"People should be allowed to buy their council houses," eh, Fred? That was no doubt wonderful for the people who did buy their council houses THEN, but what of the multitude of young couples TODAY who have nowhere to live because there is no longer a stock of such houses for them?
If Thatcher had been bright enough to rule that every council had to build a new house to replace the one sold, things would have been very different, but the short-term advantage to her was too compelling, I daresay.