You might well be right, Ken.
Chris
On 9 Apr 2013, at 15:42, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> We had similar in New Zealand, under PM David Lange and his cronies
>> Roger Douglas and Richard Prebble, from 1984 to 1988; then taken over
>> eventually by Helen Clark ( who now leads a large part of UN) .
>
> I think it was more a sign of the times. It wasn't just the UK, or NZ
> or the USA. This was a global thing as the baby boomers started
> becoming the movers and shakers. This selfishness and greed is
> squarely in line with that generation coming to power. Politicians,
> surround themselves with young people who actually do all the grunt
> work, writing of laws, etc., It was the baby boomer generation that is
> responsible for enabling leaders like Thatcher and Reagan to do what
> they did.
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