| On this day in 1979... 14:05 - May 4 with 5619 views | DwightYorkeSuperstar |
On this day in 1979, Margaret Thatcher led the Conservative Party to victory, defeating the Labour Party to become Prime Minister. She would serve the nation for 11 years.
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| On this day in 1979... on 14:07 - May 4 with 3489 views | onehunglow |
You know what you've done now Dwight. |  |
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| On this day in 1979... on 15:00 - May 4 with 3450 views | controversial_jack |
I knew at the time that she was going to be trouble. I put the slow decline of the country down to this date | | | |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:25 - May 4 with 3439 views | Fireboy2 |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:00 - May 4 by controversial_jack |
I knew at the time that she was going to be trouble. I put the slow decline of the country down to this date |
It's when people stopped caring for each other. |  | | |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:54 - May 4 with 3445 views | onehunglow |
At least her death led to a great pysup . | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:09 - May 4 with 3433 views | Boundy |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:00 - May 4 by controversial_jack |
I knew at the time that she was going to be trouble. I put the slow decline of the country down to this date |
The decline in this country started way before she came into power , 3 day week , bins not emptied , power cuts, yeah great fun | |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:20 - May 4 with 3429 views | onehunglow |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:09 - May 4 by Boundy |
The decline in this country started way before she came into power , 3 day week , bins not emptied , power cuts, yeah great fun |
I had a small shop early and the Labour governments of Callaghan and Heath were as bad as each other.
It does feed hate though as the hatred is passed down through families until they become apocryphal.
Even our Fire Brigades (as called at the time) withdrew their labour and picketed whilst army personnel went to fires in Green Goddesses protected by Police,who then were seen as Strike breakers by firemen and why the relationship between Fire and Police was "cool" for many years.
Police condition have gone down the toilet ever since.
They do not have the right to strike. | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:27 - May 4 with 3424 views | felixstowe_jack |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:09 - May 4 by Boundy |
The decline in this country started way before she came into power , 3 day week , bins not emptied , power cuts, yeah great fun |
We were the sick men of Europe under labour and had to go cap in hand to the IMF for a loan.
Now we have the 5th largest economy in the world by GDP. | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:29 - May 4 with 3425 views | builthjack |
Thatcher. The most evil woman that ever walked this earth.
Still, she made coppers lots of money. |  |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:37 - May 4 with 3421 views | KeithHaynes |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:09 - May 4 by Boundy |
The decline in this country started way before she came into power , 3 day week , bins not emptied , power cuts, yeah great fun |
It wasn’t a good time, she even invented loadsa money ! |  |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:39 - May 4 with 3418 views | KeithHaynes |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:29 - May 4 by builthjack |
Thatcher. The most evil woman that ever walked this earth.
Still, she made coppers lots of money. |
I’m sure many of them didn’t want to be there. | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:39 - May 4 with 3417 views | onehunglow |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:29 - May 4 by builthjack |
Thatcher. The most evil woman that ever walked this earth.
Still, she made coppers lots of money. |
She also made landlords out of people and made them very wealthy.The worst she did was flocking council housing stock
You don't like the Police Ken,do you? | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:40 - May 4 with 3410 views | trampie |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:25 - May 4 by Fireboy2 |
It's when people stopped caring for each other. |
Yes I agree with that, it's when people stopped caring for each other. |  |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:49 - May 4 with 3412 views | Lohengrin |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:00 - May 4 by controversial_jack |
I knew at the time that she was going to be trouble. I put the slow decline of the country down to this date |
The ‘long, slow crumbling’ began much earlier than that, if you want to pinpoint a beginning I’d offer up the 24th August 1931 and the fall of the second Labour government following Philip Snowden’s abject failure at The Exchequer. Snowden, a firebrand in opposition, a listless hamster in office refused outright to implement policies that could have alleviated unemployment, cleared slums and sated hunger while the Depression raged all around.
Why? Because, and this is worth remembering the next time you trot along to a ballot station with anything approaching optimism, “the City won’t stand for it.”
The advent of Thatcherism, of Monetarism, fifty years later wasn’t the root cause of anything; that just represented a later complication to afflict a body politic already in an advanced state of decay. |  |
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| On this day in 1979... on 16:53 - May 4 with 3392 views | Kilkennyjack |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:40 - May 4 by trampie |
Yes I agree with that, it's when people stopped caring for each other. |
Yes.
She also sold out .... British Airways, British Coal, BP, British Steel, Gas, Electricity, British Rail, etc etc.
As Kinnock said at the time ...... ‘she knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing’.
