i'm confused. thatcher created a load of wage slaves? how did these people pay for stuff before they became slaves? where did they live? how did they live?
or are we just in "waaahhhh, she's a woman and she's a tory" territory. again.

Contempt, even better. My work is done.

Oh he's making it up as he goes along. Wounded service man, where on earth did you get that from ?? Dope.

Nowt clever to say eh ?

Now where's my gun, oh there it is !

You must be a teacher. No wonder our kids can't read and write, Tony Blairs legacy. Plus 2 wars he got into, and you have a pop at Thatcher, hypocrite !

BT were making a profit when they were sold off for peanuts.

I could only be a hypocrite if I'd praised Blair for his legacy or even voted for him. Neither happen to be the case.

And Blair gets plenty of criticism on here.

You wanted people to think you were contemptible?

You understand what contempt is, yes?

Every post you ever make, whatever the topic, makes you look like a complete w@nker.

What's your point?

Do neither of you pay any attention to the unemployment figures? Or do you just not understand what they mean?

While some highly skilled workers in a handful of sectors might be able to pick and choose employers, or waltz out of one company and straight into the same job at another, the situation is very different for the vast majority of ordinary workers. If they don't like the job they're in they have two options - put up with it or join the 'shirkers' on the dole. That's where the Unions come in.

The other thing you might consider is that things change over time. You might be perfectly happy with wages and conditions when you joing, only to find at some point down the line that they change for the worse.

Honestly, given the number of times those on the right exhort people to 'live in the real world' you'd expect more of them to have at least some passing familiarity with it themselves.