I had the opposite impression. It was the cabinet colleagues from humble backgrounds that got on best with her, John Major and Norman Tebbit. It was the etonians she had most of her fights with.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostFor 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.
When my mortgage leaped by 25% at the beginning of 1980 I considered myself one of the lucky few who had managed to get a 25% rise at the same time. I had to take a lodger in to help with costs.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI had the opposite impression. It was the cabinet colleagues from humble backgrounds that got on best with her, John Major and Norman Tebbit. It was the etonians she had most of her fights with.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by KentPhilip View PostYes it's very interesting. Putting it into a full historical context.
Although it is right-wing biased.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostJust 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.
Where do you rate the kind of snob that looks down on anyone that does dare better themself?
Just finished watching the documentary (worth it if you can make 4OD work). It was definitely Pro-Thatcher, but I wouldn't call it right wing. Kinnock comes across as a right deluded numptie.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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I think Kinnock was a gr8 Labour leader. Lets not forget it was Kinnock that reformed Labour, by the time Blair took over it had all been done. I´ll never forget that speech he made at the Labour party conference when all the leftwingers marched out in disgust. I think he would have been fine as a prime minister, not at all left wing.I'm alright JackComment
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With a childhood which included too many Welsh sermons I couldn't help but switch off when Kinnock went into Welsh Windbag mode.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI think Kinnock was a gr8 Labour leader. Lets not forget it was Kinnock that reformed Labour, by the time Blair took over it had all been done. I´ll never forget that speech he made at the Labour party conference when all the leftwingers marched out in disgust. I think he would have been fine as a prime minister, not at all left wing.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Not living here until 2000 I do find it amusing that her greatest triumphs were
: killing the unions - Yay!
: shutting down mines - putting thousands out of work with no training or programmes to help them move on
: blowing the north sea oil money
: selling off assets which ended up mainly in the hands of foreigners
: Freeing the city of London to make loads of cash
: concentrating all power in London
All of which seems to have created a country (London) within a country. One which is prospering and the other just limps along.
Seems a mixed bag really.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI think Kinnock was a gr8 Labour leader. Lets not forget it was Kinnock that reformed Labour, by the time Blair took over it had all been done. I´ll never forget that speech he made at the Labour party conference when all the leftwingers marched out in disgust. I think he would have been fine as a prime minister, not at all left wing.Originally posted by VectraMan View PostStill couldn't win an election though.
In that sense I agree with
"Kinnock comes across as a right deluded numptie." - he was a good leader for Labour but that's no use if enough people in marginal seats don't vote for you.Comment
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