Lecture 11: Conclusions - From Thatcher to Blair
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Some questions you need to consider before the lecture
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- What ended Thatcher's career ?
- What was the longterm impact of Thatcher's Britain?
Reflect on the course as a whole
- What have you learnt about the period?
- and what have you learnt about 'doing History'? What do you think you have learnt to do for yourself?
- What messages would you leave for next year's students (please email these to me as mp3 files or arrange to record you messages in my office)
Readings
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Set Reading
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Bronwen Wood speaks about the legacies of Thatcherism (start-11:60).
Revisit
Britain Without Thatcher: Five Tasks for the 90s
*Fielding, S ‘New Labour and its past’ chapter 12 in Tanner, Thane and Tiratsoo A Centenary History of the Labour Party (200) ResFac / Bale, T.
* Cannadine, David Class in Britain (Penguin, 2000) pp171- 187
Seldon and Collings Britain under Thatcher chapter 7, 79-95 and p118-120
Further Reading
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You might find the BBC's 'On this day' coverage of
Thatcher's resignation useful.
The '98 version of England's Euro '96 song 'Three Lions' from the lecture can be viewed here
Tony Blair presents himself through his musical associations on Desert Island Discs in November 1996 (there's an interesting comparison with this musical choices given to NME, see appendix The Last Party.
The '98 version of England's Euro '96 song 'Three Lions' from the lecture can be viewed here
Tony Blair presents himself through his musical associations on Desert Island Discs in November 1996 (there's an interesting comparison with this musical choices given to NME, see appendix The Last Party.
Lecture Resources
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Lecture Resources
Week 11 powerpoint
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1997 - Voting turn out by age
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