[andrewb]

I won't argue that hes done a lot for the country, but he has a unique talent for talking things up when they're really not.

I absolutely detest when he stands in Prime Ministers Questions defending the NHS etc with the same facts and figures every week, completely ignoring the fact that the NHS was better 10years ago according to many people who actually work in it.

If he could actually say "Look, we got some things wrong, the NHS is in a state" and let the people who know (doctors and nurses) have more input, then i'd have a lot more respect for him.

As for Thatcher, the normal doom and gloom speakers will bring up the 3million unemployment and such, but it had to happen at some point when things could be manufactured/extracted cheaper in other countries. I think you should really be praising her for what she did about the trade unions, she had a lot of balls to do it, and people who were FORCED to strike by the unions can now get down to work.