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Originally Posted by NettoSuperstar!

Yeh tongue in cheek at the end there, but tis her who advocated a complete lack of regulation in this country in the first place, dont get all high and mighty with me. And as for the tax credits theyre thinking of cutting them for middle income families (with children) like me who do depend on them to be able to work. Thatcher was anti Europe FACT

^^^FICTION^^^

Hate to say this but if you are middle income, wouldnt it appeal to your socialist leanings to give a little away to lower income families? Or is socialism only good for you when you arent losing out through it?

Thatcher was anti Federalist europe, she saw no problem with ties with Europe she just wanted Europe to be fair in its treatment of all european states not just for the benefit of the French and Germans. An example would be the fight over the CAP(Common Agricultural Policy) and the British Rebate. A rebate that the great benevolent Blair gave away a few short years ago.

In her Bruges speech which funnily enough was used by phoney Tony. Her speech was far less anti-European than it is now regularly portrayed and many of her concerns about the creation of an over arching European superstate have been accepted not only by the Labour party but by other EU states. She spoke about creating a "family of nations, understanding each other better, appreciating each other more, doing more together but relishing our national identity no less than our common European endeavour" - hardly the anti-European rant it is often now claimed to have been. Thats FACT.