Thatcherite governments

Labour has been fond of saying that the "Conservative-led government" is "more Thatcherite than Thatcher". While agreeing that Clegg, Alexander and Laws could probably squeeze a little more out of David Cameron, on a number of scores the coalition is not only more liberal than the Thatcher/Major governments, but also less Thatcherite than New Labour.

For instance:

	Thatcher/Major	Blair/Brown	Coalition
ID cards	Published Green Paper proposing a national database of personal details.	Legislated for national database and compulsory ID cards	Repealed database and ID legislation
Public photography	-	Permitted arrest of anyone taking photographs near public buildings	Repealed the law in question (section 44 of theTerrorism Act 2000 )
State Pensions	Broke the link between state pension and the wage rate index	Did nothing, resulting in the farce one year of a 75p weekly increase	Established triple-lock: pensions tied to highest of 2.5%, the wage rate index and CPI
Top tax	Cut top rate of tax to 40%	Did nothing for twelve years, then introduced a top rate of 50% which lasted 36 days of their administration.	Set top rate at 45%.
Post Offices	Closed around 7,000 post offices	Closed a further 6,000 post offices	Ended programme of post office closures
Military invasions	Permitted US invasion of Grenada, a Commonwealth country	Joined US in invasion of Iraq	Has resisted direct intervention in Libya, Syria, Iran