the mass unemployment was caused the the unions going on strike continually for more and more money and conditions, smaller companies could not survive all this especially with secondary picketting which thatcher made illegal. thatcher got in because of the high unemployment, she broke the unions stranglehold as the demands they were making were too much for the companies who could not afford to put money into research and development, which killed off a lot of large companies
The correct spelling is, I believe, "slainthe" - not "slange" (although that's what it sounds like).
Anyway, I think you're all (well, most of you) being very cruel - Maggie is a great person. And what's wrong with sheep?????
A few of the dipsticks on here hate maggie , that is nowt to how i feel about blair and brown. Look at the mess the country is in now.
war in Iraq
war in Afghanistan
How many euros to your pound
How many jobs lost
I will raise a glass when they put this ba$tard in the ground and his mate blair
Remember if this country is so good why are so many going to live abroad. maggie is no longer in power