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Few British politicians have aroused more passion than Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime
Minister from 1979 until 1990. It is not (1) that, during her premiership, Britain (INCIDENT)
went through a period of (2) change.Those who support Thatcher's policies say (MOMENT)
she was responsible for changing Britain's (3) union laws and smashing union (ANTIQUE)
power, paving the way for the creation of a modern, (4) economy which required (COMPETE)
much higher (5) , efficiency and wage-restraint on the part of the (PRODUCE)
(6) than in the past. One of her core beliefs was that it was (7) (WORK/MANAGE)
which was responsible for running companies, rather than unions or the government.
Critics of Margaret Thatcher point to the very high (8) figures of the 1980s -the (EMPLOY)
official (9) total had risen from just over one million people out of work in 1979 to over three million by 1982. (JOB)
When Margaret Thatcher realised that she had lost the support of many of her MPs in November
1990 and stood down as Prime Minister, the nation was split. Some saw her resignation as
(10) , and wished she would continue. Others felt it could not have come too (TIME)
soon. Even today, (11) and economists are divided as to whether her legacy was positive or negative overall. (HISTORY)
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