Tory! Tory! Tory! The Road to Power - 4/7

Part two of a series exploring the history of the people and ideas behind what became known as Thatcherism.

When Thatcher became Prime Minister, the monetarist policies used to combat inflation created large-scale unemployment and weakened the unions. As riots broke out across Britain, there was growing dissent even inside the government. How would Mrs. Thatcher survive her plummeting popularity?

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[gopconservative78]

This was the document that transformed Britain for the better.......the medicine was harsh but needed to be done.

[akennelly]

Callaghan made the same mistake Brown did in 2007, didnt call the election when he stood a chance of winning. better for britain though - both had to go !

[spartak95]

Nice shot of Westminster at 5:03

[spartak95]

Cool diagram

[djw11111]

@TV1Totoya It's "War of the Worlds" by ? and ? by Kraftwerk.

[AidanLunn]

@StanleyDonwood . . . And then lose the next election for going back on their word? Or not win because people would still remember what Mr Heath did in the early 70s and not believe a party could change that much in such a small space of time?

[TV1Totoya]

the song on 10:00?

[TV1Totoya]

Whats the song on the beginning and 8:13

[StanleyDonwood]

Hoskyns doesn't seem to realise that they could have been elected on a pro-union basis - and then could have just done all the Thatcherite reforms anyway.