Colin told you one - the allowing of people to buy their own homes.

The negating of the unions was a good thing wasnt it?- or would a three day week have not made much difference to your polltax demonstrating friends?

she came in amidst a cold war and left with it gone?

what messes of major's did he fix?

for someone who actually hasnt put forward one policy suggestion as an alternative to any argument - im a little stumped - give me an example of something someone can do for the entire country that works ?
Helens just given you a list of things in her opinion that helped the majority ( thats probably a more rational way of doing it )...

when you say she was pulling majors strings - what things he did are you referring to in particular - expand on that ?

But thats the whole point - without her allowing all people from all walks of life to buy their own council houses - millions of people still would not have any assets - you cant have it both ways - for a fraction of what an equivalent house would cost people who never would have been able to before - were able to buy assets cheaper than what they were worth and therefore accumulate very valuable and profitable assets - only because of mrs T.
She gave people those assets at a knocked down price - can you not see that? assets they NEVER would have had without her - are you saying those that bought their council housess would have been better off not having the opportunity?

Perhaps you should have got on your bikes and gone to where the money was if you really wantedd to put yourself out and get it that much - most of my bosses are scottish people who did jsut that - London is a cosmopolitan city with people from everywhere doing just that.

Like I say if Poles and Lithuanians can travel over land sea and air to take advatnage of what this country can offer - why should I sympathise for a bunch of people still staring down a hole up north TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER - wishing their non profit making mines would crank back into life.

you sure about that Brown and Thatcher statement - I think polls have proven Brown to be one of the most unpopular PM's in history

and a lot of people without it seem very anxious and unhappy as well - ive got bags of it and im very happy indeed - and the thing that makes me happiest of all is not that i could go and buy an aston martin or holiday three times a year or wear a rolex no - its knowing my two kids and my wife will never go hungry - will never go without a roof over their head and never know hardship - my only worry is that they learn to appreciate it and do something worthwhile with that little extra energy and comfort ive afforded them. I wont apologise for it - I pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax and ask for very little back for my proportionately larger than average contributions - so i end up bankrolling many of those that want to mope about something that happened to them 25 years ago.
I live for my kids tomorrow and choose to do so as thats my priority in life and i try to keep myself in some form of reasonable health so they have as many memories as possible.

But you summed up what you really are about - as not everyone couldd buy their council houses - no one should be allowed to - and therein lies the difference between capitalism and socialism - the first gives those that want it opportunity and the latter just takes away everyones - but that doesnt work because that just encourages you to do bare minimum and bare minimum doesnt make the world go round.

cant give another rep - but great post

What questions?????? Sorry I missed them...

well asking you what your alternative to mrs t was - what you would have done differently with the country in that state at that time - what you would have done with the unions what you would have done for everyone in this country - who you would have liked to have seen and why

just having bothered to read the whole thread this morning I noticed you seemed to fire a lot of questions and comments towards Helen ( who did actually give her reasons ) without actually adding any substance yourself except to say how rubbish Mrs T was without actually saying what would have been better for the country?