For balance though .... the Queen hated her. 👑
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| On this day in 1979... on 17:03 - May 4 with 3393 views | Boundy |
| On this day in 1979... on 15:25 - May 4 by Fireboy2 |
It's when people stopped caring for each other. |
I must precede this to say I've never voted for the Tories but that's not to say I disagree with some of their ideals , the UK has been in decline both socially and as an economic force since the first world war , with small short term revivals in between , and with it standards have dropped to a point now where a simple courtesy as a saying thank you is treated with shock, The Tories and Thatcher tried to stop the rot with 'Solving the trade union problem " which they thought would be the key to Britain's economic recovery after the winter of discontent etc , this they did but it's proven not to be enough. IMO The decline in our economy has affected how we interact socially and with it our basic instincts in how we care for each other | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 17:07 - May 4 with 3392 views | onehunglow |
What was happening is that the powerful unions were pre eminent. Power workers,Miners,Railwaymen, TGWU. All leaders were national figures . All loved it.
Our industries were badly served by shocking management and Unions whose bosses were simply not representing their members.
British quality also dwindled | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 17:11 - May 4 with 3389 views | onehunglow |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:40 - May 4 by trampie |
Yes I agree with that, it's when people stopped caring for each other. |
Care about each other. You hate the wealthy,posh,tiff,Tories ,English. Tories are seen by you and your chums as vile filth that no Welshman SHOULD vote for.
Democracy my foot
Mind numbing | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 17:47 - May 4 with 3353 views | Nortbankboy |
| On this day in 1979... on 17:11 - May 4 by onehunglow |
Care about each other. You hate the wealthy,posh,tiff,Tories ,English. Tories are seen by you and your chums as vile filth that no Welshman SHOULD vote for.
Democracy my foot
Mind numbing |
Maggie milk.
The great lady said there is no such thing as society. | | | |
| On this day in 1979... on 17:54 - May 4 with 3348 views | Kilkennyjack |
| On this day in 1979... on 17:03 - May 4 by Boundy |
I must precede this to say I've never voted for the Tories but that's not to say I disagree with some of their ideals , the UK has been in decline both socially and as an economic force since the first world war , with small short term revivals in between , and with it standards have dropped to a point now where a simple courtesy as a saying thank you is treated with shock, The Tories and Thatcher tried to stop the rot with 'Solving the trade union problem " which they thought would be the key to Britain's economic recovery after the winter of discontent etc , this they did but it's proven not to be enough. IMO The decline in our economy has affected how we interact socially and with it our basic instincts in how we care for each other |
You should vote Tory.
You are a Tory.
How we interact often reflects on giving people a stake in our society.
For Tory capitalism to exist you have to have the poor to do the work.
Brexit is predicated on having cheaper labour in the UK than the EU allows. The deregulated Singapore of Europe.
The Trade Union movement has done far more for the working class welshman than the out of touch Tory toffs ever will.
Join a union and stand up to the Tories. | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 17:57 - May 4 with 3360 views | Boundy |
just a quick thumbs up to dads army76 yet another enlightening informative thumbs down , keep em coming son you may grow a pair of balls one day and actually post your opinion. | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 18:17 - May 4 with 3341 views | Boundy |
| On this day in 1979... on 17:54 - May 4 by Kilkennyjack |
You should vote Tory.
You are a Tory.
How we interact often reflects on giving people a stake in our society.
For Tory capitalism to exist you have to have the poor to do the work.
Brexit is predicated on having cheaper labour in the UK than the EU allows. The deregulated Singapore of Europe.
The Trade Union movement has done far more for the working class welshman than the out of touch Tory toffs ever will.
Join a union and stand up to the Tories. |
There we are then . | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 18:17 - May 4 with 3327 views | Kilkennyjack |
| On this day in 1979... on 17:57 - May 4 by Boundy |
just a quick thumbs up to dads army76 yet another enlightening informative thumbs down , keep em coming son you may grow a pair of balls one day and actually post your opinion. |
Please can you post in English. Thank you. | |
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| On this day in 1979... on 18:26 - May 4 with 3332 views | raynor94 |
What let her in? The Trade Unions.
The Winter of discontent has a lot to answer for. |  |
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| On this day in 1979... on 18:27 - May 4 with 3331 views | onehunglow |
| On this day in 1979... on 18:26 - May 4 by raynor94 |
What let her in? The Trade Unions.
The Winter of discontent has a lot to answer for. |
Not so much let her in but saw her flood in with a landslide. She then won two further election.
Many believe she was our greatest PM .
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| On this day in 1979... on 18:30 - May 4 with 3330 views | onehunglow |
| On this day in 1979... on 16:29 - May 4 by builthjack |
Thatcher. The most evil woman that ever walked this earth.
Still, she made coppers lots of money. |
Yet,away from that Red area you live in,many opine differently .
One who had the guts to defend this country.
One who beat filth like Hatton and his like.
One that modernised Britain
You utterly cannot see any other view.
I was one of the few who was ambivalent.
Still am
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