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Poll: Who Will You Be Voting For In The Next General Election?

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    I thought they hung monkeys up there :D

    That was Hartlepool. Supposedly they hung a monkey as a French spy. They deduced it was French as it couldn't speak English!
  • StevieJ
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    asandwhen wrote: »
    How can you use June 1980 Tories had been in for just 1 year and still trying to undo the labour mess that they left the country in.

    As far as I remember Thatcher doubled inflation in her first year :D
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • MRSTITTLEMOUSE
    MRSTITTLEMOUSE Posts: 8,547 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I thought they hung monkeys up there :D

    They did in Hartlepool.Thought it was a foreigner apparently.
  • asandwhen
    asandwhen Posts: 1,407 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    As far as I remember Thatcher doubled inflation in her first year :D

    Like I say then check out what happened after a couple of years of sorting out the labour mess - it was 3.7% by 1983 and stayed under 10% (apart from a couple of months in 1990 when it was 10).
  • handful
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    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    Obviously apart from Aug - Oct 1990 when it was above 10%.

    Inflation June 1980 = 21.9% (conservative).

    I can give credit to Thatchers reforms of unions, taxation and privatisation, but anyone who thinks that she had a good record on inflation is deluding themselves.


    I started work in 79 just as Maggie came to power and remember very clearly that I benefitted from a payrise of around 15% in my first few weeks. This was to try and redress the fact that the outgoing labour party had imposed a 'pay freeze' for the previous 3 years and the country was in the horrendous position of having their industries controlled by unions refusing to modernise and streamline. Thatcher had her faults, the main one being her manner but she at least had the b@lls to tackle the issues and take the medicine that was required to get the country back on track, something GB sadly lacks. It's no shock to me that the 10 years of steady growth came on the back of a Tory administration, funny how the reverse is never true.
  • asandwhen
    asandwhen Posts: 1,407 Forumite
    I was wondering why the vote on this thread was 80% for the tory earlier this morning but has now gone down to 55%. Then I thought well it was started at 0830am and I suppose Labour voters dont get out of bed till lunchtime!
  • nickmason
    nickmason Posts: 848 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    That was Hartlepool. Supposedly they hung a monkey as a French spy. They deduced it was French as it couldn't speak English!

    Does that mean it was "hung" or "hanged"? ;)
  • mizzbiz
    mizzbiz Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    nickmason wrote: »
    Does that mean it was "hung" or "hanged"? ;)

    The monkey was hanged when the hartlepoolians hung it!
    I'll have some cheese please, bob.
  • nickmason
    nickmason Posts: 848 Forumite
    dannyboycey wrote: »
    This is why I would applaud the introduction of an eligibility test to determine whether one has the intellectual capacity to vote.

    I really hope you're joking.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    asandwhen wrote: »
    Like I say then check out what happened after a couple of years of sorting out the labour mess - it was 3.7% by 1983 and stayed under 10% (apart from a couple of months in 1990 when it was 10).

    You did selectively quote inflation under Labour of 23%, ignoring the fact that they had reduced it to around 10% when Thatcher took over.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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