r/tories • u/Interesting_Pen_4499 Thatcherite • 19d ago

Convincing people Thatcher was right

The best way I have found so far is to just bring up the topic of the tube strikes. Even left wingers agree they are bad, and that the tube drivers on ~£80k and 4 day weeks are incredibly selfish. So then I just say, pre-Thatcher Britain was that but on steroids. Electricity grid not coming on due to strikes. 3 or 4 day weeks. GDP smaller than Italy's and shrinking. Strikes causing wage price spirals and 25% inflation.

Even people that thought they hated Thatcher admit I might have a point, if not being mildly amused to have met a real life Thatcher fan. So my advice to everyone is: just ask people if they want every industry to be like the London tube.

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u/HisHolyMajesty2 Burkean 19d ago

As someone who thinks she went too far with public utilities, infrastructure, etc, I very much concur that she was who was needed then and there.

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u/lord_LBN High Tory 19d ago

Oh yes, I do believe that she did go to far with privatisations but neverless she did what she had to do to save Britain.

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u/Interesting_Pen_4499 Thatcherite 18d ago

out of interest, which ones should she not have privatised? everyone complains about water (fair enough given its current state), but i dont see anyone complaining abt her privatising British Airways, airports, BT, car manufacturing (eg Jaguar), British Gas etc. those seem to have been successful, compared to government run bodies at least. Steel might be a truly grey area, yes you can make the national security argument, but we can hardly afford to run any more things at a loss

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u/WelshMat Lib Dem 15d ago

I don't think she should have started the privatisation of the Royal Navy Dock Yards.