The ideals of a fairer, more democratic society, with justice, reasonably priced heat, light, power and public transport available to everyone;
The provision of truly democratic health care system, a decent education system for all, not just the privilaged few, greater equality of opportunity and almost full employment.
These ideals were on the ropes were they?
THESE were the things that people fought hard for and these are the things that that woman sought to destroy and undermine.
Don’t tell me not to be myopic:
I grew up watching a proud city, the first industrial city in the world, systematically destroyed.
The hopes and aspirations of millions of people, along with the businesses and communities that they created were gone within a generation.
British manufacturing was systematically undermined and sold off because the Tory party decided that they, and not the people who actually ran the best engineering, mining, shipbuilding, chemical and aerospace companies in the world knew best.
They were scared that true democracy might actually take a little of the power and wealth away from the ruling classes and put it in the hands of those who actually produced the end result.
The birthright that should have been passed down to future generations was squandered – all because that woman knew best and knew that appealing to the basist instincts of greed, division and hatred would allow her and her friends to do whatever they wanted.
I’m not sure if I believe in evil, but if it does exist then what she achieved in her time in office is as good an example as I can find.
That’s just not true, sadly the industry died because for decades Britain’s industrial mangers refused to invest in new machinery and manufacturing technical advances, party as efficiency measures upset the unions and party as new machinery took away from profits. By the 50’s Britain’s industry was decades out of date, it was Japanese industrial growth that ripped us a new ass hole, and it was all OUR fault,from union members to the top levels of management! There were mills in Manchester in the late 50’s using 90 year old equipment, while at the same time Japanese company’s were investing in the first computer controlled weaving machines. In the end the unions lost there power due to their members no longer having jobs, and many factory owners lost all their money. So no one really won.
