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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
And to top it all off, those who had a free university education along with grants, Housing Benefit etc then pulled the ladder up for those coming after them.
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Well, it wasn't the individuals who did this, it was the Government. There again, it could be argued that it was many of these people who voted for the Governments that did these things.
Edit: I've just been reading that Thatcher made no mention of privatisation in her first manifesto.
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How many students actually pay off their loans? In effect they are still mostly free.
The privatisation of British Gas didn't happen until 1986. So nothing to do with a 1979 manifesto.