The falklands war, "greed-is-good", the deregulation of the financial markets (eventually leading to our current economic situation), miners' strikes, three million unemployed, massive social unrest... Yeah, the late 70s and 80s in Britain. Such brilliant times.
I know here in North America what happened in the 80's probably should stay in the 80's. It was a confusing time. No really, I wanted to have sex with the chicks on the cover of Poison album, that's how confusing.