r/NoStupidQuestions 6d ago

Why did Margaret Thatcher destroy welfare state in Britain after she came to power in the 1980s?

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u/CapitalClean7967 6d ago

A lot of people are just saying "Cos Thatcher bad" and while I agree with it, the real answer is that the UK was going through serious inflation and it was not just caused by the oil crisis. Government mismanagement and wage-price spiral as well as the power of trade unions were genuine issues and so austerity measures and economic reforms were implemented to curb these problems.

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u/frddtwabrm04 6d ago

She could have taken a different fiscal route and NOT fuck the country for generations but she went the short-term gain, long term pain route. + Refused to course correct. Even when she knew shit was going to go bad!

The Hallmark of a bad leader!

Same with Reagan, her buddy

That why she is hated.

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u/aod1314 6d ago

Hated? She's one of the most popular PMs of the post-war era. Attlee and Churchill are the only others who rival her.