Today Kemi Badenoch accused Andy Burnham of being stuck in the past and concentrating on the policies of Margaret Thatcher, which she considers as no longer relevant. This is a bit rich because it’s the Tories who haven’t moved on since Margaret Thatcher: not Andy Burnham.
Andy Burnham has correctly identified why Britain hasn’t made any progress since the days of Thatcher, whereby successive governments have run up large debts to survive. The Tories are still today pedaling out and supporting Thatcherism after 40 years even though it’s failure was proved within a decade. Badenoch and her Tories are bereft of any ideas that challenge Thatcherism and for the most part they still support her causes of privatisations even though they are now largely unpopular and discredited. So it’s Badenoch and the Tories who are outdated and unwilling to change: it’s certainly not Andy Burnham. Let’s look at what Thatcherism has done to Britain and why successive governments have relied so heavily on Public Borrowing.
Why should Britain be stuck with and put up with outdated Thatcherism
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