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  "Big government is the enemy whatever you say. The left love to try to claim that somehow Labour were following Mrs T's policies that that is a shallow and perverted distortion of the truth."
  
  This government has passed more legislation, in a shorter amount of time, than any other. So I would suggest it is the Conservatives that are 'big' on big government...as long as the government is them!
  
  As for the left suggesting Labour have continued Mrs T's ideals, I think it was actually Mrs T herself that secured this notion in 2002. This is a 'fact' because I read it on the Conservativehome website *chokes on cornflakes*
  
  As for the list of what we did in the days of nationalisation - didn't we do a lot!? It would make anyone proud to be British. Sadly, instead of a bit of Dunkirk spirit to turn things around, we just gave up and became a tertiary society. It is quite clear that the physical manifestation of labour (small L) works towards the symbolism of identity and pride.
  
  One thing Barry does get right is the telephone monopoly, an inferior system with analogue dials and by 'post-privatisation' standards, very old fashioned. I know this because I remember how slow our internet connection was in 1983!
  
  Funny how comparisons can become meaningless over time.

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