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Thatcherite

[ US /ˈθætʃɝˌaɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. an advocate of Thatcherism

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  • The unions were not emancipated from Thatcherite, neo-liberal greed, as everyone thought they would be when they voted for a Labour government in 1997.
  • At home, the U.K. prime minister has been hailed in some quarters as a political genius who has stood up to European bullies, delivering a Thatcherite handbagging to Franco-German efforts to destroy the City of London. Needed: Another EU Crisis Summit
  • The outlines of a new post-Thatcherite consensus begin to be visible.
  • Sweden's Fredrik Reinfeldt defeated Sweden's dominant Social Democrats with his "New Moderate" strategy, and he has been an important model for David Cameron, whose strategy has been to "decontaminate" the brand of the British Conservatives by distancing himself from its Thatcherite legacy. Why Europe’s Left Can Rise Again
  • We have had 13 years of a so-called Labour government which accepted the whole Thatcherite economic settlement, has seen an increase in social and ­economic inequality; worshipped wealth and fawned on high finance at home and abroad; passed a vast array of repressive laws; betrayed all its ­promises on the single currency - and in the end did more damage to the Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • We have had 13 years of a so-called Labour government which accepted the whole Thatcherite economic settlement, has seen an increase in social and ­economic inequality; worshipped wealth and fawned on high finance at home and abroad; passed a vast array of repressive laws; betrayed all its ­promises on the single currency? and in the end did more damage to the Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • In forming the coalition, he saved his leadership, temporarily, and, it is claimed, seized the opportunity to begin to 'detoxify' his party from the unreconstructed Thatcherite right. Socialist Party Main leads
  • I've seen it claimed on CiF threads that Red Riding's primary subject matter is the futurelessness of seventies life in West Yorkshire mining communities and even the Thatcherite destruction of working class community in the decade that followed - always a favourite with Guardianistas. 1. MajorityRights.com (main blog)
  • But it also reflects a tension within post-Thatcherite ideology between conservatism and neo-liberalism.
  • The Conservatives under John Major tried to distinguish themselves from their Thatcherite past by stressing a commitment to quality public services.
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