there was a lot to contend with.
it was no easy task to keep us a decent compassionate society, keeping industry going often with outdated track, and capitalists who enjoyed all the fruits of our stable society whilst not investing in or modernising our factories.

the common market countries decided that our way of subsidising industry that had been in use since the war was unfair competition - unlike their own systems of state intervention.

Opec had us by the balls and the IRA was trying its best to turn our country into a warzone.

it was a difficult situation.
Thatcher tackled none of the problems - but she got rid of inflation by increasing unemployment and virtually closing down manufacturing industry. north sea oil money paid for closing down the mines. i heard tories at the time saying it was worth every penny.

if you'd lived in the wreckage of Thatcher. seen hard drugs take the place of apprenticeships. beggars on the street outside london for the first time in living memory. you wouldn't keep up with this smarmy approbation of Thatcher, Teribus

but obviously you saw none of it - or if you did, none of it affected you, or made you sad for your country.