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To: simplicity who wrote (708004)	4/9/2013 2:08:41 AM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (7) of 1576564

EVERYTHING that is wrong with modern Britain can be traced back to Margaret Thatcher's policies, London's ex-Mayor has said. Flags were lowered to half-mast at Britain's parliament to mark the death of Margaret Thatcher on Monday, and flowers piled up at her London home - but at the other end of the political spectrum, left-wingers joyfully planned parties to celebrate her departure. The former Labour MP and ex-mayor of London, labelled "Red Ken" by the British press for his outspoken left-wing views, said the financial crisis, the collapse of Britain’s manufacturing industry and widespread unemployment were all directly linked to Thatcher’s economic reforms in the 1980s. Mr Livingstone was Labour leader of the London Council when Thatcher’s government abolished it, putting him out of a job, before he went on to become mayor. "The trouble is that almost everything that’s wrong with Britain today is her legacy," Mr Livingstone said, after first praising Thatcher’s determined nature, strong beliefs and shunning of spin and focus groups. Thatcher deregulated Britain’s banks, "allowed manufacturing to wither" and stopped building council homes, Mr Livingstone told Sky News UK. "She created today’s housing crisis, she created the banking crisis, and she created the benefits crisis. It was her government that started putting people on incapacity benefit rather than register as unemployed because the Britain she inherited was at broadly full employment. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world-news/margaret-thatchers-legacy-is-everything-thats-wrong-with-uk-ex-london-mayor-ken-livingstone/story-fndir2ev-1226615333516#ixzz2Pts323ve

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