This is an interesting debate, but we really should not attack each other. I am of a similar frame of mind to Parliament and vampirequeen, regardless of the odd typo, grammar mistake, or statistical misunderstanding in the thread.
We do remember better times, and the fact that the Thatcher woman was widely hated for her social destruction says it all. We left the UK with our new baby after her election in 1979, but I have kept in touch all the time. I like to think I can be fairly objective from this distance (Australia)
I also believe that the low tax, low wage, and open slather for big business has harmed society. Homeless people, beggars on the street, all hugely increased since Thatcher.
They are rarer here because it is a country rich in resources, but we too are fighting destructive Tory policies, and our Labour party in opposition is about as left wing as my cat. I am constantly ashamed of our government: the latest in their demonising of refugees, for instance, is to load the refugee review board with their own people, and remove the hugely experienced people currently in charge. But that is only one thing - they are destructive on education, climate change, health: the usual stuff.
I often worry about the fact our young people have seen nothing else.
What is needed is for the parties of the left to find a way, a modern way, to capture the imagination of people of all ages and lifestyles. Because I believe that many people, other than the true believers like me, or the very politically savvy in general, vote on feelings not facts.
