Re: Thatcher
Not a fan of Thatcher.
She was too dogmatic and failed to look forward to the consequences of her policies.
For every winner, under Thatcher, there were many losers and for every policy that had a positive impact, the negatives were ignored.
for example.....She broke the Unions.
Few would deny the Unions needed taming. However, the victims were the families and communities of those workers that she failed to support and who were left to sink.
Those communities are STILL struggling today because they have been ignored and payed lip service to ever since. The final kick in the teeth for them was the mass influx of cheap labour from the EU.... and that's Brexit in a nutshell.
Also , using the Police as here private Black Shirts was unforgiveable and the Police are for ever tainted as a result....Uniformed thugs!
2) Selling off Social Housing. A great idea that gave many a stake in their communities in a way they had never had before.........But NOT building more houses from the proceeds and NOT allowing social housing to be built in any numbers since has created the housing crisis we see today and the conversion of vibrant , owner occupied estates into expensive private rented ghettos.
3) Privatisation.......Many people made a quick profit but now practically all utilities and service companies are foreign owned and are over charging us for essential services.
etc etc!