Morrisey: 'Margret Thatcher did not give a shit about people'

Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Shaka Zulu, Apr 11, 2013.

  1. MacLeod

    MacLeod Admiral Admiral

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    So let's do the Maths.

    17.62%-15.18% = a fall of 2.3% during the 11 years she was n office.

    15.18%-9.68% = a fall of 5.5% during the Major/Blair years.

    So lets be fair 2.3 / 11 = ~ a fall of 0.2% per year during the Thatcher years.

    5.5/13 = a fall of approx 0.42% per year during the Major/Blair years.

    Oh and in the 9 years from 1970-1979 it was a fall of approx 0.33% per year.

    Now of course some of that could be in part due to policies started during the Thatcher years, but when she left office those policies could have been reversed. The fact is that it declied at a faster rate.

    As I've said before no PM ever gets everything right nor do they get everything wrong. But using those stats it could be argued that whilst manufacturing continued to decline she actually slowed down the rate.
     
  2. Shaka Zulu

    Shaka Zulu Commodore Commodore

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    Oops, sorry about that, and thanks for the correction.