1.don't forget that when a family bought their council house, they were no longer tenants or prospective tenants. therefore, although there was 1 less house in the council stock, there was also 1 less family, so how come a shortage?
2. I don't agree or disagree about the falklands. with hindsight, more could have been done sooner asnd maybe avoided the conflict.
3. Miner's situation was caused by arthur scargill's attempt to bring down the government, no matter who suffered. that said, it could have been handled better.
4. poll tax. under the old rates system, my father was paying around £1,300/ year, living on his own, on a pension. a family close by in a lower band house were paying £250 between 4 wage earners. when the poll tax came in, my dad's bill went down to £250.
their's went up. bear in mind that it's people that use the facilities funded by council taxes, not houses. each house has 1 bin to be emptied, same road access, so why should a widowed pensioner pay more than 4 wage earners just because he's invested in a decent house, rather than spending all his wages on smokes, booze, gambling etc.
