Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
Surely the way forward is for this rabble to muster the courage to call a general election and at least place in power a government that reflects the current view of the electorate and will not be making a calculation at every announcement as to how the opinion polls will be affected.
It's just a pity that Thatcher didn't do this before the Falklands War dropped into her lap. I am old enough to remember the rumours that intelligence was fully aware of Argentinian plans to invade the Falklands .... which would lead to the question, why didn't Thatcher act on that intelligence.

Or we could cite the Poll Tax, another of Thatcher's and your lots marvellous ideas, if it was so good why didn't she have the courage of her conviction to go to the electorate with her marvellous idea ?

By the way, if I was Lord Healey I wouldn't just hug her .... "The Prime Minister who glories in slaughter"