The Iron Lady R.I.P.

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Well I did live through her " reign"..and at first ( like new labour) it did seem a good choice for the country. TBH what was the credible alternative at the time ?..michael foot /neil kinnock.? She definitely won in on the surge of popularity maybe as much for a change and on the fact she was a woman and a leader. We all hoped for change which would help the many. Sadly as time went on the policies became more devisive, and the economic policies were crazy. Monetarism created ludicrous interest rates and the decimation of manufacturing and construction. I wont go into the politics here, just the results.The mantra of increasing interest rates to lower inflation is as daft as cutting budgets actually will reduce a deficcit. Its too blunt an instrument to cure a complex problem. Yes we all got the chance to buy our council houses etc, but it was a great gravy train where millions were missold mortgages which didnt pay off their capital, and so evidently became the decline of affordable social housing. Today we have an incredible situation where foreign cash is being used to buy up cheap houses and make them into private rentals,at sky high rates. I do wonder just what the source of that cash is ??..much comes from the indian sub continent ...
Like Blair she promised a lot but I dont feel that she has delivered any sort of promised land for Britain.As for this present government , well they ( tory) got 33% of the vote, so they are hardly a party for the majority. I despair if they get a full majority at the next election because we will see no doubt much more rampant policies which will make this government seem slightly benevolent to the masses.I predict by the next election our deficcit will still be sky high and the only cure the tories will campaign on is no doubt for more cuts !......There was actually one point in new labours reign when it did seem like this country was doing well, but it all now seems a dream !!