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T_i_B

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6. Also worth remembering what happened to the economy in that time

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #5)

Fri May 10, 2019, 06:36 AM

May 2019

During the Thatcher era the British economy moved away from manufacturing towards financial services, which benefitted the South East of England over the North with a number of knock on effects.

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England's northern towns need real power [View all] Ghost Dog May 2019 OP

Putin couldn't have written this better himself. PSPS May 2019 #1

In the UK, we call it devolution. Invoking Putin and calling it a "silly path" is, well, silly. Denzil_DC May 2019 #3

Nothing like "Putin". Thatcher was a major centralizer of power, and the country hasn't recovered muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #5

Also worth remembering what happened to the economy in that time T_i_B May 2019 #6

sounds like those areas are tribal and that's not such a good strategy these days nt msongs May 2019 #2

Tribalism is part of human nature everywhere T_i_B May 2019 #4