There are times when I despair with you. Who was it who ruined all our manufacturing industries, who was it who let the City run riot, who was it who sold everything off? Why do you think we have such a housing crisis? Thatcher in common with lots of people just did not see the unintended consequences of what she was doing. The original shares in BT, gas and electricity were sold off pretty quickly to all the big boys, so they are now owned by foreign companies, hence we are all ripped off, for them to trouser huge profits and bonuses. None of the money from sales of RTBs were invested in house building, leading to ridiculously high property prices which we are still seeing and a housing crisis that no-one seems willing to tackle. All those big profitable companies, Vodaphone, Starbucks et al, have been allowed to get away with not paying their share of tax, and what action has been taken? The last government should have cracked down on the city - but what they did they did with the support of the opposition because they all made the mistake of thinking that those people could be trusted to play fair, without adding to regulatory powers, some hopes! And I haven't seen any evidence of this shower of sh*t doing anything at all. Lots of talk - no action. We are not such a nice country since Thatcher - we are not so caring, it taught people to be selfish and greedy and look after number one, and this lot are carrying on that grand tradition by demonising people who are out of work or on low wages, and trying to convince the rest of us that all the ills of modern life are down to that one section of society and we must learn to take our medicine, but hey! We've got £10 miilion for a funeral. And remember we are all in this together........................
Vanessa Smith ● 4733d