{"id":1379,"date":"2025-02-14T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregrussell.scot\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T16:17:43","slug":"revisiting-the-dark-days-of-thatcherism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregrussell.scot\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the dark days of Thatcherism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>THE road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions \u2013 regardless of how often I promise myself to keep this blog going, something else always comes up.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Sometimes it\u2019s a furry friend with four paws and a tail, and an ever-endearing facial expression that\u2019s urging me to take her for a walk.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>At other times it can be the \u2018day job\u2019 demanding my attention, but I\u2019m here now with another radio documentary from my days with our \u2018national\u2019 broadcaster, and ignoring the world that president Musk and his puppet Trump are seeking to destroy.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>The documentary dates back to the 1980s at the height of Thatcherism, when nurses, ambulance crews and other health workers stood up to the wicked witch.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>It was the first documentary I did on that nationwide health dispute. A second \u2013 some months later \u2013 involved me spending a Saturday night shadowing an ambulance crew in Glasgow, and that was a real eye-opener.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Unfortunately, I don\u2019t have the second programme, but here\u2019s the first, which looks at the dispute in Scotland in a UK context.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1379-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/gregrussell.scot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BBC-Radio-Scotland-Greg-Russell-Ambulance-Strike-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gregrussell.scot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BBC-Radio-Scotland-Greg-Russell-Ambulance-Strike-1.mp3\">https:\/\/gregrussell.scot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BBC-Radio-Scotland-Greg-Russell-Ambulance-Strike-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; THE road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions \u2013 regardless of how often I promise myself to keep this blog going, something else always comes up. Sometimes it\u2019s a furry friend with four paws and a tail, and an ever-endearing facial expression that\u2019s urging me to take her for a walk. 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