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Originally Posted by Less
I quite agree, young man, you have a great deal going for you and your insight is remarkable for your age, except that I think it would be a great night for all those torys to go out and hang themselves, I was forced to bring a family up under your darling maggie when your lot did nothing but throw real workers onto the dole but made sure the fat cats could still make their money.
I too would vote tory if I only had my self interests at heart.  |
I can understand peoples views about Margaret Thatcher, and although I don't believe its really that black and white, I still respect how you feel.
However.. I really do feel that the Conservative party of today is not the same. We arnt fighting socialism anymore, we arnt fighting blackouts from strikes, we arnt facing global recession, some of which are government related some of which arnt. The point being we won the ideological battle and now live in a Liberal Democracy that dosn't need radical policy or government to fix things like strikes, blackouts, economic decline.. Therefore I honestly don't think people should still refer to 30years in the past when they're deciding who to vote for.
After all, many people who voted Labour in 1997 realized that the party was different to that of when Michael Foot was leader in 1983 when Thatcher won her landslide victory.
Personally, if I ever become a councilor or MP, my self interest would be to serve the people, making their lives better. I truly feel that this is the sole purpose of becoming a public servant.