I decline to accept the blame for that one!
Andrew Fildes
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On 10/04/2013, at 12:55 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> 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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