"Consensus politics" dissolved and Margaret Thatcher rose as a result of, for 10 points, what period of labor unrest in 1978-79 during a particularly cold season?
According to John Shepherd, a major cause of this event was the resignation the previous year of Jack Jones and Hugh Scanlon, while Tony Benn has noted its origins in the terms imposed by an IMF loan two years prior. The unused plan to replace truck drivers with military personnel during this event was known as Operation Drumstick. The closure of a crematorium during this period led to the hysterical headline "they won't even let us bury their dead!" in the Daily Mail, and Larry Lamb of the Sun coined the popular term for this event. The Clegg Commission was set up to recommend future government actions on pay increases in the public sector, disputes over which were the major direct cause of this event. After an unconcerned speech by (*) James Callaghan during this event, a newspaper printed the headline "Crisis? What crisis?". "Consensus politics" dissolved and Margaret Thatcher rose as a result of, for 10 points, what period of labor unrest in 1978-79 during a particularly cold season?
According to John Shepherd, a major cause of this event was the resignation the previous year of Jack Jones and Hugh Scanlon, while Tony Benn has noted its origins in the terms imposed by an IMF loan two years prior.
Winter of Discontent (accept general strike of 1979, general strike of 1978, or equivalents)