Just listening to the radio in bed this morning and obviously the main topic of conversation still emanates (unsurprisingly) around the death of Baroness Thatcher.
Some of the comments from the North East have been shall we say rather less than complimentary to put it very lightly, yet some have praised her single minded approach to problems of the day. That she was controversial is without question. She inherited a Country suffering Winter's of discontent where the greedy unions held us all to ransom for pay rises sometimes as much as 36% above inflation, they wanted less working hours and more pay, a fine state of affairs if you work for a company but not if you are the owners, who ultimately create the jobs.
Having slept on what has been said over the past 24 hours I actually am starting to wonder if it was actually Thatcher that instigated the downfall of our many nationalised industries or was she just the right person at the wrong time for greedy union bosses?. Was it not THEY who had pushed for more and more by striking at the worst possible times that actually played a part in their own downfall?. The country would have been bankrupted years ago if the likes of Scargill and "Red Robbo" had been allowed to carry on with their endless demands.
I think perhaps Thatcher actually stood up to these guys and said what she thought. I think also that she was in some cases too ruthless in destroying communities that were reliant on the industry she helped destroy but surely the blame has to be split with her and the crazy demands of fat cat union bosses who also sought power through bullying the country into submission.
I have to admit when she was in power, I as a youngster thought she was a no-nonsense and not to be messed with leader, she was afraid of no-one and yes we can all pick times during her premiership that she got it wrong or got caught out but may i just bring you fast forward to the ill-mannered, philandering bunch of expenses swindling lightweights we now have in power?. Never was there more need for a politician with stature to take on the rot in middle management that currently festers throughout the public sector. Where nurses scarcely have time to mop their brows while managers sit above them and dream up some other trumped up load of statistics designed to warrant their position,where we have Police commissioners on 150k a year who then appoint a deputy to do the donkey work for another 50k a year, where ambulance staff are stretched to breaking point to cover targets set by BMW X5 rewarded "managers" and make their job almost impossible, where the welfare system is so broken even attempted repairs are shot down before they reach the drawing board.
If you ask me the majority of tears for Margaret Thatchers death will come from the huge silent majority. Those who suffered at the hands of union bullies but dared not to speak, those that work hard for a living while seeing their taxes squandered on yet more hair-brained schemes, those that have a conscience for their country and fellow Briton, the true back bone of Britain, not the noisy too often heard left wing committee members of a bygone dark age who argue and if they don't get their way resort to evil rhetoric.
Rightly or wrongly she stirred emotions and I am sure that will continue. But if we as a Country ever went into a LEGAL war just who would you want at the helm of the good ship HMS Great Britain?.
Have a great Tuesday.
Some of the comments from the North East have been shall we say rather less than complimentary to put it very lightly, yet some have praised her single minded approach to problems of the day. That she was controversial is without question. She inherited a Country suffering Winter's of discontent where the greedy unions held us all to ransom for pay rises sometimes as much as 36% above inflation, they wanted less working hours and more pay, a fine state of affairs if you work for a company but not if you are the owners, who ultimately create the jobs.
Having slept on what has been said over the past 24 hours I actually am starting to wonder if it was actually Thatcher that instigated the downfall of our many nationalised industries or was she just the right person at the wrong time for greedy union bosses?. Was it not THEY who had pushed for more and more by striking at the worst possible times that actually played a part in their own downfall?. The country would have been bankrupted years ago if the likes of Scargill and "Red Robbo" had been allowed to carry on with their endless demands.
I think perhaps Thatcher actually stood up to these guys and said what she thought. I think also that she was in some cases too ruthless in destroying communities that were reliant on the industry she helped destroy but surely the blame has to be split with her and the crazy demands of fat cat union bosses who also sought power through bullying the country into submission.
I have to admit when she was in power, I as a youngster thought she was a no-nonsense and not to be messed with leader, she was afraid of no-one and yes we can all pick times during her premiership that she got it wrong or got caught out but may i just bring you fast forward to the ill-mannered, philandering bunch of expenses swindling lightweights we now have in power?. Never was there more need for a politician with stature to take on the rot in middle management that currently festers throughout the public sector. Where nurses scarcely have time to mop their brows while managers sit above them and dream up some other trumped up load of statistics designed to warrant their position,where we have Police commissioners on 150k a year who then appoint a deputy to do the donkey work for another 50k a year, where ambulance staff are stretched to breaking point to cover targets set by BMW X5 rewarded "managers" and make their job almost impossible, where the welfare system is so broken even attempted repairs are shot down before they reach the drawing board.
If you ask me the majority of tears for Margaret Thatchers death will come from the huge silent majority. Those who suffered at the hands of union bullies but dared not to speak, those that work hard for a living while seeing their taxes squandered on yet more hair-brained schemes, those that have a conscience for their country and fellow Briton, the true back bone of Britain, not the noisy too often heard left wing committee members of a bygone dark age who argue and if they don't get their way resort to evil rhetoric.
Rightly or wrongly she stirred emotions and I am sure that will continue. But if we as a Country ever went into a LEGAL war just who would you want at the helm of the good ship HMS Great Britain?.
Have a great Tuesday.
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