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It Is Government Policy To Phase Out Subsidies To Nationalised Industries. In Line With This, The Government Hopes That The Coal Industry Will Be Able To Operate Without The Need For Assistance Apart From Social Grants.

The Civil Service Is A Bit Like A Rusty Weathercock. It Moves With Opinion Then It Stays Where It Is Until Another Wind Moves It In A Different Direction

I Think Mrs Thatcher Did More Damage To Democracy, Equality, Internationalism, Civil Liberties, Freedom In This Country Than Any Other Prime Minister This Century. When The Euphoria Surrounding Her Departure Subsides You Will Find That In A Year Or Two's Time There Will Not Be A Tory Who Admits Ever Supporting Her. People In The Street Will Say, Thank God She's Gone

If Democracy Is Ever To Be Threatened, It Will Not Be By Revolutionary Groups Burning Government Offices And Occupying The Broadcasting And Newspaper Offices Of The World. It Will Come From Disenchantment, Cynicism And Despair Caused By The Realisation That The New World Order Means We Are All To Be Managed And Not Represented.

I Do Not Share The General View That Market Forces Are The Basis For Political Liberty. Every Time I See A Homeless Person Living In A Cardboard Box In London, I See That Person As A Victim Of Market Forces. Everytime I See A Pensioner Who Cannot Manage, I Know That He Is A Victim Of Market Forces