Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Retraining under Thatcher?

You are having a laugh , high unemployment was a price worth paying according to the tories

The closure of industry in South Wales meant many just turned to the building trade doing odd jobs or signed on

They parked loads of people on the sick , massaging the true out of work figures

The attack on the miners was an ideological one , she wanted to split and weaken the powerful NUM

A lot of strange people admire Thatcher for taking on the unions but these were proud working men . It was cheaper to keep uneconomic mines open and provide employment than stick everybody on the dole but she was driven by her neo con libertarian nonsense .

The crash of 2008 when Labour were in power was a worldwide crash . The Pandemic under the tories was a worldwide pandemic . Labours spending plans were backed by the tories who said they would spend more . When the election came they changed colours .

She and they are an untrustworthy bunch

I just wish we had a decent left of centre opposition to kick their arses
Thatchers decision to close the mines and in affect, most other industries attached to it, was ideological. What she was scared of was an organised and powerful labour force. Workers having the ability to defend themselves and protect their families and communities. It was all part of a sustained attack on workers. The beginning of the creation of the underclass, third and fourth generation on benefits and all of the social, health and educational issues that go with it.

I know that we've gone over this, but a centrist party would not defend workers and their families.