"Ding Dong", the witch is dead you say?

[silentwarrior]

Hmmm? There are many many more within my local council

[LeftishBrit]

1. Thatcher is dead; Thatcherism very sadly is not.

Which Council is yours? My City council (Oxford) is Labour-dominated and reasonable; the Oxfordshire County Council, however, is Tory, and more Thatcherite than Thatcher.

[silentwarrior]

2. I live in the North of England

Gateshead is controlled by Labour and we do have a number
of Liberal Democrats mainly situated in the more affluent areas.

From personal experience they still treat the poor and disabled with contempt,
at least here they do unfortunately

[LeftishBrit]

4. Sadly, the councils have been put in the role of 'enforcers' for the government's axe-wielders

by all the cuts in funds allotted to local government.

But admittedly being Labour doesn't preclude people from stomping on the poor and disabled. I turned against Blair long before the Iraq war, when he cut in-work benefits to disabled people.

[non sociopath skin]

3. Hopefully, the bells will be tolling for Linda Arkley ...

... the Thatcherite witch of North Tyneside on May 2nd.

The Skin