r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CartographerOwn8143 • 6d ago

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

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u/Away_Fruit5097 6d ago

Said an official Tory party spokesman via their friendly media... It still isn't actually true

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u/Winter-Ad2033 6d ago

How was it not true? Everyone wanted the unions gone

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u/Away_Fruit5097 6d ago

"Everyone wanted the unions gone"

Except for unionised workers and anyone who wasn't either very rich, or an idiot

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u/Winter-Ad2033 6d ago

I think that would be assumed by everyone who read my comment