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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMargaret Thatcher was another pathological LIAR -dismantling the welfare state
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/28/margaret-thatcher-role-plan-to-dismantle-welfare-state-revealed<snip>
Margaret Thatcher and her chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe were behind a politically toxic plan in 1982 to dismantle the welfare state, newly released Downing Street documents show. She later attempted to distance herself from the plans after what was described as a "riot" in her cabinet.
The proposals considered by her cabinet included compulsory charges for schooling and a massive scaling back of other public services. "This would of course mean the end of the National Health Service," declared a confidential cabinet memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff in September 1982, released by the National Archives on Friday under the 30-year rule.
Nigel Lawson, then the energy secretary, said the report by the official thinktank on long-term public spending options caused "the nearest thing to a cabinet riot in the history of the Thatcher administration".
In her memoirs, Thatcher said: "I was horrified when I saw this paper. I pointed out that it would almost certainly be leaked and give a totally false impression It was all a total nonsense," claiming the proposals were never seriously considered by her or her ministers.
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Margaret Thatcher was another pathological LIAR -dismantling the welfare state (Original Post)
malaise
Dec 2012
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Rider3
(919 posts)1. Of course she was....
Remember, she was BFFs with Reagan. 'nough said.
malaise
(269,054 posts)2. And she loved Hayek and Friedman
Nice to see the Reagan/Thatcher New World Order crumbling down.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)3. Can't go quickly enough for me.
Too bad so many have suffered because of those lying cretins.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)4. She is an evil evil woman. nt
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)5. Guess she wanted to "end welfare as we know it" (nt)