That Special Relationship ...

[threaded]

The NHS and nationalisation were far from the only problem.

Did you realise that while France and Germany invested the Marshall Aid they received, Britain (who got more than either of them) just squandered it?

"The Wasting of Britain's Marshall Aid"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british...shall_01.shtml

Read it and weep. (:

Actually that article reads far better than what happened. For example the post war Labour government increased taxes massively on steel companies in an effort to put them out of business. Then 'rescued' them with nationalization!

[GreenerGrass]

Yeah those damned humans don't need rights.

Oh wait, I am one

Stan, its simplistic, liberal, appeasing, politically correct views like yours which have left Britain in the state it's in at the moment.
Your experiment has failed, even the government is finally turning its back on blindly following the ideals of a generation of weak, misguided fools.

[Rantor]

Stan, its simplistic, liberal, appeasing, politically correct views like yours which have left Britain in the state it's in at the moment.
Your experiment has failed, even the government is finally turning its back on blindly following the ideals of a generation of weak, misguided fools.

Thats what this board needs - more well-balanced, clearly argued debate backed up by lots of well documented evidence.