[Abernathy]

I don’t think people really appreciated or understood that Thatcher’s legislation explicitly prohibited councils from using the proceeds from council house sales to fund the replacement of lost social housing stock.

[Watchman]

Setting aside “historic emails” and utterances from the Reform plumber, even if all that had never happened, how did Reform manage to put forward such a thick twat

[davidjay]

I don’t think people really appreciated or understood that Thatcher’s legislation explicitly prohibited councils from using the proceeds from council house sales to fund the replacement of lost social housing stock.

Like most of her ideas, people didn't care that much. As long as they were better off right that minute she had their vote.

[Killer Whale]

I don’t think people really appreciated or understood that Thatcher’s legislation explicitly prohibited councils from using the proceeds from council house sales to fund the replacement of lost social housing stock.

Like most of her ideas, people didn't care that much. As long as they were better off right that minute she had their vote.

Fundamentally, the Thatcher years were about cashing in the investment of the post war years and spending it on shiny stuff. It was the lack of investment, in housing, in forward-looking industries, and yes, public services that was the biggest tragedy. Because once you've spent that on consumer goods that eventually wear out, what have you got left? Minimum wage jobs that leave you no money to spend on the trinkets to which you've become addicted.

[davidjay]

She sold off everything that wasn't nailed down in order to buy votes and make her people richer.