Thatcher was re-elected for a third term in 1987, but her subsequent support for the Community Charge ("poll tax") was widely unpopular, and her views on the European Community were not shared by others in her Cabinet.
Thatcher omvaldes för en tredje mandatperiod 1987, men hennes kommunalskatt ("Community Charge", populärt kallad "poll tax"), var mycket impopulär och hennes kritik mot den Europeiska gemenskapen delades inte av andra i hennes kabinett.