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Old 17-02-2009, 01:12   #42
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Re: Redundancy good for the soul

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Originally Posted by Mancie View Post
yes it was.. most parents that were still employed supported their unemployed teens in basic food and clothing and you know it... as it got longer and longer it got harder and harder... the "job" center got packed and more packed.. the then Mr heagreaves was a puppet and in the end was destroyed by his own party.

...and yet the good people of Hyndburn kept returning him, right up until 1992.

I'm afraid you've just got to accept that it was your good old salt of the Earth working classes who supported Maggie by the millions.

The number of Tory grandees didn't increase. It was the hoards of traditional Labour supporters who bought into the dream of owning their own house, having shares, which ironically they already owned because they were nationalised industries, and wanted to 'better' their own lives.
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