You know what ? If this post doesn't fucking disappear soon, I'm outta here for good. Should never have been on here in the first place.
Why would you do that? Have some of the different opinions offended you? I personally think this whole forum is outstanding because of the varied topics discussed openly and in depth.
This is not the only country to have no mining or manufacturing left,most of modern Europe is in the same boat,and these countries had leaders of all different sorts of political persuasions,fact is the coal and gas has been used up,and it is now so much cheaper to get things made elsewhere,bit like shifting sands,in a while it will be too expensive to make what is now made in china made in china etc.the world is a constantly changing place,it the history books will have dedicated chapters to a few,and in our modern times it will be the likes of Mrs T, Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Gandi Mandela Pol pot,all very different but awesome characters who changed our landscapes in one way or another.Rip Mrs T.
@ Char - I've got a few words for Glenda Jackson... But in view of what has been said on here recently about being polite, I'll keep them to myself...
Hi guys, this thread has proved itself to be a very interesting read and one which i had no intention of editing or censoring in any way, but I would just like to reiterate and ask members to remain civil to each other. Thank you
Though I may be mistaken....the average wage oft quoted is £26.5k a year. The above quoted table does seem to have some major disparities.
Mining in the UK was a dead duck long before Thatcher came to power. A school friend of mine's father was the Personnel Manager of Westoe Colliery in the NE of England and he left to take up a post with Wedgewood in Staffordshire. I asked his father why he was leaving and was told that there was no future in mining in the UK and that he had seen the list of collieries scheduled for closure. That was in about 1968, long before Thatcher came to power.
If I had to pick one particular legacy of Thatcher to take issue with it would have to be giving Denis a hereditary Baronetcy so that it would pass on to the odious Mark.
