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I am an Early Years Professional which is a leadership role at my nursery, being in charge of planning and assessment of three and four year olds, and making sure staff are tuning into children's play and interests. At the nursery, 'Ding dong the witch is dead' has been played frequently...

I work in a children's nursery. Why?

Mind you, Thatcher had previous, trying to ban Spycatcher and 'video nasties'.

Typical left-wing BBC not respecting the free market choice of consumers! Thatcher would be most upset were she alive today. But if she was alive today, the track would not have received so many sales. Oops, am in a world of confusion. :drunk:

Are Tories really buying that track?!

Not sure about more effective but definitely more elegant. :thumbsup:

Who could have predicted that the mere mention of education would turn this thread into a grammar and spelling thread?

Agreed. And if a teacher is setting work where a student is getting 53 things 'wrong' (in the teacher's view) then that teacher is not setting work that is developmentally appropriate.

Which legislation stipulated that all teachers were only allowed to mark three things as 'wrong' in 1974?

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Your 'correction' seems to presuppose that anyone who dislikes Thatcher is wholly opposed to any form of private enterprise. Not necessarily true.

Not really. There are too many factors at play to convincingly make the correlation you are trying to make. A vote is formally a statement of preference between the candidates in your local constituency. It is an imprecise way of making the type of grandiose political statement on the government...

People may not vote for a number of reasons. In a First Past The Post system, they may feel their vote won't make much difference, living in a Tory or Labour stronghold. They may think an incumbent government are bad but find the alternative just as bad. With questionable logic, they may think...

When you say 'marry' are you talking about the 'Alliance' or the merger?

There was an interesting point in British politics in 1981 when Labour, Tories and the SDP were all equal on points in the opinion polls. I'm not sure how far Labour were unelectable in 1983. Might they have won if the Falklands War had been lost by Britain?

While what you say is true, you are missing the point that what GT49er is saying successfully refutes the contention made earlier in this thread about Thatcher enjoying the support of a majority within the country.

It's a valid point. However, it doesn't knock down the specific point that is being made to refute TWOCHOICESTom's contention that a majority of the population re-elected Thatcher twice. In some ways, John Major had a stronger claim, with 14 million people voting Tory in 1992, higher than...

The 1983 General Election result was more of an indication of how split the opposition was and the distorting effects of the First Past The Post system than a ringing endorsement of Thatcherite domestic policies. Add the Falklands effect and - bingo - a massive majority. But don't confuse that...

Would she also be considered the most unpopular as well?

Another of those delicious ironies.