Oh The Irony

What would one expect from the country that gave us Peter Cook, That Was The Week That Was and other gems of the ironic and the satiric.

In a recent poll conducted by the BBC History magazine, it was revealed that the best British prime ministers of the last 100 years were Clement Attlee and Margaret Thatcher.

Hilarious.

A quick history lesson, Clement Attlee was Britains first post war prime minister. He helped to create the modern welfare state and the National Health Service. His goverment was responsible for the nationalisation of utilities such as the coal and steel industries. He created British Rail and was responsible for many other social welfare programs.

Anyone who is able to gain the following ringing endorsement out of the Queen Mum can't be doing all bad. The following was contained in a letter written by her.
"her decided lack of enthusiasm for the socialist government" and describes the British electorate as "poor people, so many half-educated and bemused" for electing Attlee over war hero Winston Churchill.

His leadership style, of consensual government, acting as a chairman rather than a president, won him much praise from historians and politicians alike.

What an irony it is that he is joint first with President Maggie.

A woman(I use the term loosley) who basically dismantled everything that Attlee had created.

The Conservative government closed all but 15 pits, before privatisation in 1994.

Thatcher invited apartheid South Africa's president, P.W. Botha, and foreign minister, Pik Botha, to Chequers in an effort to stave off growing international pressure for the imposition of economic sanctions against South Africa, where Britain had invested heavily.

After the 1983 election, the Government became bolder and, starting with British Telecom, sold off most of the large utilities which had been in public ownership since the late 1940s.

She had this to say about homosexuality.
"Children who need to be taught to respect traditional moral values are being taught that they have an inalienable right to be gay".

The record of the NHS under her leadership went from bad to worse.

And Of Course

"There Is No Such Thing As Society"