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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
What utter guff ! Thatcher wasn't responsible for the actions of money lenders & housing agencies making a quick Buck ? She wasn't selling the houses/Homes off it was their owners !
Even our arch Socialist/Laborite/Raging Red Mancie deemed the right to buy (all be it grudgingly as it was a Tory idea) a reasonable thing. No my friend your ire needs pointing at a different scapegoat, but as your leanings & tendencies appear to be of the red kind, this kind of "outburst" can be understood. 
There are blinkered fools on all sides of the Political spectrum, be they Blue/Green/Red/Yellow or dayglo pink ! So don't feel singled out, it is just that those who receive the most grief are those who make the most outlandish & least well-thought-out comments  |
Maybe but it was her and her government that allowed people to buy counil houses at a reduced price - as I have stated there was a discount of about 40% (not sure of exact amount, but it was enough to make a profit) off the full price that right to buy tenants got. This was the government who allowed this to happen. Latter on when Labour got in John Prescott lowered the amount so that it wasn't so easy for people to make a profit from buying and then selling a council house. This is fact mate! People bought council houses at knock down prices! Courtesy of the Thatcher Government!