- Once well run companies now at the beck and call of a tiny number of extremely wealthy people, ripping off customers right, left and centre. - Huge housing shortage because all the money from the sales of council housing went to central government (paid for the redevelopment of London docklands to be exact). Thanks Maggie.
The same Thatcher who broke the link between state pension and average earnings meaning the pensions withered away to **** all?
Destroyed the industrial base of the country for ever Destroyed communities by closing down said industries and displacing people all across the country. Sold off the family silver for a pittance and now all our main utilites are under foreign ownership. Cheers Maggie. On the bright side I was in primary school when she stopped the free milk - i hate milk so at least she got one right.
Ah right, I just realised an error in my post. There won't be a retirement age either so we will all have to keep working until we drop
You wouldn't have liked the revolting half warm full fat muck that we had in the 1970s I can assure you.
A British company searching for oil off the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic says it has made further significant finds. The company, Rockhopper Exploration, said it expected to start pumping oil by 2016. It said it would need $2bn (£1.3bn) to develop the field. The search for oil off the Falklands has angered Argentina, which claims sovereignty over the islands it calls Las Malvinas. On Wednesday Rockhopper said it had found further oil in its Sea Lion prospect, where it announced substantial quantities in March. The company estimates there are 350m barrels of recoverable oil in the field it has been exploring - enough to turn the Falklands into a significant oil production centre. It said it expected production to peak at about 120,000 barrels per day in 2018. It has not said how it plans to fund development, though analysts say partnership with another oil company is a possibility. 'Arrogant' Correspondents say the latest announcement is likely to provoke controversy in Argentina, which invaded the Falklands in 1982 before being defeated by Britain in a short war. It has never given up its claim to the islands, and stepped up its affirmations of sovereignty when oil exploration began. Last year Argentina said ships sailing from its ports to the Falklands would need a special permit, potentially complicating any oil development. In June Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called British Prime Minister David Cameron "arrogant" for refusing to negotiate on the Falklands. Most Falkland islanders want to retain British sovereignty and Mr Cameron has said the issue is non-negotiable.
No but it might as well have been. More likely the stupid mare of a teacher couldn't tell the difference betyween a fridge and an oven.
