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Another Thatcher legacy - the wonder of free market philosophy.
@HuwMatthews2 Sorry, forgot to ask. You obviously know about poetry so who's your favourite poet, or maybe favourite work?
The Twilight War The lady was not for turning. Like her or loathe her, you wonder what drove her. She was strong, with conviction, a predilection for aggression. She was learning what she could do and she was absolutely sure. Her confidence was her protection. So she made war, because conquering made Britain great and won her elections.
@Lynne Thanks for your kind words and for reminding me as well of "Glasnost", a phrase I'd forgotten. Will use it!
The Hinge of Fate The Iron Lady was not for turning. “Let’s burn coal, let’s forge steel, let’s build ships.” These weren’t words to cross her lips. “No, no, no.” Every vestige of our infrastructure had to go. And whilst she smashed our industry, compassion withered in society. Her “I” became “We”, a self-assuming royalty. She bred a culture of “Me”, “Me”, “Me” where the loadsamoney ...
@HuwMatthews2 Ooops. LOL! Someone once wrote that the pen is mightier than the sword. As the haiku says ...... "Let truth not wither in the desert of abuse; refuge of the blind" Words. I hope you enjoy part 3 of the Thatcher legend today.
@DJ You're absolutely right. Thatcher had a part to play in the ending of the "cold war" and I don't think I was writing out her part in history. I was correcting HuwMatthews2 view that the West had a "Victory" in the cold war and Reagan and Thatcher were the "victors" - that is jingoistic nonsense. There was no victor in the Cold War. It needed the coming together of politicians from both ...
Milestones to Disaster Be-skirted, assertive, she flirted with dispersing our industrial heart which she crushed with impunity and shattered communities. And before we had realised ….. Coal-mining was gone. Steel-making was gone. Ship-building was gone. Disappeared or privatised, as were our utilities. Water gone. Gas gone, and electricity. Railways were gone and council houses ...
The debate rages on both sides in the national media and that's the point - the divisiveness and a divided country is weaker than one where everyone is pulling in the same direction. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/owen-jones-thatcherism-was-a-national-catastrophe-that-still-poisons-us-8564858.html
For those of you who agree that public money should NOT be wasted on a state funeral for Thatcher (Let the family pay and use the money saved to improve the lot of those more in need) here's the link to a petition which is going to be submitted. Don't forget that Thatcher herself was opposed to spending of public money so why should she be the exception? ...
