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."
