Progress Column
My Progress column this week was about Baroness Thatcher: http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2013/04/11/labour-let-thatcher-happen/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 3:10 pm
Friday, April 12, 2013
About Me
- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
1 Comments:
Yes, the problem with Margaret Thatcher is that she was not opposed strongly enough when she was alive.
"We should have helped council tenants become homeowners"
Depending on the details, this is an okay idea. Buying council houses became attractive though, in part, due to the big increase in rents. Selling the houses could have been a way of raising money to build more houses.
Foot was wrong to support the Falklands War though. It was a reckless gamble that could easily have ended in disaster. Several of the ships were hit by bombs that failed to go off. It was really the war to save Thatcher's face.
2:36 pm, April 15, 2013
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