Ding Dong we lost a great stateswomen - Margaret Thatcher has died

[vetran]

More half baked clap trap. Many working class people owned their own homes prior to thatcher. In the 1960s over 40% owned their own home. Just before she came to power it was around 50%. By the time she left it was around 60% mainly acheived through selling council houses. The shortsightedness of that scheme has led to the crippling cost of the housing benefit bill.

many working class people did not own their own homes. Many working class rented. Many middle class owned their own home. Large houses were being hoovered up for private landlords.

how else was she supposed to break council house tenure? Once you were in they couldn't get you or your children's children out? A council house was for your dynasty.

[ZARDOZ]

You mean like:

"It was labours job to run the financial markets effectively once Thatcher had freed them from the control of the state."



You couldn't make it up. Honestly.
feck me you've ruined my day, chuckling at your absolute nitwittism, to coin a phrase.

it's not as good as this..

"The outcome of Thatcherism was to make the UK one of the top six economies of the world"

Without mentioning we were top 5 before her.

[DodgyAgent]

Some of us can see beyond ourselves to see the bigger picture. It's called I am alright Jack, I just want poor people to know that although I may be rich I am on their side, you wouldn't know anything about that.
HTH, BIKIW

FTFY

[sasguru]

it's not as good as this..

"The outcome of Thatcherism was to make the UK one of the top six economies of the world"

Without mentioning we were top 5 before her.

Poor Dodgy. That's why he's an agent. Logic and numeracy aren't his strong points.

[DodgyAgent]

You mean like:

"It was labours job to run the financial markets effectively once Thatcher had freed them from the control of the state."



You couldn't make it up. Honestly.
feck me you've ruined my day, chuckling at your absolute nitwittism, to coin a phrase.

So if it is not the governments job to supervise the markets against abuse then who's job is it? Or do we simply revert back to the government running the banking system and the major industries?

[ZARDOZ]

many working class people did not own their own homes. Many working class rented. Many middle class owned their own home. Large houses were being hoovered up for private landlords.

how else was she supposed to break council house tenure? Once you were in they couldn't get you or your children's children out? A council house was for your dynasty.

Growing up in the 70s and 80s the majority of my family and freinds owned their own homes, they were mainly working class (as it was then). This was common. You have to go back to pre second world war to match the depiction you are describing.

1976 55% were owner occupied by 1992 it was still under 60%. In that <5% you place the "many working class".

[original PM]

many working class people did not own their own homes. Many working class rented. Many middle class owned their own home. Large houses were being hoovered up for private landlords.

how else was she supposed to break council house tenure? Once you were in they couldn't get you or your children's children out? A council house was for your dynasty.

How true...

also - when we all speak of that great sense of community - is that the one where domestic violence was covered up, is that the one where child abuse was swept under the carpet, is that the one where 'estate's' were 'owned' by the local heavies and people were scared to go out.

the scattering of the chavs caused by the removal of council house dynasties probably saved thousands of lives and empowered thousands more.

interestingly enough we are all concentrating on what Thacther left us - what sh*te did she pick up when she went into power?

I recall the 3 day weeks and power cuts whilst the pink panther was on - that did not happen under thatcher!

[darmstadt]

Spoken like Bono

Do you mean the famous Irish tax dodger or the dog food?

[sasguru]

Some useless ignorant pish, as usual

It's entirely in my interest as a well-off member of society to want to make sure that society as a whole is economically sound.
I don't want to live in a gated community with armed security guards like parts of the US or SA.

[sasguru]

So if it is not the governments job to supervise the markets against abuse then who's job is it? Or do we simply revert back to the government running the banking system and the major industries?

If it's "governments job to supervise the markets" as you state, why didn't Thatcher do it, rather than removing all controls as she did in the Big Bang in 1986? Or are you claiming Thatcher supervised the markets better but Labour dismantled some of her great supervision?

Pleas stop, miy sides are beginning to hurt now ....