▲ 1001 ▼ We used to be a proper country (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by gelouse@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) How was the pig fucker from Eton NOT a downgrade?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 011011@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Blair was Thatcher-lite. How was he any better than Cameron? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, Blair was more of a British Clinton (which is plenty bad enough!) with warlike/sycophantic tendencies. Cameron was Thatcher Modern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 011011@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/18/blair-thatcher-legacy-labour-zarah-sultana Noam Chomsky saying the Labour party became "Thatcher-lite" during the Blair years and did not represent the working class https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/noam-chomsky-saying-the-labour-party-became-thatcher-lite-news-footage/682672090 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Blair was to Thatcher what Clinton was to Reagan: while both cynically perpetuated most of the society-destroying new norms of their non-immediate predecessors and even vehemently resisted attempts to undo them, they didn't make big reforms to make things much worse still like Dubya and Cameron did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 011011@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Blair was Thatcher-lite. How was he any better than Cameron? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, Blair was more of a British Clinton (which is plenty bad enough!) with warlike/sycophantic tendencies. Cameron was Thatcher Modern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 011011@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/18/blair-thatcher-legacy-labour-zarah-sultana Noam Chomsky saying the Labour party became "Thatcher-lite" during the Blair years and did not represent the working class https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/noam-chomsky-saying-the-labour-party-became-thatcher-lite-news-footage/682672090 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Blair was to Thatcher what Clinton was to Reagan: while both cynically perpetuated most of the society-destroying new norms of their non-immediate predecessors and even vehemently resisted attempts to undo them, they didn't make big reforms to make things much worse still like Dubya and Cameron did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, Blair was more of a British Clinton (which is plenty bad enough!) with warlike/sycophantic tendencies. Cameron was Thatcher Modern. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 011011@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/18/blair-thatcher-legacy-labour-zarah-sultana Noam Chomsky saying the Labour party became "Thatcher-lite" during the Blair years and did not represent the working class https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/noam-chomsky-saying-the-labour-party-became-thatcher-lite-news-footage/682672090 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Blair was to Thatcher what Clinton was to Reagan: while both cynically perpetuated most of the society-destroying new norms of their non-immediate predecessors and even vehemently resisted attempts to undo them, they didn't make big reforms to make things much worse still like Dubya and Cameron did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 011011@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Blair built on Thatcher’s legacy. That’s a simple fact https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/18/blair-thatcher-legacy-labour-zarah-sultana Noam Chomsky saying the Labour party became "Thatcher-lite" during the Blair years and did not represent the working class https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/noam-chomsky-saying-the-labour-party-became-thatcher-lite-news-footage/682672090 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Blair was to Thatcher what Clinton was to Reagan: while both cynically perpetuated most of the society-destroying new norms of their non-immediate predecessors and even vehemently resisted attempts to undo them, they didn't make big reforms to make things much worse still like Dubya and Cameron did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Blair was to Thatcher what Clinton was to Reagan: while both cynically perpetuated most of the society-destroying new norms of their non-immediate predecessors and even vehemently resisted attempts to undo them, they didn't make big reforms to make things much worse still like Dubya and Cameron did. permalink fedilink source parent