David Cameron's knowledge of history

[LONDONER]

According to Cameron, Margaret Thatcher was the greatest peace time Prime Minister the UK has ever had. "Peace time"?. Well, if the Falkland's conflict was peace, I don't even want to imagine what "war" is like.

[MisterTinkles]

According to Cameron, Margaret Thatcher was the greatest peace time Prime Minister the UK has ever had. "Peace time"?. Well, if the Falkland's conflict was peace, I don't even want to imagine what "war" is like.

Given that, here in America, this is still considered "peace time"...with all those conflicts over in the middle east.

[cardiganwearer]

He was young at the time. The government had become very unpopular in the early eighties, the monetarist experiment was failing and unemployment was high. What we needed was a good war, we got one and thatcher won the next election. So Cameron probably sees it as less of a war and more of an election campaign.

footnotes department: The Tories' share of the vote was actually lower (by about 1.5%) in 1983 than in 1979, they won because the opposition was split by the Lib-SDP Alliance
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[Vigilias]

Hey Londoner!

I recently read a book about HMS CONQUEROR - the Nuclear Submarine that sank the Argentine Cruiser, Belgrano.

"SECRETS OF THE CONQUEROR - The Untold Story of Britain's Most Famous Submarine." by Stuart Prebble. Faber and Faber, ISBN: 9780571290338

It seems that the hu-ha over the sinking on the Belgrano was a convenient smokescreen for the government of the day as to what that Submarine was *really* up to.