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Originally Posted by slug
Growing up during the 80's and 90's it aways astonished me how the Tories kept winning despite the fact that they seemed so unpopular. Nobody I ever spoke to would admit to voting Tory. Now the situation is reversed I understand of course. 
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Think yourself lucky you didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's under a Labour government, with miners strikes, rail strikes, dockers strikes, car workers strikes,etc, etc. Such bad financial management that the government had to go to the IMF for a massive loan, the IMF then effectively told Labour how to manage the economy for a couple of years. VAT at 25%, the highest level that it has ever been, was under a Labour government.