I don't think, that such figures as economic growth and inflation rate are the only and best methods to evaluate the results of a specific politic. What is the

I don't think, that such figures as economic growth and inflation rate are the only and best methods to evaluate the results of a specific politic. What is the impact on the people and the state in general? Which factors are also important in this time. The thing is, that economic bad times change with better times -- even with no change at all in politics. To consider every time a success of the leading party is often times just statistical brainwashing. The Germans also had a bigger raise in economy with the opposite politics. Also look how the long term results are, since the Thatcherian politics are still followed by the successors. The privatization of many areas like railway and water services resulted in worse quality of service. Also the UK today has nearly killed of all its industry base. Instead they have only left their banks, so they are largely susceptible now to blackmail of this sector, that is the reason why the banking sector can not be reorganized in Europe, since it is blocked by the veto of the British. What is left is a poor leftover of capitalism. Of course it is white-washed by statistical figures that always skip the negatives, since the advocates of unregulated capitalism want to prove their point.