Thread by @catherinerowett

I wonder whether any Conservative politicians realise that the period of prosperity we experienced during the 20th century resulted not from exploitation and greed but from a workforce with access to excellent health care, free medicines, free school milk & orange juice for kids

And on free education through to 18 and free university with full maintenance grants to enable every intelligent student to get to the most prestigious institutions and collaboration with other scientists across Europe with generous funding for research

And workers' rights including the five day week that allowed families to enjoy leisure time and spend the fair earnings that gave them freedom and the chance to broaden horizons, instead of working 80 hours just to scrape together the cost of the next meal

And on well heated houses with bathrooms and hygienic conditions where you didn't grow up breathing mould or smog and in fear of the landlord sending in the bailiffs;

where social housing had a bedroom for each child so disease didn't spread and people were provided with gardens to grow food and where they could dry washing properly.

These things were not just to make life better for everyone (they did, and that's better *for everyone*). They also built a healthy happy and productive workforce and skills, research and leadership that were the envy of the world. The destruction of this started with Thatcher.

The destruction of this started with Thatcher. Our membership of the EU and its gradual turn away from neoliberal economics towards social and environmental regulation delayed the process of damage and destruction, until the current regime got their way in 2016.

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