The rail unions then agreed not to press an embarrassing resolution demanding re-nationalisation of the railways.

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Many of the protesters in Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities had demanded the resignation of the centre-right GERB party government and the re-nationalisation of power distributors.

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Nevertheless, Labour modernisation continued apace, with the party making peace with the UK's membership of the European Union, the market economy, ditching unilateralism and moving away from firm commitments on re-nationalisation.

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Whilst many will argue with many aspects of the Thatcher legacy - and some will, no doubt, protest about it today - that is an analysis which few will contest - though, of course, any consensus can be broken and re-made just as privatisation did to the previously widespread belief in the value of nationalisation.

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After a tumultuous first term in office at the youth league - when he argued for radical policies such as the nationalisation of mines and the seizure of white-owned farms - he was re-elected for a second term in June 2011.

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