So- this quote has been thrown around the internet and long before the internet was a thing as we know it back into the 1980’s. It’s also something that various PM’s and others in the British government have repeated- and several have apologized for- because there is no verifiable link to Thatcher having ever said this. The quote can be attributed to Loelia, the Duchess of Westminste who says she got it from a certain poet in her memoirs and interviews.
Thatcher is responsible for privatizing bus services in most of the UK and deregulating things like routes and fares, moves which saw ridership fall by about 30% compared to when buses were public owned; but there isn’t really any evidence Thatcher had anything against busses, she was just strongly about privatizing services and deregulation of industry. There are lots of reasons to bag on Thatcher in a long and polarizing career full of huge achievements that not everyone thinks are good, but there’s no evidence she ever said this.
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Thatcher is responsible for privatizing bus services in most of the UK and deregulating things like routes and fares, moves which saw ridership fall by about 30% compared to when buses were public owned; but there isn’t really any evidence Thatcher had anything against busses, she was just strongly about privatizing services and deregulation of industry. There are lots of reasons to bag on Thatcher in a long and polarizing career full of huge achievements that not everyone thinks are good, but there’s no evidence she ever said this.