Funnily enough I recall having a similar ‘Armageddon wake up call’ opinion to Thatcher’s

1979 election, smugly wearing my ‘don’t blame me, I didn’t vote Tory’ badge with pride.
Selling off our social housing, privatising anything that moved - at the time folks who bought their council houses or their BG shares thought these were wonderful policies. To my thinking they have been unmitigated disasters, but since then I’ve come to recognise a few things:
1 Never to underestimate the electorates gullibility to short term bribes
2 Never to underestimate it’s ability to fall for escape goats (so long as it’s not them!)
3. It’s pretty impossible to underestimate the understanding of history amongst the population as a whole, or inability to see any relevance to today beyond crude Churchillian/Dunkirk bombast.

Robert Tressells really had it sussed over a hundred years ago. Anyone reading the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist should hopefully be able to see parallels throughout the years since - especially regarding the role of the media and the use of ‘patriotism ‘ as a huge smokescreen.

Posted By: Tressells Broadbrush on March 21st 2019 at 17:53:08

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Having thought about it, what this country needs (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Mar 21, 16:59:18
- I don't want any of that because it would be a disaster (General Chat) - paulg, Mar 21, 22:46:20
- VMT! (n/m) (General Chat) - Danny, Mar 21, 21:03:41
- Have to say I agree ... (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Mar 21, 19:06:41
  - Please don't resort to abuse . (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Mar 21, 20:41:45
    - I'll think about it Basil Tr Oliveira.(Sorry to Basil and all his relatives). (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 20:44:56
  - Fucking Rolf,you are a consummate troll.Or a complete cunt. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 19:45:51
- Hear hear 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Mar 21, 18:19:42
- Funnily enough I recall having a similar ‘Armageddon wake up call’ opinion to Thatcher’s (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, Mar 21, 17:53:08
  - Like Tony Blair's use of "patriotism "?That is do patronising so many posts on here are (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 18:00:24
    - Proth (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, Mar 21, 19:02:29
      - I just believe it would be undemocratic to have another referendum. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 21, 21:20:46
      - Ok,soz.peace.i won't lie,this shit is making me fume.just let democracy takes its (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 21:02:18
    - So* (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 18:00:35
- Me three. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 21, 17:49:14
- Only issue is no deal under bojo means no 39billion (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Mar 21, 17:48:07
  - It doesn’t mean that does it? Unless ERG et al want Britain to be a rogue state. (n/m) (General Chat) - Dieter Mining, Mar 21, 17:51:16
    - No it doesnt (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 21, 19:26:27
  - The bloke's a buffoon, Blair has got do much to answer for his social engineering. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 17:50:56
    - So * (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 17:51:19
- I agree with all this (General Chat) - LowestoftBoy, Mar 21, 17:27:11
  - Yes,does that only work one way then? "Those who (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 21, 17:36:07
- I am 100% behind this (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 21, 17:04:36
  - Transfer swoop for New Zealand's Prime Minister (n/m) (General Chat) - Mozzer, Mar 21, 18:27:43

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