This is Livingstone condemning violence and explicitly saying violence was preventing a political settlement: Ken Livingstone - A Friend of Sinn Fein - YouTube
Deregulation of financial services in both the UK and elsewhere is one of the reasons the most recent of several crises of capitalism is proving so toxic.
You are aware that deregulation of banking and credit controls, the destruction of traditional industry, 3 depressions, 15% interest rates, the ERM disaster, the end of rent controls, the death of Council house building, numerous public safety disasters, mass unemployment, urban rioting all...
Do you actually understand the maths of UK elections ? In 1983 the Tories got 13,012,316 votes. The two main opposition parties got 8,456,934 votes (Labour) and 7,780,949 votes (SDP-Liberal Alliance), which makes a total of 16,237,883 votes.
Dear me, incapable of civilised debate as well as working out that 42% of 61% is 25.6%. Even at the height of her "popularity" the majority of the country never voted for her.
Usual levels of hypocritical nonsense from the Uber-right on here. I'm sure we all remember how "resepectful" they were in regard to Michael Foot or the recent Mandela thread.
As far as I am concerned she was an evil curse on our country who tried to destroy the achievements that working people...