Margaret Thatcher Cabinet
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Margaret thatcher cabinet. But historian june purvis says her legacy is complicated in the eyes of many. Margaret thatcher was prime minister of the united kingdom from 4 may 1979 to 28 november 1990 during which time she led a conservative majority governmentshe was the first woman to hold that office. Woman that she hired in the cabinet in the 10 11.
Margaret thatcher was britains longest serving prime minister and the first woman to hold the office in that country. Season 4 of the crown depicts the former. Margaret thatcher played by gillian anderson makes a sharply ironic statement to queen elizabeth ii played by olivia colman in the season 4 premiere of the crown.
Queen elizabeth ii thought margaret thatcher stays too long and talks too much and ignored her at a gala according to the journals of a society diarist. Though the prime minister was known to shed a tear or two during her 11 years leading the united kingdom the show leans heavily on. During her premiership thatcher retained the falkland islands moved to liberalise the british economy through deregulation.
Gillian anderson acknowledges she may have over prepared for her latest role as former british prime minister margaret thatcher in the. Margaret thatcher does an awful lot of crying in the crown. When elizabeth says she assumes thatcher wont include any women in her new cabinet thatcher replies that there are no suitable candidates i have found women in general tend.
During her premiership thatcher moved to liberalise the british economy through deregulation privatisation and the promotion of entrepreneurialism. Hailed as one of the greats of the conservative party geoffrey howe 19262015 was margaret thatchers longest serving cabinet ministerhaving fought thatcher for the leadership of the party in the 1975 contest he went on to serve as her chancellor of the exchequer foreign secretary and deputy prime minister as well as leader of the house of commons.