Leader: ‘The councils can play a crucial role’

The Bishop of London told the nation that Margaret Thatcher’s infamous claim that there is “no such thing as society” has been misunderstood, she was trying only to make a point about the need to take individual responsibility. Others have told of the devastation caused to their community by the Government policies of the Thatcher era.

It perhaps goes to show, more than anything, that most Scots and the former PM rarely understood each other, despite sharing a common language.