i think the last 3 terms of labour put us in this situation; hence the big cuts to recoup the mental spending age.
70% of the fule cost is Tax, just like it was when the last government was in; can;t blam eone political party for this; they are all as bad a seach other.
and as for the thatcher comment if i remember rightly she ended alot of the crap that labour let the unions get away with.
no ones perfect no one makes perfect decisions, i'd be intersted; if you were in charge what would you be doing?