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Margaret Thatcher
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Born: 13th October 1925
prime minister from 1979 - 1990
background: Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, she studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford before becoming a barrister.
Became the local mp for Finchley during 1959 general election.
Edward Heath appointed Thatcher Secretary as the State for Education and Science in his 1970 government.
1975 became Leader of the Conservative Party, the first woman to head a major UK political party.
Following the 1979 general election she became Britain's first female Prime Minister.
She took a hard line against trade unions, and her tough rhetoric in opposition to the Soviet Union earned her the nickname of the "Iron Lady".
was re-elected for a third term in 1987, but her poll tax was widely unpopular and her views on the European Community were not favoured by rest of the Cabinet.
has a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher, which means that she is allowed to sit in the house of Lords.

Harold Wilson
1964-1970
I understand how Babara castle was put into the role of trying to keep the trade unions under control. I also understand how edward Heath beat Harold Wilson in the 1970 general election and becaime prime minister. I understand how Wilson used the method of putting James Callaghan and George brown against eachother to see who was strong enough to sort out the economy. Even though this led tothe Labour Party splitting it does reveal how he wasnt affraid to take risks even in his cabinet.
I do mostly understand the aspects which were taken place during his time as a Pm and premiership.
I am not to sure on the economy in how the value of the pound is constantly varied. I am also slightly unsure about how wilson tried to make things better and make the economy better like devaluating the pound and changing its values.

Scanlon's political beliefs led to him being effectively blacklisted by the British security service from 1966 to 1977
1977 prevented from becoming chairman of British Shipbuilding
TwoTwo years earlier,
elevated to the House of Lords in 1979, taking the title Baron Scanlon of Davyhulme in the County of Greater Manchester

1978 retired as General Secretary of Transport and General Workers Union
President of the National Pensioners Convention up to 2001
Hugh Scanlon http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Hugh_Scanlon
Born: 26th October 1913, Melbourne
Died: 27th January 2004
Emigrated to Britain at the age of 2
Went to Stretford elementary school in Manchester and left at 14 to become an apprentice instrument maker where he first joined Amalgamated Engineering Union
1937 joined Communist Party of Great Britain
became district official in 1947
left the Party in 1954 however he continued as a "broad left" candidate in the union
won leadership in 1968
Scanlon was against Britain's membership of the EEC
Scanlon's political beliefs led to him being effectively blacklisted by the British security service from 1966 to 1977
1977 prevented from becoming chairman of British Shipbuilding
Two years earlier, was refused security clearance to joinBritish Gas Board, but later appointed after his files were examined.
elevated to the House of Lords in 1979, taking the title Baron Scanlon of Davyhulme in the County of Greater Manchester

Jack Jones http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPjonesJ.htm
Born: 29th March 1913, Liverpool
Died: 21st April 2009, age 96
June 1937, Jones decided to join the International Brigades
When he returned to England he became full-time official of Transport and General Workers Union
1956 Cousins appointed him as Midland region engineering secretary.
1963 Cousins brought him to London making him union's executive national officer
1968 elected General Secretary of Transport and General Workers Union
1978 retired as General Secretary of Transport and General Workers Union
President of the National Pensioners Convention up to 2001

Born: 29th March 1913, Liverpool
Died: 21st April 2009, age 96
Left school at 14
1927, joined Labour party, and AEU (Amalgamated Society of Engineers)
Lost his job during Wall Street Crash
Became member of Transport and General Workers Union
Converted to socialism
1931 became secretary of the Liverpool Labour College
1936 he was appointed as a Labour councillor in Liverpool
June 1937, Jones decided to join the International Brigades
When he returned to England he became full-time official of Transport and General Workers Union