Thatcher learned of this news, she immediately ordered a war mobilization, and then the British Royal Navy, which had been hiding her sword for many years, sailed again and traveled a long way to seek revenge from Argentina.
It was the victory of this war that allowed the British masses to regain their former glory, and Margaret Thatcher's support rate returned to the peak again, and her tough attitude also won the title of "Iron Lady".
It was on the basis of this victory that Margaret Thatcher was able to lead the LinkedIn Conservative Party to complete more economic reforms for the entire country.
Since then, many British companies, such as water and electricity companies, energy agencies, media and telecommunications companies, have all completed privatization reforms, and since then, the British people have to spend money on everything they do, and the reduction of welfare benefits for the people has further exacerbated the contradictions between the masses and the Conservative Party.
Although it did help Britain achieve economic development to a certain extent, the opinion of the domestic masses about Margaret Thatcher was not so good.
In addition, when she visited the mainland, the fall at the door of the Great Hall of the People was loudly declared by the media of various countries, which made her bear more infamy in the UK, and finally in 1990, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Iron Lady could only tearfully announce her resignation and live a retired retirement life.
But even though she has retired, the people's criticism of her has not diminished, the woman who completely changed the future of Britain in the 80s of the last century, and the only people who still respect her at home are the military and those veterans who have witnessed the last afterglow of the empire.
epilogue
In fact, from the perspective of a country's development, there was nothing wrong with the economic reforms carried out by Margaret Thatcher at that time, perhaps it was an overly hard-line attitude, which caused the resistance of the domestic masses to be very fierce.
In 2002, a British poll found that Margaret Thatcher was ranked third in the list of the most hated prime ministers in British history.
After her death, the people who burned her portrait and toasted in celebration were actually the same people whose interests were damaged during the reform.
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