It is touching to hear that Margaret Thatcher had to be “urged” to abandon Liverpool to economic decay. And astonishing to be told that this was motivated by the desire to maximise help for the North-East. (See www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16361170 .)
I could hardly have been more surprised if you’d told me that President Botha and Governor Wallace had to be “urged” into apartheid policies – against their own judgment and conscience, and contrary to their deep love and respect for their black fellow-citizens.
We recall the effects of Thatcher's "help" on the North-East and elsewhere, and her mantra: “There is no such thing as society.” And we always saw in this the economics of Cain – “I am not my brother’s keeper.” But now we learn that the cuts, the vindictive closures, the confiscation of hope, were all forced on her by her advisers. The Iron Lady herself, it turns out, had a heart of gold. Bless.
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