Abstract
Although the Thatcher years marked a significant break from the post-war political settlement, ‘Thatcherism did not cause a single, abrupt caesura appearing out of the blues'. Truly, Thatcher's success during her years has mostly depended on a range of circumstances and political commitments to whom that constitute the majority of the electorate. However, she has been at the origin of the new British political order, and her influence on politics remains even today, years after she fell from power. If she arrived in power at a time when the role of the State was questioned, does it mean that she presided over a wholly new consensus? Did her victories at the polls prove that the British people have been gradually integrated into a new way of thinking during the 80's?
