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What Did Thatcher Ever Do For Us?
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Nationalised industries were NOT bought back by the 'establishment' at knock down prices.
They were sold to ordinary voters who chose to apply or not.
The number of shares that one could apply for was modest.
Not sure about others but 50% of BT shares were sold to finacial institutions and when trading opened the shares traded at a high premium.0 -
Not sure about others but 50% of BT shares were sold to finacial institutions and when trading opened the shares traded at a high premium.
That is the con that all these maggie cheerleaders forget when talking about privatisation now.
"Mrs. Jones" down the road who had a chance to invest and thought it was great that buying shares would enable her to take part in this new way of doing things ended up shafted.0 -
The Channel4 programme casually referred to Arthur Scargill's 'private army' of flying pickets, whilst showing footage, without comment, of Maggie Thatcher's private army of well-equipped policemen, some on horseback, stamping on the 'enemy within'.
Yesterdays events at Wembley are a timely reminder of the type of individual who far too often turned up.0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »Yesterdays events at Wembley are a timely reminder of the type of individual who far too often turned up.
Were there a lot of miners in Milwall?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Were there a lot of miners in Milwall?
Nobody likes us, but we don't care.0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »Yesterdays events at Wembley are a timely reminder of the type of individual who far too often turned up.
The FA denied them their minute of silence, so they celebrated the Thatcher glory days in the only way they knew how.
Eventually the police caught the drift of things and joined the party.
TruckerTAccording to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.0 -
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Thrugelmir wrote: »Yesterdays events at Wembley are a timely reminder of the type of individual who far too often turned up.
That pr1ck that stole the copper's hat made me laugh.
How stupid do you have to be to not realise that one of the 500 or whatever cameras in the stadium would pick you up?0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Were there a lot of miners in Milwall?
Millwall was London Docklands.;)
Take a trip to Bermondsey will be an education for you.0 -
Bermondsey is now mainly riverside apartments costing £500,000 and upwards.Thrugelmir wrote: »Millwall was London Docklands.;)
Take a trip to Bermondsey will be an education for you.0
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