End of Lecture 3 British History (part 3)

End of Lecture 3 British History (part 3)

3. Britain in the 20 th century — post-war period Margaret Thatcher “ Iron Lady” Born 1925 PM 1979 -1990 Life peer since

3. Britain in the 20 th century — post-war period • Thatcher government – strong full market economy, individual initiative, hard work and merit • Britain – a nation of shareholders • 1970 s – feminist movement (legal right to free abortion, 1975 – Equality Pay Act, Sex Discretion Act) • 1990 -John Major (C); 1997 – Anthony Blair (L)

3. Britain in the 20 th century — Windsor monarchs • 1910 -1936 – George V • 1936 – Edward VIII (abdicated) • 1936 – 1952 – George VI • 1952 – up to now – Elizabeth II

3. Britain in the 20 th century — Windsor monarchs Queen Elizabeth II

3. Britain in the 20 th century — Commonwealth • 14 mln square miles, 700 mln people • Great Britain , Antigua and Barbuda, Australia , the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada , Cyprus, Dominica, the Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India , Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand , Nigeria, Pakistan , Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

3. Britain in the 20 th century Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister (Labour, 2007 -2010), and his wife Sarah at Downing Street,

3. Britain in the 20 th century • David Cameron, British Prime Minister since May 2010 • (Conservative)

3. Britain in the 20 th century • The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron , and the President of the United States, Barack Obama , during the 2010 G-20 Toronto su mmit