yitbos
Posted on 06/23/2008 3:33:23 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
Gordon Brown will today blame Margaret Thatcher for Britain's low rates of social mobility and accuse the former Conservative Prime Minister of creating a lost generation by "denying many children the chance to progress".
The keynote speech coincides with the unveiling of plans to pay poorer parents for signing up their children to state health and education schemes.
The Prime Minister will say that the economic policies of Conservative governments in the 1980s meant Britain has become a harder place for poor people to get ahead.
He will also call on Britons to improve their work ethic and "aim high" amid concerns that children in this country are not sufficiently motivated to achieve more than their parents.
Approaching his first anniversary in power and with Labour trailing the Conservatives in the polls, Mr Brown's speech is calculated as an appeal to Labour's core vote. However, it will spark accusations of hypocrisy as Mr Brown last year publicly feted Baroness Thatcher inviting her to Downing Street in what was seen as a blatant attempt to woo Tory voters.
It will also be seen an attempt to distract attention from Labour's record on social mobility with the Government set to miss its own targets on reducing child poverty.
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"In the 1970s and 1980s, this rise in social mobility stalled. Skilled manufacturing jobs were lost. The opportunities for social mobility narrowed. Inequality and child poverty worsened.
"As unemployment rose to 3 million, the sons and daughters of many families missed out on many of the new educational opportunities that were being created.
"At a time when many of their fathers were hit by unemployment, many of the generation that some have called Thatcher's children - the lost generation - were sadly denied the chance to progress."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
yitbos
Lady Thatcher would kick Brown’s ass! What a sniveling weenie.
Well way to go, Gordon!! That should turn the whole country around lickety-split!!
Gordon Brown will never be the man Margaret Thatcher was in her day. In fact, I’d still bet on her in hand to hand combat with this wuss.
The guy is on a bad path with low ratings and then he patheticly attack the old tough Ms. THATCHER....
Many analysts told that the good health of UK economy when BLAIR was in charge was founded on THATCHER’s hard reforms...
IT'S THATCHER'S FAULT!!!
ah yes Rick with a silent P such wonderful memories
I have an English buddy named Neil- I sometimes refer to him in Rick’s sarcastic tone when he gets uppity. XD
you know my boy is 7 seven and he loves the Young Ones he just “Gets it” not sure why but i have great hope for him because he does
Baroness Thatcher is twice the leader “Lady” Brown is.
Great graphic! LOL!
Margaret Thatcher hasn’t been PM for a long time, Gordon. What’s your excuse?
That’s akin to blaming RR for everything - that may go down like a .... well, you know.
You’re not kidding!
I was watching some clips of the PM question time, and the conservative leader was literately making him his b*tch.
Lady Thatcher would annihilate him.
Talk about re-writing history.
Gordon Brown - Muslim houseboy
My brother-in-law’s father directed the KingstonUpon-Hull Compact to reconfigure the Britsih School system towards educating the youth in fields such as engineering instead of being Baristers. It was underThe Iron Lady that Britain made this change away from a Victorian attitude and into the 21st Century. The Libs killed it.
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