A rare leader sadly lacking in today's world. God speed Mrs. Thatcher.

RIP , you deserve it.

I have 1 point to add though to this Thatcher love fest here.

Do you know of 1 worthwhile thing to come out of england once she got to the throne - It was late 79 wasn't it ? Yea anything decent/cool/collectible ?

Yea didn't think so. OK OK some 79 cars were fine, but they had been designed and built several years prior to 79.

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Srinath.

He’s always reminded me of a compilation of Beavis and Butthead….

It’s always nice when someone reinforces your point for you. Thanks dude.

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Webster

You dont have to tell me where to go, thank you very much.

OK let me get back to my point and make it as a point than as a bumper sticker.

The cool vehicles of the british auto industry were all designed and built in the heyday of unionism. The MG's TD's, B's etc, the austins, the Mini's, the triumph spitfires, the Jag xke's as well as norton, bsa and triumph motorcycles.

In the 50's and 60's where the factories were unionised everyone had a stake in the company and man did they build some really cool cars and bikes. The 70's came around and the cars while designed well (they were older design usually) and union vs management disputes lead to cars coming out of the factory looking pretty but every other one was a "monday morning job".

Then of course Thatcher comes along and kills the unions. And with it we lose triumph, MG, and all the rest of em. Think about it, how did union busting lead to the demise of the whole company ? and the industry ?

So like they seem to say in england "Ding dong the witch is dead".

India was the only place that made a "british" motorcycle - the enfield.

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Srinath.

The britsh cars and bikes of that period were just gorgeous. They worked ... well to be kind - when they wanted.
The american cars were not that good looking - but TBH had their high points - 56 bel air, 65 mustang etc etc, and these 2 were comparable.

I dont count these as lacking competition - there were no japanese, we still had german and these 2 competing with each other.

You should realize every industralised country subsidizes their major - including the auto industry and most of them are more so than the US, then or now. Europe and japan has full on health care among other things. And they have always had.

In the shadow of what effectively happened in england - the death of all the auto companies we know and being replaced by Japanese and american effectively killed the auto industry for england. Completely to be laid @ Thatcher's feet.

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Srinath.

Unions had their time and played their role in moving the USA forward. They were a force for good at one time. However, they've become the monster they ate; perhaps worse than the monster they fought ever was.