Talk:Premiership of Margaret Thatcher

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Childhood, Presonal Life[edit]

This article isn't anywhere near the quality of the articles on even the least notable American politicians! It also doesn't compare to Gordon Brown, John Major, Tony Blair, etc. What did her parents do? Where was she born? Where did she grow up? The article begins VERY abruptly. As a citizen of the U.S. I couldn't begin to improve this article, but someone should! ~~ Rachael

(This is long after the comment so we may well be talking about different content/configuration, but just to note) this article is specifically about the premiership so childhood, personal life, and some larger context is in the Margaret Thatcher article. Mlncn (talk) 19:36, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1979 - 1983...?[edit]

How come there's no info on Thatcher's first term? - 124.82.10.205 (talk) 04:39, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incredibly biased and critical[edit]

Thearitcule just seems to critised thatcher and the voting system rah tear than remain unbiased needs cleanup, ugrently — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chairmanuuue (talk • contribs) 09:42, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism[edit]

In order for the article to be impartial it should include opposing viewpoints. Perhaps separate sections are required to list the Thatcher's view of her policies followed by the opposing views/criticisms of that policy. As a US citizen I have little knowledge of UK government, I came to this page looking for the criticisms that were absent from the Margret Thatcher page, and was under the impression her policies were generally considered to have been in error by people in the UK prior to this evening. (Drn8 (talk) 07:03, 14 January 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Neutrality tag[edit]

In line with comments above. The lede makes strange claims- why that civil service quote? & what mandate , and doesn't include any criticism. It should summarise the content of the article, which should be balanced.92.40.253.49 (talk) 01:32, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hong Kong[edit]

The quality of the Hong Kong section is awful - there are no citations, parts do not make sense at all. It is poorly written and needs improving. 2.126.22.155 (talk) 03:37, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New section:Archives[edit]

Since Thatcher's 1st premiership was 25 years ago and material has been released from the archives, I believe the article should include that. I intend to add a section on GCSE's shortly -as this has been a bone of contention for years. The section is of course intended to be wp:npov & I don't object to anyone moving it. Regards JRPG (talk) 19:55, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Second Term Miners[edit]

I find much of the wiki entry about Thatcher to be biased in her favour reporting viewpoints as 'facts'. In addition under South Africa she is made out to be a champion of change and democracy insisting that Mandela be released before she would visit. This is so far from the truth as to stretch credulity. She was an advocate of the status quo and supporter of white rule, previously calling Mandela a terrorist and saying she would never work with terrorists. Anyhow, without critiquing every entry perhaps the most serious omission must be her and the State's role in a co-ordinated attack on freedom and civil liberties in pursuit of political objectives - more akin to a totalitarian, propagandist State. I refer of course to Orgreave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.48.92.202 (talk) 16:03, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is total nonsense. Source your claims, please. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 23:22, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox[edit]

Why is this article not using the administration infobox like every other UK premiership article? And why does Thatcher need to be different? Politicsnerd123 (talk) 09:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Politicsnerd123, {{Infobox administration}} is a poorly-designed template and, unfortunately, several attempts to improve it have been reverted by the template's creator. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:49, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thank you. Politicsnerd123 (talk) 19:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Help please[edit]

I tried to edit the image with the infobox but I seem to have completely gotten rid of it. If someone could maybe revert my changes, that would be appreciated.

Thanks Bagpiper88 (talk) 07:02, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 15:30, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

tangential information that is false[edit]

What is the policy on broader context brought in that is false? Currently the article says Norman Tebbit "observed that the unemployment of the 1930s was far worse than that of the 1980s—and that his father's generation never reacted by rioting." And that's before including a direct quote from Tebbit with an anecdote about his father, which, while harder to challenge on factual grounds, seems rather out of scope to the article about the premiership to include misleading info. Wikipedia has at least two 1930s riots as articles of its own, Battle_of_Cable_Street and Battle_of_South_Street. Mlncn (talk) 19:49, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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