For 10 points, name this decade in which the Labour Party's internal struggles reinforced the supremacy of Margaret Thatcher.
During this decade, the national government published a white paper called Streamlining the Cities that foretold its abolition of the GLC, and the so-called "Limehouse Declaration" was issued by four MPs. In this decade, a faction in the newspaper industry was nicknamed the "refuseniks" for refusing to work at a new plant during the "battle of Wapping." News programs during this decade provided regular updates on a years-long, all-women peace protest on Greenham Common. During this decade, a "Gang of Four" consisting of Shirley Williams, William Rodgers, Roy Jenkins, and David Owen broke ties with their party to form the SDP. Gerald Kaufman (*) attacked a document published in this decade that called for the abolition of the House of Lords and nuclear disarmament by calling it the "longest suicide note in history." The "militant tendency" faction coalesced during this decade, in which Michael Foot resigned as party leader. During this decade, organized labor's image suffered due to Arthur Scargill's failed miners' strike. For 10 points, name this decade in which the Labour Party's internal struggles reinforced the supremacy of Margaret Thatcher.
During this decade, the national government published a white paper called Streamlining the Cities that foretold its abolition of the GLC, and the so-called "Limehouse Declaration" was issued by four MPs.
the 1980s