It's sad to read from some of your correspondents' remarks that others of my generation are still locked into the intellectual bad habits of some early 1980s timewarp. Henry Case, UK Thatchers legacy is still here. 11 years of greed, selfishness and inward looking arrogance cannot be erased in ten years. While I do not doubt that she is one of the great minds of classical economics, she has left Britain a drug and crime ridden society. The situation left was far too severe to deal with in just ten years.
Unions have to accept the productivity factor of business.
As a tax payer I do not want my money thrown away uselessly to communities that refuse to change. Ms Thatcher's stance with the Coal Unions was essential and forward thinking. For Thatcher's legacy, one only has to look at the state of the nation's railways. Lord Cullen, please examine. If the Argentineans invaded the Falklands again, Blair would negotiate a cease fire in return for several billion pounds, which he can then use to reduce taxes in the next budget.