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Thread #20518   Message #2707505
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
24-Aug-09 - 03:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Grocer (Ewan MacColl)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Grocer (Ewan MacColl)
'But this is an ill-natured, witless song...'

MtheGM, I agree.

Why is it that other prime ministers are no subject to the never-ending ridicule that Margaret Thatcher sees?

I can remember when the slums of London and the crime of Glasgow were among the worst in the world. When the UK school system was a laughing-stock. When unemployment was terrible and the economy was in the doldrums for long periods of time. When people in London died from breathing the smog. The Thames was a sewer. Yet the PM's in power during those times are forgiven and forgotten.

Give it rest, guys!