what the hell, it was all a long time aga. some folks thought thatch was alright at the time. some don't.. I suspect if you were in the path of the monetarism juggernaut it wasn't too much fun. It wasn't til she buggered off that the rhetoric over northern Ireland got a bit more sensible - though you'd never guess it some days on mudcat.

I wondered if anybody else noticed how the knives are out for Heath in the Sunday heavies this week - denounced as an insider trader.

Wonder where that leaves the thatch gang with all their directorships of privatised industries etc.