Did Thatcherism leave the nation divided?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cpdbEK3E4U8
The greatest divisions this nation has ever seen were the conflicts of trade unions… under the dictat of trade union bosses… They used their power against their members. They made them come out on strike when they didn’t want to… It was that which Thatcherism, if you call it that, tried to stop. Not by arrogance, but by giving power to the ordinary, decent, honourable trade union member who didn’t want to go on strike. By giving power to him, over the Scargills of this world…
That is one conflict. That is gone. Now another one.
I believe passionately that people have a right by their own efforts to benefit their own families. So we’ve taken down taxation. It doesn’t matter to me who you are or what your background is. If you want to use your own efforts to work harder, yes, I’m with you, all the way!
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We’ve had an increase in home ownership, the heart of the family, under this government… Far more share ownership. Far more savings in building society accounts. This is what is building “One Nation”. As every earner becomes a shareholder. As more and more people own their homes. No, we are getting rid of the divisions. We are replacing conflict with cooperation. We are building One Nation through wider property and democracy.
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