Thatcher thingy on C4 now

[DodgyAgent]

If I remember correctly we had just had our first summer holiday in a tent. .

And there was no global warming at the time to make camping enjoyable

[Sysman]

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.

Yep. It was the concentration of power and money in London which chucked me off most.

I know London has plenty going for it, but I really do prefer lots of wide open spaces and fresh air without falling over several other million people at the same time.

[Sysman]

Where's your Hwyl?

Dreadful. .

linky

Will was certainly an eloquent preacher, if not a born orator, and possessed that peculiar gift known in Wales as “hwyl” — a sudden ecstatic inspiration, which carries the speaker away on its wings, supplying him with burning words of eloquence, which in his calmer and normal state he could never have chosen for himself.

I think this is why I decided I preferred proper churches rather than chapels.

At least I could admire the architecture in those, and if bored rigid could do something constructive like count the number of pieces in stained glass windows.

[lilelvis2000]

Yep. It was the concentration of power and money in London which chucked me off most.

I know London has plenty going for it, but I really do prefer lots of wide open spaces and fresh air without falling over several other million people at the same time.

Doesn't London have the worst air in Europe? I take a bottle of Lanc's air with me whenever I go.