Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
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I take it that The Mail didn't include the forces sweetheart, Mrs. Thatcher, who presided over:
The wholesale destruction of the army medical services.
The closure of the military hospitals.
The introduction of a series of kit issues that rendered a servicemans life in the field more painful and dangerous.
A "morale boosting" payrise that gave servicemen about 3%, over 18 months when inflation was running in excess of that.
I never did understand why most people in the forces supported her when she so royally shafted all three services in succession.