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Is Margaret Thatcher, The Best Thing Ever To Happen To The United Kingdom?
A riposte to a previously written article by this author.
The United Kingdom is a nation like no other in the history of mankind.
No other country is shaped by its rigid social stratifications and also managed to export this unique schizophrenia to other parts of the globe.
And once before, these sharp divisions consigned millions of Brits to a life of harsh poverty and serfdom.
It is so easy forget that just over a hundred years ago, child prostitution was rife in this country with children as young as 12, selling their bodies to full-grown men.
It is also easy to forget that mines and pits were populated by young people, who worked long hours for an absolute pittance.
The England which was depicted by Charles Dickens was no work of fiction: the desolation caused by extreme poverty was real.
And it is also very easy to forget that most homes in the UK didn’t have indoor toilets and bathrooms until the post-war era, when council homes were built across various cities and towns.
The working class who made the majority of the population were neglected by the aristocracy and bourgeoisie.