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Originally Posted by Houseboy
Come to think about it, can anyone come up with anything done in that period that worked out well for the ordinary man and woman on the street?
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I've no great love for Margaret Thatcher and I agree with you that we are now paying the price of her "privatize everything" stance with electricity, gas, water, rail companies and many others routinely ripping us off.
However, she did one thing that worked out well for us - she faced down the French, Germans and their cronies to negotiate our EU rebate which has saved us billions over the years. Unfortunately, the odious and slimey war monger, Blair negotiated a large part of it away later on, in return for vague promises on CAP reform. It's estimated that Blair's spineless surrender will have cost us around £9.3billion between 2007 and 2013.