The sad thing

[DodgyAgent]

No she didn't - that's the point you moronic Tory automaton.

when did you become a contractor?

Sorry I really meant:

When did you start building IT systems that put people working in HR and finance out of jobs?

[doodab]

She cut your taxes

She pulled the wool over your eyes so completely that you are completely blind to reality.

[doodab]

when did you become a contractor?

Sorry I really meant:

When did you start building IT systems that put people working in HR and finance out of jobs?

So this is it. You're bitter because your cushie permie HR job was taken away by a nasty contractor. Poor Dodgy. Should have joined the union

[DodgyAgent]

So this is it. You're bitter because your cushie permie HR job was taken away by a nasty contractor. Poor Dodgy. Should have joined the union

Suggesting I would ever work in HR is heresy

[Ketchup]

How public spending rose under Thatcher

That same link shows that it fell in relation to GDP which surely is the more important marker of success?

[DodgyAgent]

She pulled the wool over your eyes so completely that you are completely blind to reality.

So taxes prior to 1979 were lower than in say 1989?

[MarillionFan]

How public spending rose under Thatcher

And your point? On the link shown it rose under Blair every single year and by a significantly higher amount.

[sasguru]

When did you start building IT systems that put people working in HR and finance out of jobs?

That's your cretin theme du jour: "IT puts people out of work".
Your clients must be real low level if they're still doing that stuff, since most firms did that sort of low level automation long ago, nowadays we've moved up the value chain and are applying IT/stats/machine learning to big data, stuff that can't be done by a human being.
Please try not to embarass yourself professionally on these forums, it's not smart.

[sasguru]

And your point? On the link shown it rose under Blair every single year and by a significantly higher amount.

Well the point is really to be made for the anti-thatcherites who claim she cut stuff to the bone. In reality she didn't. She even allowed benefits to rise with inflation which the current lot aren't doing.

[MarillionFan]

Well the point is really to be made for the anti-thatcherites who claim she cut stuff to the bone. In reality she didn't. She even allowed benefits to rise with inflation which the current lot aren't doing.

I think the reason the current lot is cutting to the bone is because of the last part of the graph. Blair and Brown spent all the money.