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Post by Cartman on May 9, 2018 14:34:39 GMT
Strongly agree Bojan. The economic policy change which the Callaghan government introduced in the late 70s did actually start to have a beneficial effect, between 76 and 79, inflation, unemployment and the balance of payment defecit all began to reduce. The problem was Thatcher then went way too far and caused a whole new set of problems.
I think a more gradual change, without selling services off into the private sector for short term quick fixes, would have been a better approach. The revenue from North Sea Oil was squandered on tax cuts and paying for the unemployment bill and the coal industry was destroyed, largely out of spite. We could have been self sufficient in energy otherwise.
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Post by Cartman on May 10, 2018 8:32:14 GMT
On this theme, I caught an interesting programme last night on BBC4 with Joan Bakewell about the various student protests and other political demonstrations which kicked off in various parts of the world in 1968. I vaguely remember some of this on the news at the time, the mass protests by students in France, the assassination of Martin Luther King in the USA, which led to riots there and the Black Power movement, the Russians occupying Czechoslovakia after Alexander Dubcek tried to go his own way, the Vietnam war protests and so on.
It reminded you of what a turbulent but exciting period the late 60s was in many ways, but it was very quiet in Manchester! Finally, there were some archive footage of Joan Bakewell interviewing various people who were involved in the happenings at the time in 68, and how attractive was she then!
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Post by Bojan Scores on May 10, 2018 10:34:34 GMT
Cartman, wasn’t Joan Bakewell ‘The thinking man’s crumpet’ at that time? :D
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Post by Cartman on May 10, 2018 11:33:47 GMT
Yes she was!
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Post by Arthur Pringle on May 10, 2018 21:45:36 GMT
The wonder is why wasn't she known as the 'thinking man's tart'?
I got the 4 dvd volumes of 'World In Action' a couple of years ago in a Network sale, they cover many of the events mentioned.
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 10, 2018 22:11:48 GMT
The wonder is why wasn't she known as the 'thinking man's tart'? You haven't disappointed us there Tiger, you clearly appreciate the works of Kipling. Sam.
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Post by OnTheBusesHugeFan on May 12, 2018 17:30:27 GMT
does anyone remember the death of princess diana i remember hearing it on the radio about 4am getting ready to go to work at the local shop , and i was thinking surely not it can't be true. but yes it was , i always liked lady di.
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 12, 2018 21:11:28 GMT
I think that's one that will be like they used to say about the assassination of JFK: everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news. Same about 9/11 as well.
Such a major news item will stick in everyone's memory. Although I'm not old enough to remember JFK, I certainly remember where I was and what I was doing for both Diana's death and 9/11.
Sadly they were both very tragic events for very different reasons.
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Post by Gene Hunt on May 12, 2018 21:23:06 GMT
I was on holiday in Scotland with Bolly when news broke about Diana. I was shocked at the news but it paled alongside the news of 9/11 as it broke while I was working on an F1 development factory. My Dad called me to give a running commentary as it unfolded on the news. THe whole workplace ground to a stunned halt.
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 12, 2018 21:34:21 GMT
That's exactly how I remember it too. I was in an office in Clerkenwell and the whole office stopped working as the news broke. We were following it minute by minute on the BBC News website and watching each video update as it happened. Then the rumour mill started about Canary Wharf Tower being vulnerable so everyone was sent home early.
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