Sheffield Trades Council Established 1858 Trades & Labour Club, Front Door Post Box, 200, Duke Street, Sheffield, S2 Phone Office 0114 2750744 Home 0114 2349737 E-mail:billronksley@hotmail.com Web: www.sheffieldtuc.co.uk 5th January, 2012 Circular 2012-02 (Thatcher's legacy). Dear Colleagues,.
"Thatcher's Iron? Legacy."
SHE IS one of the most divisive and controversial characters in British political history.
The woman who took on the steel workers of Sheffield and Rotherham, the woman whose militarised police force fought pitched battles against striking miners in coal’s South Yorkshire heartland.
She took us into a war over the Falklands, survived an IRA bomb, told Europe ‘No, no, no’ and oversaw the Tories "managed decline" of the North of England.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, daughter of a Grantham grocer and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 is now in her twilight years and suffering the torments of dementia.
But her fame, and infamy, have long been assured. Tomorrow,6th January,2012, the film "The Iron Lady" opens in cinemas and a performance by Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep as the former Prime Minister captures her driven political will and charts the immensity of her so called "achievement." No-one who lived through those times, particularly in this area, could watch the film dispassionately.
The effect the Conservative Government’s policies had on the industries and economy of South Yorkshire in the 1980s will never be forgotten or forgiven.
Will we ever recover from this terrible period? I doubt it, Labour has sold it's soul to the likes of Tony Blair and his 'yes-men'. We need people of real courage and conviction to reverse the trend of greed and corruption pervading politics today and bring about a more fair and equitable society.
Sheffield Trades Council
ReplyDeleteEstablished 1858
Trades & Labour Club,
Front Door Post Box,
200, Duke Street,
Sheffield,
S2
Phone Office 0114 2750744
Home 0114 2349737
E-mail:billronksley@hotmail.com
Web: www.sheffieldtuc.co.uk
5th January, 2012
Circular 2012-02 (Thatcher's legacy).
Dear Colleagues,.
"Thatcher's Iron? Legacy."
SHE IS one of the most divisive and controversial characters in
British political history.
The woman who took on the steel workers of Sheffield and Rotherham, the woman whose militarised police force fought pitched battles against striking miners in coal’s South Yorkshire heartland.
She took us into a war over the Falklands, survived an IRA bomb, told
Europe ‘No, no, no’ and oversaw the Tories "managed decline" of the North of England.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, daughter of a Grantham grocer and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 is now in her twilight years and suffering the torments of dementia.
But her fame, and infamy, have long been assured.
Tomorrow,6th January,2012, the film "The Iron Lady" opens in
cinemas and a performance by Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep as the former Prime Minister captures her driven political will and charts the immensity of her so called "achievement."
No-one who lived through those times, particularly in this area, could watch the film dispassionately.
The effect the Conservative Government’s policies had on the
industries and economy of South Yorkshire in the 1980s will never be forgotten or forgiven.
Yours fraternally,
Bill Ronksley,
Secretary.
Will we ever recover from this terrible period? I doubt it, Labour has sold it's soul to the likes of Tony Blair and his 'yes-men'. We need people of real courage and conviction to reverse the trend of greed and corruption pervading politics today and bring about a more fair and equitable society.
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