weelittledrummer, unemployment wasn't a consequence, it was a very deliberate tory policy, one of thatchers political weapons which she used against the trade unions she hated so vehemently.

She introduced the ' poll tax ' in Scotland to punish them for daring
to vote against the torys.
Incidently ' tory ' I believe is the old Irish word for thief.

And as guest old solder said, she sent British slodiers to their deaths to futher har political ambitions.

eric