No Such Thing as Society

Epitaph for the eighties? “There is no such thing as society”. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher, talking to Women’s Own magazine, October 31 1987. "I think we’ve been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it’s the government’s job to cope with it. ‘I have a problem, I’ll get a grant.’ ‘I’m homeless, the government must house me.’ They’re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society."