Margaret Thatcher's toxic legacy

[sasguru]

13 years of a Labour gov and they are still blaming Thatcher.

It's almost beyond satire now.

They continued her policies so shouldn't blame her.
Although the current crisis is down to her philosophy of deregulation of the financial sector taken to its logical extreme.

HTH

[sasguru]

In a theoretical sense, 13 years isn't a very long time to fundamentally change the way a country works. Not claiming it's a fair complaint in this case, just making the point.

WHS. The hubris of the banks that led to the current mess has been brewing since the 80s. Its no surprise its an Angl-Saxon problem; the monetarist thinking that led to it was pushed by Reagan and Thatcher in the early 80s.

On assuming power Labour just let the City continue on its own merry way and tried to redistribute the income raised.

[DodgyAgent]

They continued her policies so shouldn't blame her.
Although the current crisis is down to her philosophy of deregulation of the financial sector taken to its logical extreme.

HTH

You could say that about any system of government. It was up to ensuing governments to either change her policies or run them responsibly.

[sasguru]

You could say that about any system of government. It was up to ensuing governments to either change her policies or run them responsibly.

I agree. Unfortunately Labour is made up of numpties who haven't a clue about and are unemployable in the real world e g. Dawn Primarolo a cretinous long-term unemployed loser catapulted into the job of Paymaster General. or John Prescott a fat twunt of a ship steward, the list is endless.

[AtW]

Its no surprise its an Angl-Saxon problem; the monetarist thinking that led to it was pushed by Reagan and Thatcher in the early 80s.

Who you'd blame your poor spelling and punctuation skills on?

[sasguru]

Who you'd blame your poor spelling and punctuation skills on?

I suppose that was meant to be funny, since you don't understand irony.

[TimberWolf]

As Steve Bell said in a different electoral context back in the Eighties, it's the same old piss in a different shaped bottle

Thatcher and Bl*ir have a mad left eye Is there photographic evidence?

[HairyArsedBloke]

That doesn't tell them anything.

Spoiling your vote by scrawling "THEY'RE ALL TOSSERS" on your ballot paper will, however...

I wish it did.

I believe there should be an official abstention box. At the moment spoiling the ballot paper options lumps the protesters in with the incompetent.

The parties would never have it though as the "None of the above" option would win most seats.

[DodgyAgent]

.. and these turned out to be good things?

Burn the witch!

Our very own CUK Mysogynist speaks

[singhr]

Has anyone said that our boys will be home for Christmas yet?