tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post3653957440220192565..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Thatcher: There WAS an alternativePaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-52853128740266869182013-04-13T09:31:52.048+01:002013-04-13T09:31:52.048+01:00'While the challenges of globalisation would e...'While the challenges of globalisation would eventually have forced British industry to become more competitive, the impact of this would have been slower and less brutal than the wholesale destruction of our manufacturing base in the early 1980s.'<br /><br />I wonder if that's an entirely fair remark. While I'm no fan of Thatcher, her major economic problem in 1979 was that The Half-Blood Welshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072936624444891100noreply@blogger.com