Yes, the CAP (and the Common Fisheries Policy) is a flawed system. But
Thatcher's ideology was a divisive and selfish one which benefited her wealthy
chums at the expense of British society. There was little sense in much of
what she achieved. Her defeat of the coal miners was engineered to undermine
that part of society; her going to war over the Falklands was entirely
avoidable.
I was a political naif when I voted for her party, but I stopped when Major
took over. Thatcher would have been much happier without a democracy . . .
Chris
On 9 Apr 2013, at 06:22, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> She did no such thing. She rightly demanded that the stupid Common
> Agricultural Policy be scrapped, or, failing that, negotiated a rebate for
> her country. I do not agree with everything she did, but she is one of the
> few post-war politicians who strove for high office because she had
> principles and an ideology, as opposed to the empty suits who run most
> countries today--for them, politics is simply a career choice.
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