{"id":1971,"date":"2013-04-08T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2013-04-08T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T20:20:30","slug":"margaret-stood-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Margaret, stood down"},"content":{"rendered":"

House rules dictate that everyone gets safe passage across the Styx. \u00a0Plenty of time for brutally honest assessment tomorrow. \u00a0Still, it bears thinking about that Margaret Thatcher made sweeping changes to Britain, and two facts are true:<\/p>\n

1) Nontrivial numbers of British people are still viciously pissed off about it.<\/p>\n

2) None of the sweeping changes have been reversed in any meaningful way.<\/p>\n

I also stand by my post of almost five years ago<\/a>: irrespective of what you think of her, the prospect of having to tell your parent over and over that their spouse has died, and have them relive that over and over, is maybe the most profoundly sad thing I can imagine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House rules dictate that everyone gets safe passage across the Styx. \u00a0Plenty of time for brutally honest assessment tomorrow. \u00a0Still, it bears thinking about that Margaret Thatcher made sweeping changes to Britain, and two facts are true: 1) Nontrivial numbers of British people are still viciously pissed off about it. 2) None of the sweeping … <\/p>\n

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