volterator

As someone who grew up in the direct aftermath of Maggie coming to power I offer you a summation of how her premiership affected people here in the North generally, and as experienced in Wigan, the mining town, by us specifically, as expressed by Charlie Stross and commenter Alan Wood. In the broad strokes I think they said everything I've ever heard or thought worth a tinker's cuss on the subject of the strikes and Thatcher's complete mismanagement.

It's worth qualifying this post by saying that it is, for me, in no way motivated by criticism of the current government.