On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:55:43 +0100
Recliner wrote:
In certain cases it is justified. The thatcher government did screw up
british industry and mess up the trains. The blair government did preside
over a pointless war, flagrant public spending and ideoligically based mass
immigration just to stick one to the BNP. These arn't things the following
government can change in the space of 5 years.

Did the Thatcher government screw up the trains? That's not how I
remember it.

Perhaps it was Majors government. Anyway , it was one of the tory governments
who privatised it. BR was far from perfect but it was a lot better and cheaper
to run than the mess we have today.

B2003