I'd go with the Broadcasting Act 1990.
So typically Thatcherite it hurts - the gradual destruction of ITV from a network of beloved regional broadcasters into the bloated mess it is today, the forced reduction of in-house programme-making at the Beeb leading to a drop in quality, the effective creation of Channel 5 and allowing Murdoch a foot back in the door after his forced exit from LWT some two decades before.
Even some high-profile Tories spoke out against it, most notably Douglas Hurd. I wouldn't be surprised if it was this that tipped the party over the edge and finally got rid of her - so maybe it did have its good points.
So typically Thatcherite it hurts - the gradual destruction of ITV from a network of beloved regional broadcasters into the bloated mess it is today, the forced reduction of in-house programme-making at the Beeb leading to a drop in quality, the effective creation of Channel 5 and allowing Murdoch a foot back in the door after his forced exit from LWT some two decades before.
Even some high-profile Tories spoke out against it, most notably Douglas Hurd. I wouldn't be surprised if it was this that tipped the party over the edge and finally got rid of her - so maybe it did have its good points.
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