tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post6243255596124452411..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: Margaret Thatcher's legacy.Peter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-55324691728580221302013-04-11T11:47:27.416+01:002013-04-11T11:47:27.416+01:00This blog by an Oxford professor on the economics ...This blog by an Oxford professor on the economics of the Thatcher years is also worth a read:<br /><br />http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-44177922719416293352013-04-10T18:55:02.637+01:002013-04-10T18:55:02.637+01:00And this one from the New Statesman:
http://www.n...And this one from the New Statesman:<br /><br />http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/04/left-struggled-understand-margaret-thatcher-when-it-finally-did-result-waPeter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-89758279911135173372013-04-10T13:12:42.726+01:002013-04-10T13:12:42.726+01:00This is very good:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/a...This is very good:<br />http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2013/04/margaret-thatcher/<br />Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106307451408203689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-78768582965099883222013-04-10T13:03:12.549+01:002013-04-10T13:03:12.549+01:00One of the debates about Margaret Thatcher is whet...One of the debates about Margaret Thatcher is whether she was a Tory or some kind of old-fashioned Manchester Liberal, as her background and economic policies, as well as some of her own claims and those of her supporters suggested. There was certainly a fundamental contradiction in Thatcherism whereby its neo-liberal economic policies undermined its conservative social outlook. Andrew Gamble's characterisation of the essence of Thatcherism as 'the Strong State and the Free Market' seems to me about right, and of course is far removed from historical Liberalism. Equally much of the time she was at odds with old-style Toryism and One Nation Conservatism. Not surprising that her limited and incoherent vision left a divided Conservative Party and a legacy of economic and social consequences that we are still grappling with today.Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106307451408203689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-16070903396779131782013-04-10T10:11:16.326+01:002013-04-10T10:11:16.326+01:00The previous comment was deleted because of a typi...The previous comment was deleted because of a typing error, not for illiberal censorship. Here is the corrected (I hope) version.<br /><br />My friend John Cole has sent the following comment by Email:<br /><br />The only point I would add is that the Falklands War was probably unnecessary. Not only was there the financial cost but more importantly the loss of life and the scarring, physical and mental, of those who survived. Let us not forget the "Belgrano", which was steaming AWAY FROM the exclusion zone. If we wish to continue British ownership of the Falklands then there is an on-going revenue cost - the price for continuing to fly in the face of geopolitical reality. The whole thing was great for our national pride and ego but is there not something wrong with the psyche of a nation which has to rely on unlikley military victories ten thousand miles away to maintain its self-respect.?<br /><br /> I remember reading in the months after the Falklands victory a book put together largely from the letters of a young naval officer sent home to his wife. The officer was killed towards the end of the conflict. I think the book was called "A Message From the Falklands" - I think Rosemary may have it. The book is powerful and poignant as the letters reveal the thinking of the officer<br />as he works towards the conclusion that the campaign is futile and unworthy of the costs.<br />Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-7721845945070983862013-04-10T10:06:06.586+01:002013-04-10T10:06:06.586+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.com