And Caroline Spelman, (Con Meriden) said: "We will mourn the passing of a great statesman who led the way to end the Cold War which overshadowed my generation as well as casting off the bad reputation of Britain as
the sick man of Europe.
Dear Editor, - Odd as it might seem it was only when I read Terry Grimley dreadful review of Homer's The Odyssey, From Ithaca with Love that I fully understood why British theatre has become
the sick man of the arts.
9 per cent, Denis Healey had 13 mini budgets and Britain was
the sick man of Europe.
He was telling the party conference at Blackpool: "The sad fact is this: A generation ago, Britain was
the sick man of Europe.
No mention of the police inspector who was crushed between a lorry and the gateposts and was seriously injured; that the bully boy tactics and threats of the unions was another nail in the coffin of democracy; that the average working man received lower wages than the miners, the dockers, the car workers; that no one was allowed to work in those trades (and other trades) unless they joined a union; that our ports and major manufacturing industries were shackled and that we became known as
the sick man of Europe; that the government of the day had been elected by a majority of the population.
The Coalition pretence that the UK is
the sick man of Europe and desperately in need of Cameron's unique medicine - tablets dissolving the NHS to be taken every day till it disappears - were discredited yesterday and his medical backing now appears tissue thin.
The fact of the matter is that the legacy of our past primary industries has left us
the sick man of Britain, it was the English who benefited most from our hard toil and graft leaving them un-ravaged by such ailments as white finger, breathing problems and spinal problems.
Does anyone remember the bad days of the 70s when Britain was known as
the sick man of Europe, when the country was held to ransom by the unions, miners' strikes and electricity cuts?
When she took office in 1979, Britain was
The sick man of Europe, to her credit that tag was removed.
This Lib-Lab coalition has made Wales
the sick man of Europe.
The Coalition pretence that the UK is
the sick man of Europe and medicine - tablets dissolving the NHS to be taken every day till it disappears - were discredited yesterday and his medical backing now appears tissue thin.
After the Labour government made Britain
the sick man of Europe, along came Margaret Thatcher and made Britain the envy of the world.