Thatchers Dead

[Kirkland Laing]

Packing yourself with the hurd wont wash with me young Miss. You listing what she is responsible for gave nothing more than Ive read umpteen times over the last few days. Would it make you feel any better if I elaborated on the points Ive tentatively made and asked for a response on? Would it make you feel better if I said she sold off dying services and let wounded industries die? I doubt it.

I'd rather be politically reatarded to be honest. The one thing worse than knowing nothing. Pretending you know something.

Gas, electric, water and telecoms aren't ever going to be "dying" services. They're essential services. And they used to cost buttons compared to what they cost now. Now you pay for the cost of the utility plus a whacking and ever-increasing wedge on top in profit.

Closing the pits and the shipyards/steelworks etc. was going to have to happen at some point. It was going to cause hell at some point too.But the way it was handled, and then to do absolutely nothing for the areas that were devastated wasjust unforgiveably bas from whichever angle you look at it, political, economic, humanitarian etc.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Packing yourself with the hurd wont wash with me young Miss. You listing what she is responsible for gave nothing more than Ive read umpteen times over the last few days. Would it make you feel any better if I elaborated on the points Ive tentatively made and asked for a response on? Would it make you feel better if I said she sold off dying services and let wounded industries die? I doubt it.

I'd rather be politically reatarded to be honest. The one thing worse than knowing nothing. Pretending you know something.

Gas, electric, water and telecoms aren't ever going to be "dying" services. They're essential services. And they used to cost buttons compared to what they cost now. Now you pay for the cost of the utility plus a whacking and ever-increasing wedge on top in profit.

Closing the pits and the shipyards/steelworks etc. was going to have to happen at some point. It was going to cause hell at some point too.But the way it was handled, and then to do absolutely nothing for the areas that were devastated wasjust unforgiveably bas from whichever angle you look at it, political, economic, humanitarian etc.

Thing is there was such a short term view with closing any industry esp/when years later they realised we're held randsom to other countries importing coal/oil/gas to the UK.
There was nothing in place for the skilled labour market to move on to.
British rail for example for years had no proper investment. They sell it off, prices go up & continue to do so & services get cut. An integrated public transport service? Impossible when you've sold it off.