How on earth can one compare Brown (Who I am not over fond of) with Thatcher and Co? Or even the Labour party come to that in comparison to the Tory party that showed; greed was good, dismantled the welfare state, introduced the poll tax, closed the mines, sold off nationised industries (Whether they were poorly run or not) to their rich friends, cheaply, after ruining them? Who Imported cheap foreign coal and closed the mines destroying the community? Who turned the police into their own personal private army? Who set the levels of banding for council tax making the poorer pay disproportionately higher rates than the rich with their huge houses? There are many things that need to be remembered before the next election. They could all be listed, but it would be a long list !!! Nothing will convince me that the tory party have changed !! Have they sudenly appealled to the working ordinary peoople? Have they turned their backs on the creation of huge personal wealth at the expense of others? Not likely. Short memories some people and many other younger ones no experience of what it was like. (By the way I do remember the three day week and power cuts etc and am not excusing them)