"Jim, I think history will not be as harsh on Mrs Thatcher and her legacy as you are. "
Being interested in history, I believe it has ways of sorting out the wheat from the chaff once the toes that stnd to be trod on have shuffled off
Thatcher was in essence a self declared fascist - she described the mass murder of opponents "democracy" and attempts to punish those crimes as "running a police state" - that's unequivocal enough for me.
She came to power on the slogan "labour isn't working" and proceeded to raise unemployment levels
She destroyed industries and left nothing in their place
Under the legacy she left behind technical progress is a threat rather than a benefit - can you possibly claim that advanced technology has proved a benefit to the majority of people in Britain?
Thatcher formalised the class differences in society, used them for the benefit of the wealth and began to dismantle the safety nets that workers had fought for for over a century.
Under her leadership, homes became potential investments, the rights to a voice in your place of work virtually disappeared, industry disappeared and was not replaced and greed was made respectable.
No amount of hindsight is going to justify what Britain has become and what part she played in making it
Just in case you believe I have any more time for irish politicians - forget it - Irish politicians are just as crooked and incompetent as are their British counterparts when let.
We have an electoral system that to some degree slow down their incompetence and corruption - but it can't stop it.
I am British born - that is how I describe myself when asked culturally it is what I am - I live here from choice, not by an accident of birth.
Don't tell me about the British Police, who admitted to institutional racism and did little more - go ask the Lawrence Family
Jim Carroll