Never quite sure about Tony BennBut I had respect for Michael Foot who was monstered by the press for having ideals. Being devils advocate was Thatcher the right choice at the time as we were as a country knackered.
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @,
Mon 30 Sep 2013, 23:33,
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Too young to say if she was the right choicethough my guess would be "no". At least what she was was a solid choice - I wouldn't call her a career politican either. (Also, she did manage to break some of the hold the unions had over Labour and over politics. Union leaders should not play national politics. If they want to do that they can run for Parliament. But I'm very much looking back and listening to what other people said.)
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boris the spider,
Mon 30 Sep 2013, 23:35,
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