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T_i_B

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5. That's an insult to Thatcher!

Reply to Celerity (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 10:54 AM

Oct 2022

Margaret Thatcher, for all her many faults at least knew how to use a calculator, consulted her ministerial colleagues and didn't ignore expert opinion at every single turn.

One of the major problems with politics since 2015 is the tendency to focus on ideological willy waving at the expense of getting the basics right.

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Truss is a wannabe Thatcher Milk Snatcher clown. I hope the Tories implode under her fecklessness. Celerity Oct 2022 #1

That's an insult to Thatcher! T_i_B Oct 2022 #5

I think Truss and Kwarteng thought they could fool money markets like they fool media and people muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #2

"But we're cutting the tax rates for everybody." 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #3

... leaving the Tories who lined up over the last week to defend it with egg on their faces, Emrys Oct 2022 #4