Viewpoint: The time Britain slid into chaos

[lastlid]

"The social unrest, economic gloom and austerity in Europe today mirrors one of the greatest crises in British history, says the historian Michael Wood.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18159752

[lastlid]

What did the Romans ever do for us?

[joebloggs]

What did the Romans ever do for us?

or the Tories :rolleyes:

[stevewool]

gave us thatcher:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevie c]

gave us thatcher:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:

Who shut mines took away school childrens milk sold of council houses broke up families privatised everything thing but the kitchen sink yes great years under thatcher :NoNo::cwm23:

[lastlid]

or the Tories :rolleyes:

gave us thatcher:xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3:
Loadsa money.....

Please be advised about the swearing in this link....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXuRvthgn4U

[stevewool]

if we had to have someone to run this country it would be our maggi, thats if i voted anyway,

[joebloggs]

we need some one with a backbone :D

b4 this country goes completely to the dogs :NoNo:

[stevewool]

Who is this person with back bone, i cannot think of anyone, in any party

[grahamw48]

Dedworth. :xxgrinning--00xx3::D

People easily forget what state the country was in before Mrs.Thatcher was voted into power...as she was for the next 11 years.

'Sick man of Europe'.

Strikes by bone-idle 'workers' who were just taking the piss and putting companies into bankruptcy (BL for instance), unions who fought change and modernisation just for the sake of it, so dulling Britain's competitiveness in world markets...

Yes there were faults on the management side too, but SOMEONE had to come along who had the balls to pick the country up by the scruff of the neck and sort things out.

Like her or loathe her, that's what Maggie Thatcher did.

She stayed a few years too long though IMO.

Far worse was to follow with Tony Bliar and his bunch of unpatriotic robbing hypocritical pirates....financing the fake good life with debt and opening our borders to millions of parasites, while busily lining their own 'socialist' pockets. :cwm23:

I have more time for the old Tories quite frankly.
Yes, they represent the rich and the wannabe rich, but they're happy to show you how to get rich too....not in debt and 'dependent'.

[joebloggs]

graham people forget the state of the country when thatcher was kicked out, mass unemployment, selling off of the family jewels ,interest rates hit 15%, unemployment reached 4 million under thatcher,kids in poverty doubled under Thatcher, yes bring back the good old days , i remeber them well :rolleyes:

[lastlid]

The newspaper article was more to do with the demise of Europe in general. Not specifically to do with any one British PM.........outwith their control.

[stevewool]

the trouble is what is europe, one minute we are part of it the next we are not included, its beyong me to tell the truth,

[grahamw48]

graham people forget the state of the country when thatcher was kicked out, mass unemployment, selling off of the family jewels ,interest rates hit 15%, unemployment reached 4 million under thatcher,kids in poverty doubled under Thatcher, yes bring back the good old days , i remeber them well :rolleyes:

That's why I said 'she stayed a few years too long though IMO'. ;)

Every party starts off with the good intentions....fixing a few things etc, then self-interest, corruption and greed set in, but that's politicians for you....of all parties. :NoNo:

Perhaps there should be time limits set on party leadership. :Erm:

[lastlid]

Isn't it a case of it doesn't really matter what party is in power, we still are heading in the same direction as the rest of europe....

[grahamw48]

Yep....:rolleyes:

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[Arthur Little]

Yep....:rolleyes:

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:yeahthat: ... down the cludgie! :action-smiley-082:

[Arthur Little]

Harold MacMillan ...

... ":Britain:'s never HAD it so good!"

[lastlid]

:yeahthat: ... down the cludgie! :action-smiley-082:

Thats one jockanese word I haven't heard before....