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| Question | Answer |
| Leader of Labour party from 1980 | Michael Foot |
| Nickname for the Social Democratic Party (1981) | The Gang of Four |
| Percentage of popular vote achieved by SDP in 1983. | 25 |
| Kinnock became Labour leader in: | 1983 |
| Foot and Kinnock seemed too: | pacificist. |
| 1983 Labour Manifesto: | "The Longest Suicide Note in History." |
| What percentage of Falklanders voted to stay British? | 98 |
| What did Margaret Thatcher say about the invasion of the Falklands? | "Unnacceptable that a common or garden dictator should rule over the Queen's subjects." Right to self-determination. |
| Falklands - good idea? | 100 seat majority "wouldn't have survived without it." |
| Signifigance of Falklands | 100 seat increased majority. |
| For how long had the Falklands been British? | Since 1833 |
| General Galtieri invaded with how many troops on what date? | 4000 on 2 April 1982. |
| When did the Falklands war take place? | Sailed on 8 April. Recaptured South Georgia on 25 April. |
| Ship which sunk in the Falklands? | Belgrano |
| Deaths in the Falklands? | 255 British and 665 Argentinian |
| What was banned for the trade unions and by who? | "Closed Shop" by Jim Prior. |
| Where was tear gas used for the first time? | Toxteth, Liverpool. |
| What did Thatcher introduce for council houses? | Right to Buy |
| How much did the sale of North Sea Oil earn? | £100 billion |
| How much could North Sea Oil have earned annually. | £24 billion |
| By how much did industry increase? | 4.2% |
| What was Thatcher's original economic policy called? | Monetarism |
| Unemployment in 1984 | 3.3 million |
| Who was in the Gang of Four? | Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams. |
| Why did Thatcher have powerful restraints over the strikers? | Norman Tebbit's Employment Act |
| How much was earned from privitisation in 1999? | £7000 million |
| What percentage of people voted in local government elections? | 25% |
| How did Thatcher try to improve healthcare? | Working for Patients white paper and Hospital Trusts. |
| When was the Education Reform Act and who introduced it? | 1988, Kenneth Baker. |
| 1987 film about Reagan and Thatcher. | Wall Street. |
| When was the Westland affair? | 1986 |
| Who were the three companies involved in the Westland affair? | British=Westland helicopter company. Europe=European consortium. American=Sikorski. |
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