Yeah well, bully for them.....Personally, I don't know that there is much of a debate about it here in the UK now.....Most of our young people can't afford a place.
And we just don't have the available social housing stock.

Thatcher sold something that was intended to benefit generations....Not just the lucky few.

Pulled up the ladder for this generation.....It's probably the worst thing that Thatcher did....Great for individuals but bad for the country.

Edited by Stirlingsays (10 Apr 2013 2.09am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Born in '58 I lived through the Thatcher years in London.
She firstly got the Police on side with Pay rises, she then relaxed the credit laws that made it easier for working class people to get into debt and sold council houses so many of the union members took out mortgages. She new then that when the union called for strikes there would be a reluctance, the threat of losing your home and being on the street. Divide and conquer very shrewd.
I bought into the dream totally. Until around '88 '89 when my interest rates on my mortgage hit around 16% and even though I worked 3 different jobs at the same time I was f*cked. I should have gone on the dole and the interest on my mortgage would have been paid but I was too proud, what a dick. Homelessness with a young family, B&B and a long hard slog followed, all turned out fine in the end (in case you were getting teary).
There is all the other stuff, Pinochet, Belgrano etc but that has already been mentioned on here.
I'm not one for grave dancing and my thoughts are with her family, but, by me she won't be missed.

The only viable option at the time was nuclear power, not exactly popular itself at the time, in fact the mere mention in conversation of the word nuclear, had people looking at you like you'd just pissed on their kids on Christmas day.

Wind turbines I hear you say? don't work just look at Denmark.

The hydrogen fuel cell is still about 20-30 years away from being viable, If you'd have tried to explain it to a boffin from the eighties, you might as well have been talking about time travel.

And what "industry" was britain suddenly going to switch fire to? The car industry ...puuuuurlease. The heavey industry on which Britain was based was on the slide long before Maggie came along, think Industrial revolution, most of the large factories built in that time were outdated and bleeding money, they became outdated, as did the product they produced. Im fairly certain that if you could knock out a decent arrow head a few hundred years ago, you'd be in high demand. However ....today not so much, my point is that things move on.

So oh wise one just what alternative energy, or industry should they have spent literally billions on. That's before we even get started on re-training a work force that was as flexible, and adaptable as breeze block.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

The comment was that what I'd said was simply untrue, it was not untrue at all, and my point stands.

N'importe qui persuadé par les autres arguments de côté encore?
Non?

Master Baker, as he was affectionately known, by Mrs T.

I stand corrected on the search and rescue expenses for Mark Thatcher.
As i recall, Mrs T was shlt-hot on not taking the pi55 with expenses claims, and regularly paid for stuff out of her own pocket, that she could have legitimately claimed for.

She was certainly 'the Darling' of the police force and military.
Somewhat ironic that when she opened the asylum doors for "Care in the Community", that a significant number of those requiring treatment were military personnel , suffering (as we now know) from post-traumatic stress disorders.

A lot of stuff needed to be done in the 1980's, and she did it. but in a heartless and methodical manner, devoid of emotion and humanity.

I won't be wasting my time watching her funeral, but look forward to watching any highlights if anyone performs any publicity 'stunts'.

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak