no no ....a thousand times no!

English industry needed modernising. not closing down.

this required investment

the rich people of England were allowed to sit on their money and invest it abroad.

the factories that were built in China should have been built in England.

Thatcher and the EU caused this.

THe increase in the GDP she achieved was done like this. SCargill asked for a 30% pay rise. She agreed to it. Inflation hit the roof! Callaghan had been trying to keep wage increases down to £3 a week - and was urging moderation, She got elected by promising 'free collective bargaining'.
My wifes disability allowance and most other state benefits had previously been index linked. under THatcher , all allowances were frozen. THus effecting a damn near 30% cut on the living standards of the most vulnerable in society.

you had to be there. you had to be at the bottom of society. you had to hear that creature Bottomley jeering at state dependants to a cheering tory conference to a Gilbert and Sullivan parody.

i'd agree - stay away from the thread if you can't face the truth about the loathsome bastards you facilitated by voting for the fuckers,