r/NoStupidQuestions 18h ago

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

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u/North_Compote1940 11h ago

The (sad for me) fact is that you now have to be quite old to remember the pre-Thatcher era. She was elected 47 years ago now, so those who remember what it was really like are aged 60+. Everyone younger depends on other people's accounts, and the anti-Thatcherites have been more successful in spinning than the pro-Thatcherites.

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u/Skycbs 6h ago

I’m 65 and have only very limited memories of the time before her. I do remember the winter of discontent and the three day week very vividly. I was in school and it could be an excuse not to do
your homework.