. . .looking like a slightly underdone side of complacent Tory roast beef. He was always one of the more charismatic of the Tories (which, of course, is like saying that Hermann Goering was one of the more affable of the Nazi high command). However, here he is on Question Time, batting away polite queries as to whether the present financial quandary might just have anything to do with the policies he pursued so enthusiastically back in the Thatcherite day, etc, etc.
When asked about whether this is the end of the free market experiment initiated in 1989, he blusters about our present, grotesquely skewed capitalist system being the best and only option, and a bulwark against socialism where, imagine it, the only car you might ever get is a Trabant, and have to wait for several months for it at that. He also talked about "us" about to enter a period of recession. Not you, mate. Not you and your sort. At least if he'd said "you people" it would have been more honest and accurate.
Anyway, perhaps the point of this thread should be to highlight examples of people who have presided over, and lauded the free market which has led to the present quandary having to find weasel words and spurious justifications to wriggle away from any personal blame for the state "we're" (but not "they, of course) are presently in.
When asked about whether this is the end of the free market experiment initiated in 1989, he blusters about our present, grotesquely skewed capitalist system being the best and only option, and a bulwark against socialism where, imagine it, the only car you might ever get is a Trabant, and have to wait for several months for it at that. He also talked about "us" about to enter a period of recession. Not you, mate. Not you and your sort. At least if he'd said "you people" it would have been more honest and accurate.
Anyway, perhaps the point of this thread should be to highlight examples of people who have presided over, and lauded the free market which has led to the present quandary having to find weasel words and spurious justifications to wriggle away from any personal blame for the state "we're" (but not "they, of course) are presently in.
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