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ThatcherismThatcherism is the system of political thought attributed to the governments of Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister during the 1980s.See also Reaganomics and Rogernomics. Thatcherism is characterized by a free market liberalism perhaps more closely associated with Victorian Liberalism[?] in the United Kingdom, low taxation, trenchant opposition to vested interests not seen to be associated with the English middle classes[?], -- especially the Trade Unions[?] -- and a suspicion of the institutions of the British Welfare State. Thinkers closely associated with Thatcherism include Keith Joseph[?] and Milton Friedman. Whether it ultimately benefited Britain or not, it destroyed the post-war consensus of British politics. In 2001 Peter Mandelson, a member of parliament belonging to the British Labour Party closely associated with Tony Blair, famously declared that "we are all Thatcherites now". Shaw nodded toward an interesting
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a time," said Mrs. Shaw, with a simper.
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head as if he was n't more than eighteen.
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matter, and regarded the flowers with more respect, as he asked,
had produced such an effect.
The largest was a regular hothouse bouquet, of tea-rosebuds,
sweet-peas and mignonette, with a few cheerful pansies, and one
verbenas, white feverfew, and green leaves.
"Not hard to guess. The smart one for Fan, the sweet one for Polly,
proceeded to deliver the nosegays, with as much grace as could be
papa's. Now run down, for the bell has rung; and remember, not to
don't eat too much supper. Grandma will attend to things, for my
receive the first batch of visitors, several little girls who had been
way. Tom had likewise been propitiated, by being allowed to bring
Rumple, Sherry, and Spider.
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