Nicholas Ridley

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Nicholas Ridley was a British Conservative politician and Thatcher-era cabinet minister known for his strong free-market views and controversial role in shaping UK economic and industrial policy.

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Nicholas Ridley canonical 5
Nicolas Ridley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Conservative Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Thatcher government economic reforms ⓘ
causeOfResignation controversial interview on European monetary union and Germany ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
employer Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
familyName Ridley ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic policy ⓘ
industrial policy ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
givenName Nicholas ⓘ
hasInfluenced Conservative Party policy on nationalised industries ⓘ
UK environmental policy in the late 1980s ⓘ
UK transport policy in the 1980s ⓘ
United Kingdom privatisation programme ⓘ
ideology Thatcherism ⓘ
free-market liberalism ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
notableFor controversial comments on European integration ⓘ
involvement in industrial and economic policy under Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
role in Thatcher-era economic reforms ⓘ
role in shaping UK privatisation policy ⓘ
strong advocacy of free-market policies ⓘ
notableWork Contributions to Conservative Party economic policy in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
Ridley Report ⓘ
participantIn Thatcher ministry ⓘ
formulation of Conservative Party economic policy in opposition before 1979 ⓘ
politicalAlignment economic liberalism ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Conservative Party Policy Group on Tax and Government Spending ⓘ
Financial Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Environment of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sphereOfActivity British politics ⓘ
government economic policy ⓘ
industrial relations policy ⓘ
workLocation Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
workPeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Ridley Hall, Cambridge → namedAfter → Nicholas Ridley ⓘ
Hugh Latimer → contemporaryOf → Nicholas Ridley ⓘ
Arnold Ridley → child → Nicolas Ridley ⓘ
linked to: Nicholas Ridley