[danielf]

Originally Posted by Russ B

I'm never going to be at the front of the queue to praise Liverpool as a city but I was there in june and whereas some areas really were rough, other parts (including around Albert Dock) really were nice and affluent. If Thatcher was in part responsible for that then she didn't do a bad job.

Much of the recent regeneration in Liverpool was due to the 2008 European Capital of Culture. I think the EU had more to do with it than Thatcher.