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She's hated by certain segments of the UK population - particularly the media class - but that does not seem to translate broadly: - She won three general ele
by LAC-Tech 5y ago
She's hated by certain segments of the UK population - particularly the media class - but that does not seem to translate broadly:
- She won three general elections, the last two of which were landslides
- She was the longest serving prime minister of the 20th century
- In 2008 a BBC poll for favourite post WW2 prime minister put her at number 1
- mrlonglong 5y agoShe was why so many of us can't afford to buy a house on what we earn. This is where the anger comes from. And currently we're very angry with the Tories over many things, energy costs, cost of living and the outbreak of Pinocchio's disease at Number 10.
- physicsguy 5y agoIs she? People couldnt afford to buy houses in the 1980s, which is why 40% of the population lived in council housing. High rates of home ownership are a generational anomaly, not the norm.
- quickthrower2 5y agoLabour also helped make housing unaffordable the average cost tripling under their watch. While they were in power I saw my ability to buy a house erode, outstripping my ability to borrow on my salary, even as a fresh graduate.
- NovemberWhiskey 5y agoThe 1983 election saw a 1.5% swing of the vote away from the Conservative party; the Conservatives gained 58 seats largely due to the splitting of the vote between the Labour and Alliance parties - taking 61% of the seats with only about 42% of the vote. The 1987 election was along the same lines. That these victories were landslides says more about the vagaries of the first-past-the-post electoral system than it does about the popularity of the Conservative party from 1979-1987.