As a footnote to Darleen’s earlier post on the delightful collision between EU presumptuousness and Texas cowboyism, this clip from the three-part documentary Tory! Tory! Tory!, seems quit apropos.
Notes David Thompson in an email, the documentary “traces the history and ideas of Thatcherism — and the creeping Socialist nightmare it was a reaction against.
“US readers may not realise just how Socialist the UK was in the late 70s, with open talk of “class warfare†and ossified nationalised industries — state monopolies — billions in debt. Seems a reminder is in order.”
Thanks, David — though we already have John Edwards for just that purpose.
Still, worth checking out all the same.
Hmmmm. Muy rico.
Eat the rich? No thanks, the gout is so 90s.
With every politician since the dawn of democracy running on at least a partial platform of fixing government, who in their right mind would every want to trust the government to run anything?
Jeff,thanks for the link to that documentary. Really is fascinating stuff! I was too young to really remember those times but do recall some snippets there. One thing to look for should you decide to check it out is that a lot of the phrases used are the same we’re hearing in this country today. Also,theres no bad time to see “The Iron Lady” driving an APC!!!