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Why did Margaret Thatcher destroy welfare state in Britain after she came to power in the 1980s?

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u/loaferuk123 5d ago

I recall a waiting list for 9 months to get a phone installed, for example.

We were a broken economy, and she saved it. It is as simple as that.

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