Morning all...
I saw a bit on here about Cuba last night....I'd like to add my appreciation and respect for Castro and Cuba along with others here
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
They are, of course, only slightly more people-centric than Britain from 1945 to 1979...but they were able to resist the Neo-Liberal coup (mostly as Castro had already told the US to f*** off, depriving them of their 'playground' so, as with bulllies everywhere, they tried to force change through 'sanctions' and failed)
WRT Thatcher, '87 and Kinnocks' speech - for a bit of balance, I'd just like to point out that, although we tend to see that period as a time when Britain (and the majority of the public) agreed with the Thatcherite destruction of the Post-War Consensus, the reality is a little different.
1979 saw a 44% Tory vote for 53% of seats (55% voted against)
1983 saw a 42% Tory vote (reduction of 2%) for 61% of the seats (55% voted against)
(So a 2% reduction in the actual voting numbers has an 8% increase in Parliamentary representation)
1987 saw a 42% Tory vote (reduction of 0.2%) for 58% of the seats (55% voted against)
Figs approx, but hopefully you can see what I'm trying to say. It suited Uncle Rupert and the MSM (not including the BBC at the time - a war of attrition from Murkydochia has gone them to where they are now) to pretend that 1) Labour and their policies were rubbish and very unpopular and 2) Britain suddenly lurched to the right. There was never any popular support for the Thatcherite con trick and, here in Hope (which seems to be getting a bit crowded - I'll have to have a word with the Immigration Dept), I believe
TM we will start to see the truth come out.
Edit to add - In fact, the hat in the avatar is a genuine reversible Cuban beret
![Rawk :rock:](./images/smilies/smiley-headbanging.gif)