she said'There is no such thing as society' and set about destroying it. It's been a dog-eat-dog country ever since; it's no coincidence that surveys always show people were happiest in the 1970s, before her time. To make her government some quick cash and give the impression of economic competence she also privatised everything, which is why we now pay vast amounts for gas, electricity, train fares, water etc to mostly foreign-owned firms.
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Thu 17 Jan 2013, 21:42,
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ThanksGuess that was the kind of explanation that I was hoping for ...
So would I be correct to say that the whole Tony Blair "New Labour" act was just Thatcherism with a smile? That guy always did seem a bit faux to me. And I guess in hindsight everyone can now see that sending troops off to fight over some patch of desert wasn't a smart move. Neither was letting City of London turn into a gambling casino nor letting the rest of town turn into a housing bubble. Well, these may be my personal opinions.
Anyway, Thatcher attracts hate to this day because she was the one who permanently offset the political picture and pretty much killed off any true left wing opposition. Rightly understood?
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Fri 18 Jan 2013, 12:58,
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So would I be correct to say that the whole Tony Blair "New Labour" act was just Thatcherism with a smile? That guy always did seem a bit faux to me. And I guess in hindsight everyone can now see that sending troops off to fight over some patch of desert wasn't a smart move. Neither was letting City of London turn into a gambling casino nor letting the rest of town turn into a housing bubble. Well, these may be my personal opinions.
Anyway, Thatcher attracts hate to this day because she was the one who permanently offset the political picture and pretty much killed off any true left wing opposition. Rightly understood?
My mother voted for Thatcher 3 times...and I'm on the right wing myself (though I'm more of a free market liberal than a social traditionalist), and it's true that the nation was split pretty much down the middle on loving or loathing her, few have a weak opinion of her. Put it this way, in June 1997, when her sucessor John Major left office, Britain was a far more materially prosperous , far more tolerant society, and the former communist world much freer, than it would have been had James Callahan won the 1979 General election. On this website you'll not get much unbiased opinion though, as it's about 90% left of centre on here. "No such thing as society" was a misquote however, she was using the word "thing" literally, critiscising the idea it is a manipulable object.
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