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Margaret Thatcher: British Parliament
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At Bruges in 1988 Thatcher made a speech in which she outlined her opposition to proposals from the European Communities for a federal structure and increasing centralisation of decision-making. Although she had supported British membership, Thatcher believed that the role of the EC should be limited to ensuring free trade and effective competition, and feared that new EC regulations would reverse the changes she was making in Britain. She was specifically against Economic and Monetary Union, through which a single currency would replace national currencies, and for which the EC was making preparations.
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In 1989 Thatcher introduced a community charge that became known as the poll tax. This was widely disliked across a spread of the British population and resulted in people going willing to jail to avoid payment on principle, mass demonstrations and culminated in a number of riots.
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After graduation, Thatcher became a lawyer. Her hard work and ambition led to a position in British parliament before she turned 35. Thatcher earned a reputation for learning as much as she could about an issue. Her mastery of the details often overwhelmed her critics.
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