SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

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Socialist Action No. 52, 6 April 1984 · p. 8 of the scan · 199 words

The scan: 052-apr-06-1984-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

when Britain had an empire -the upper class used to send any of its sons who had blotted their copy books out to the colonies.

Now Il nas lo pust them off to some car lot Mark Thatcher is not beRepresentative with Mi representative David Wilkins Lotus car company. This is because Mark is highly qualified has nothing to do with his family.

The fact that daddy is deputy chair of another of Mr Wickin's COMI panies is just coincidence. The firm claim that Mark knows a lot about cars and so he should, he has got lost in enough of them! They also polnl requires business finance and as Mark failed his accountant's ams he fits the bill treat.

Lotus is at the moment having bit of trouble with its figures. The Inland Revenue chasing them for £85 million — an assessment great dollops of money missing from the failed De Lorean car venture.

Clearly Mark had better not take his new boss to see mummy when Nigel Lawson is having dinner at number Mark says he has severed his links with his old firm ted he was a bit 'naive' in some his business deal-

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