I remember the shipyards being closed down.
I remember the steel works being closed down.
I remember the coal mines being closed down - and now we import coal and gas at a substantial expense!
I find it amazing that the press do not remember the cost of right-wing ideology upon the general population.
I remember the Toxteth riots as well as the others around the country.
I remember the desperation of being unemployed when my my bike had a flat tire.
I remember callousness due to political expediency.
I remember a lack of safeguarding.
I remember 'yuppies' and their celebratory Champagne and buying a brand new Porshe.
I remember a loss of community.
I do acknowledge Margaret Thatcher's achievements in international poltics, but I do not condone her wreckless acts of ill considered opacification in real terms and their effects on people's lives in our communities around Britain.
Poll tax says it all really
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_Tax_Riots, enough was enough
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/poll+tax.
I remember free milk in school being stopped.
I remember that I had never tasted Champagne as I could not afford it.
I remember I never bought a Porshe because I could not afford it.
I remember my mum trying to persuade an obstinate elderly shop assistant to sell her the half loaf behind the counter at half price at Park Station in Birkenhead and she said, 'No, no, no - I will lose my job if I do!'.
I remember we did not get our buttered toast that day as a kid.
I remember that Britain was about community and not purely about moneterism.
I know that we are sufferring due to privatisation, I know that this is because of a lack of control.
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