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Thatcher thingy on C4 now
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWhat it does show is that both the Tories and Labour were ineffectual at sorting out the UKs problems and that it was entirely down to Thatcher that the lights came on and have never been switched off since.Comment
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostActually the lights had been on for good 4+ years pre-Thatcher so that doesn't hold a lot of water really does it?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostHistorical accuracy and to emphasise this stuff isn't a simple left/right. Not all the bad stuff happened under one party or the other. It still isn't/doesn't.Comment
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Originally posted by adubya View PostDo you know why the power cuts happened BTW ?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostMiners strikesComment
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For those who were around in 1979 I think most people at the time even the ones who didn´t vote for her breathed a huge sigh of relief when she won. Inflation was running at 17% and everyone was getting poor. Our family´s standard of living was going down pretty rapidly. If I remember correctly we had just had our first summer holiday in a tent. My father actually went out and bought some crates of whiskey, which he was going to use to barter with.
That´s what it was all about.Last edited by BlasterBates; 14 April 2013, 15:08.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostActually the lights had been on for good 4+ years pre-Thatcher so that doesn't hold a lot of water really does it?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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I remember visiting Glasgow in the 1970´s
Anyone who is in their twenties hasn´t seen deprivation in the UK.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHow utterly ridiculous. She made a point of emphasising her humble origins, which is the last thing a snob would want to do.
My understanding of snob in that context is of one who manages to rise from humble origins and then looks down on those they left behind.
Just like my own father did, and it might be hard to understand for those who didn't experience that first hand. The contempt he had for his siblings and peers who didn't manage to get where he did could be appalling at times, and that was a trait that I felt was present in Thatcher.
That was something I cam across in many local government types in that era and in my neck of the woods, and as we know she was brought up in that atmosphere by her father.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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