You are absolutely in denial, Iains. Thatcher hated the unions and set out to bust the industries in which they were strong. As plain as the nose on your face. Once that was done and dusted she set out to deregulate the City and the banks in order to give them total free rein. Compliant capitalists were far better for Tory Britain than manufacturing industries with those pesky union leaders. She was the biggest vandal ever to be let loose on this country, even worse than Beeching, rot him. What a shame that New Labour rode the same wave. For ten years with them it was meretriciously hunkydory (though don't ask the poor, who saw the wealth gap ever widening). Then look what happened. Rampant, unregulated Toryism wrecked the planet. Thanks for that legacy, Maggie. I for one was happy to see you go to join the choir invisible. I didn't dance in the street but I definitely raised a glass.