The quote is from The road from Wigan Pier. The best description of the psychology of Post-modernism is in Mary Renault "Bull from the Sea". Thesus considering Menthesus. Read the whole book, it's beautifully written otherwise the passage is in the last two chapters.
2. I can just remember pre Thatcher, power cuts massive inflation and a fear that the country was close to collapse. She was hated, after each election she won. You could never find anyone who had voted for her! She was a significant factor in ending the Soviet Union.
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I’m sure she was. She was also a significant factor in permanently weakening trade unions, sending homelessness rates on the rise, and prolonging the Troubles on false pretenses.
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1. The trade unions had stopped serving their members and became political tools to remove governments. Homelessness was barely a problem under Thatcher, but if you import 8million plus people and don't build homes for them housing will be a problem.
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