As always Dan is on hand to illustrate the difference between the educated and the BBC parroting underclass cretin. Because of course, in 1979 the UK was an economic paradise with jobs for all and the NHS gave out gold covered bedpans because everything was spiffing.
No, he's wrong. German society is structured differently, had a greater share of Marshal Plan aid, and for much of the second half of the 20th century, better access to low cost labor. Germany was also always a leader in engineering and skilled manufacturing. The industrial revolution in the UK was more focused on speeding up low skill processes. Britain's greatest strength was always finance and trade. And it's not as though the country completely abandoned industry or mineral extraction. BP, Glaxo, and Rolls Royce, among others, disagree with his notion that UK industry died in the 80s.
I never said the UK was an economic powerhouse in 1979, why the fuck should I have to defend that argument? There is no doubt that whatever Thatcher did, she was bad for a lot of people, anyone north of Birmingham, anyone in manufacturing or industry, anyone in mining, and anyone who is against the idea of a fascist police state. Dont forget this...
I can't forget that - I've never seen it. And since you post it without commentary, I assume you don't know what it is either.
If you dont know much about British politics or the Thatcher years then you wont know much about British politics or the Thatcher years...
It's not Maggie's fault you're in a dead end job with few prospects or that you're a deadbeat dad who's condemned his daughter to a career in the food service industry supplemented by tax credits. I have no doubt that governments in power for over a decade bring about destructive change, viewed badly by a good portion of the population. However when Blair goes there won't be any of this puerile nonsense because, with the exception of Iraq, the chattering classes that control the culture and language approved of all the equally destructive changes he oversaw.
A visiting Scottish cousin of mine referred to her as Atilla the Hen. Loved what she did in the Falklands. Other than that, I have no opinion of her.
Lol @ the poor attempt at a troll. Its really all you've got isnt it. In fact its all you really are, kind of like Sokar but less poetic
We have the same problem in Canuckistan with the Trudeau royal family. Pierre Trudeau was in power for over ten years and implemented a lot of very destructive policies, not the least of which were very flawed constitutional amendments that we're still struggling with. However, he was a charismatic politician and a good portion of the dumbass population here still loves him even after his death. Worse, his idiot son is now running for leader of the Liberal Party. This is a guy who wouldn't get the time of day from the press if it weren't for his last name.
Considering the malaise that was gripping Britain when she took over she deserves maximum praise. Not criticism because she couldn't preserve a dying manufacturing base.
I should be grateful to Thatcher, because the policies she put in place have allowed me to be moderately well-off in adulthood. However, I have sympathy for those hating her, because she destroyed the lives of hundreds of unskilled, under educated working class families for the sake of a political power game with the unions. There are countless scummy towns and pit villages around here that still haven’t recovered nearly 30 years on. Those once working families, on facing virtual overnight decimation of their industry with no support and no prospects, have turned from generation on generation of labourers into generation on generation of feral, ill-mannered, social security rats. These people were broken then and they breed broken children now. Thatcher’s economics was sound, the implementation in speed and ferocity wasn’t, IMHO. Despite apparently hating the nanny state, she actually created the long term welfare culture in pockets of the country because there was no other real alternative employment for those men. You're not going to get entrepreneurial spirit en masse when you're literally feeding your families from charity or getting beaten to a pulp for defying the unions by going back to work.
Not as efficient as what we did at Kent State, but damn, it looks like a lot more fun. But back on topic, RIP, Iron Maggie. She had almost as bit a balls as Churchill and did the unpleasant things that needed doing rather than kicking the can down the road. I remember the story about the lead up to DESERT STORM. Bush had set everything up, but then he started getting cold feet, at which point Thatcher said something along the lines of "Now isn't the time to go all wobbly, Georgie."
