In the 1970s, Britain was a country being ravaged by discredited and failed socialist policies and strangled by gross abuses of trade union power. These documentaries chart the painful but vital changes that the Conservatives implemented which saved the country economically and rescued it politically from the grip of socialist idealogues. The medicine was bitter and many people faced serious hardship, but the cost of not making these changes would have been unimaginable deprivation and decline. The ideas of Seldon, Hayek and the US ideas of monetarism, implemented by the Thatcher government, brought the country back from the brink of collapse and despair - to the point where, with a population of just 60 million and relatively poor natural resources, it now has the sixth biggest economy in the world.
Trailer for the Documentary series Tory! Tory! Tory! charting the rise and fall of Thatcherism.
The first in the Tory! Tory! Tory! documentary series - outlining the ideological roots of Thatcherism.
The 60s and 70s roots of the Thatcherite revolution
The 70s in Britain were a nightmare of "stagflation", a totally discredited "consensus" that socialism could not be rolled back and abuse of power by Trade Unions. The State had monopolies on all Energy, Transport, Telecoms and the Motor industry. We were the "sick man" of Europe.
Second of Three Documentaries on the Thatcherite revolution
The Thatcher years. From the successes of privatisation and crushing the Unions to the end of the era - the Poll Tax.
The Thatcher Years. The decline of Thatchers power in the early 90s. As Thatcher become more autocratic the party demanded the ultimate sacrifice. But that sacrifice would tear the party apart for the next decade. The upside was that the political landscape in Britain had been completely changed, to the point where Labour had abandoned Clause 4 and we finally had aceptance from our political class that socialism was no way to run a country.
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