Adopting the persona of a housewife-politician who knew what inflation meant to ordinary families, she challenged the power of the trades unions whose almost constant industrial action peaked in the so-called "winter of discontent" in 1979.
兼具家庭主妇和政治家角色的撒切尔夫人,很清楚通货膨胀对普通家庭意味着什么,她向工会的权力提出了挑战。而在1979年,工会持续的罢工行动在所谓的“不满的冬天”达到了高潮。
As the Callaghan government tottered, the Conservatives rolled out a poster campaign showing a queue of supposedly unemployed people under the slogan "Labour Isn't Working".
卡拉汉政府举步维艰,保守党趁机展开一场海报宣传活动,让一群貌似失业的工人打出“工党不行了”的口号。
Jim Callaghan lost a vote of confidence on 28 March 1979. Mrs Thatcher's no-nonsense views struck a chord with many voters and the Conservatives won the ensuing general election.
1979年3月28日,詹姆斯•卡拉汉因一票之差未通过不信任动议。而撒切尔夫人的实用论引起了很多投票者的共鸣,保守党最终赢得了接下来的大选。
Margaret Thatcher, who has died following a stroke, was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century.
撒切尔夫人,20世纪最有影响力的政治人物之一,在2013年4月8日,因中风不幸逝世。
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