kalinski
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i will stop now and take some very large deep breaths. Thatcher brings out the worse in me.
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher nee Roberts
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Lord Bracknell said:
Ah yes the good old days like British Leyland being financially supported by the taxpayer, to make crap god awful cars that no one actually wanted to buy.
Great.
Smart Mart said:Ah yes the good old days like British Leyland being financially supported by the taxpayer, to make crap god awful cars that no one actually wanted to buy.
Great.
I think we'd started taking a tumble long before then . . .by the early 70's things where going wrong
its amazing theat BMC/BL managed to ruin and kill the core of Britains motor industry, when all around them the likes of Ford/BMW/VW/Saab/volvo and the Japs where going from strength to strength
we have turnwed into a nation of useless service industries though we have precious little farming or manufacturing now and can't compete with eastern europe and the far east. its been happening for decades but Thatcher certainly took a few nails out of the coffin and put extra long wood screws in !!!
Bluejuice
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She represents everything that is wrong in this country today and I am genuinely sad to see the current result of this poll.
fatbadger
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She set north against south, class against class, England against Scotland. She sharpened the Northern Irish conflict, created a degree of political resentment amongst the people of Britain entirely unmatched since the Regency, and did more to damage our relations with, and standing among, the rest of the world than anyone in the 20th century.
A good leader brings people together; Thatcher did the opposite.
A good leader brings people together; Thatcher did the opposite.
Vlad the Impala
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kalinski said:
Which is why I only said "in some aspects". Believe me, even saying that was like pulling my ears off with a monkey wrench.
Spiros
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Aahh the rose tinted memories of how grand life was before Thatcher. No strikes. Ever. Especially not tanker drivers, teachers, power workers. I only had to go to school 3 days a week. And because of the rampant inflation my pocket money seemed to double every 6 months.Bluejuice said:
looney
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Lord Bracknell said:
Intresting comment.
Manufacturing economies are wealthier than agrarian ones with higher employment. Service economies are wealthier than manufacturing economies with higher employment. Its due to technological advances, its called progress.
Thatcher was necessary at the time, dont want her back even if she was less senile than she is now.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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she was ugly so bad. though apparently when i was 4 i said i liked her....not sure why
looney
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her economics were so badly flawed that we almost went bankrupt. if you want to see how her economics work long term have a look at the USA's budget deficit
Her economic policies were imitated globally and led to the long boom many countreies enjoyed in the 90's. We didn't almost go bankrupt that was under Labour when chanceloor Dennis Healy went to the IMF with a begging bowl. Socialism was flawed, hence the collapse of the soviet Union.
The US budget deficit? Whats that got to do with Thatcher? Cyclical overspend, War costs and mismangement maybe but doubt Maggies responsible.
with sounding patronising there are a lot of people here that have no understanding of economics. she took the country from one extreme that wasn't working (demand side) to the other which failed (supply side)
with sounding patronising you are talking out of your arse. I am an Economist what do you do?
Her economic policies were imitated globally and led to the long boom many countreies enjoyed in the 90's. We didn't almost go bankrupt that was under Labour when chanceloor Dennis Healy went to the IMF with a begging bowl. Socialism was flawed, hence the collapse of the soviet Union.
The US budget deficit? Whats that got to do with Thatcher? Cyclical overspend, War costs and mismangement maybe but doubt Maggies responsible.
with sounding patronising there are a lot of people here that have no understanding of economics. she took the country from one extreme that wasn't working (demand side) to the other which failed (supply side)
with sounding patronising you are talking out of your arse. I am an Economist what do you do?
So a bit like Renault and especially Fiat. Two car companies "supported by the tax payer" that are losing money hand over fist at the moment, but whose governments see fit to support in any way that they can because it means 30,000 direct employees being OFF THE DOLE QUEUE. Whatsmore, I'll BET that Fiat will stay in Italian hands in the long run and has a future.Smart Mart said:Ah yes the good old days like British Leyland being financially supported by the taxpayer, to make crap god awful cars that no one actually wanted to buy.
Great.
Sure, British Leyland cars were crap, but a quality PM would have got to grips with the unions WITHOUT stripping them of their livelihood, IMO. It doesn't take brilliance to shut down entire industries.
Tom Bombadil
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Lord Bracknell said:
Why is it so important to be a manufacturing nation?
I think what you actually mean is that our economy is in better shape than theirs right now.looney said:
Our GDP is 19% better than the EU average. France's GDP is 13% better than the EU average. So I think "going down the pan" is a bit excessive. It's not like the French have gone to the World Bank, cap-in-hand is it?
They've got some issues to deal with, but their standard of living still isn't bad...
Tom Bombadil
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looney said:
Help help I agree with Looney.
Scotty Mac
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bitch. as my politics teacher said "if magaret thatcher knocked on my door, id slap her"
