Very much "Freddie" at the club. But let's not be like that. RIP. Loved "the day of". God you so wanted him to succeed after all that incredibly dedicated and cunning prep. (View Post)

Well if you're going to claim that I'm going to claim Thatcher was too then. And I'll raise you. Thatcher's main reason for selling off council houses and all of her privatisations were partisan poli… (View Post)

I actually don't agree with the charge either way. I think SKS is driven by what he thinks best for the country (whether I agree with it or not) and I accept the same was true of Mrs T. Ditto most PM… (View Post)

I don't, despite my leftish politics and working class roots in the area, have a romantic view of the strike. Arthur Scargill was bad news. He exploited the miners for his own extremist political end… (View Post)

My dad was crossing picket lines and my brother was on strike. Tense times in the house. (View Post)