Thatcher from the Margaret Left Point of View

           Margaret Thatcher was widely hated by the left for the decisions she made while in office. In general, her actions made the rich richer, and the poor poorer. This was of course outrageous to people with left wing ideologies, causing widespread riots and protests, and this turned Margaret Thatcher into the symbol of hate that she is today.

One of the things she did was privatizing many government establishments, leaving them in ruins. She also sold off public housing, and, one of her most remembered actions, abolished free school milk.

Her war on the Argentines over the Falkland Islands was a very big talking point. Her determination to spend so many resources and end so many lives over a territory that was essentially just filled to the brim with sheep and their farmers perplexed and angered many. They felt it was a waste of lives to send soldiers to die over such a small thing. After she won the war, she was congratulated and praised, and some felt that her efforts were just a way for her to draw attention to herself, and to establish Britain as a strong world power again.

She was hated for splitting dividing Britain even further than it was already split, the poorer working class north, and the richer south. Some would claim that not only did she wage a war on the Argentines over the Falkland Islands (in itself a very controversial issue), she also waged a war upon the coal miners in the working class by shutting down a large amount of the mines.

Pop culture flourished around her, she was an excellent source of material for music and other media, often satirizing her. English punk movements started cropping up again as they found something to sing about, their undying hatred for Thatcher and what she had done to the working class.

Her poll tax was a very controversial decision. A poll tax refers to a taxation that is not a percentage of income, but rather a fixed amount. This meant that wealthier individuals paid a smaller percentage of their income, but the poor ended up more than they were comfortable with, and in some cases, more than they could afford.