United KingdomMargaret Thatcher was the Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman in the post. She privatized state industries, curbed trade union power and pursued monetarist economic policies.
In the 12 Axes register, Margaret Thatcher leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.
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Where Margaret Thatcher sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Abolished metropolitan councils, resisted devolution
Representative Democracy
Elected parliamentary leader
Centrist
Strong state on policing and unions
Nationalist
Defended sovereignty against European integration
Military-Focused
Fought the Falklands War, kept nuclear deterrent
Assimilationist
Tightened immigration and nationality law
Capitalist
Privatized major state industries
Free Market
Monetarism and deregulation
Free Trade
Backed the European single market
Spiritual
Methodist-raised, invoked Christian values
Conservative
Championed Victorian values
Technological
Trained chemist, supported science and nuclear power
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Planned – Markets
On Planned – Markets, Margaret Thatcher is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Margaret Thatcher is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Rob Bogaerts, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
