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chickenbones-
You might not remember the east London of the 70s - the Long Good Friday London. Docklands literally waste ground. Productivity even worse than it is now.
For better or worse, that changed with Thatchers government. By the end of the 80s the uk was a more business friendly place and there was more money around.
Whether she gets the credit or the blame for that is entirely your view. But I don’t think you can say it didn’t happen under her watch.
ReekBlefs
So what he actually said about Thatcher was:
Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism.
It really doesn't seem worth the spluttering, red faced indignation I've been seeing all morning. She might've been a cunt, but she did that.