sentences:  Many people took advantage of share offers, although many sold their shares immediately for a quick profit and therefore the proportion of shares held by individuals rather than institutions did not increase.The policy of privatisation, while anathema to many on the left, has become synonymous with Thatcherism and was also followed by Tony Blair's government.Wider share-ownership and council house sales became known as "popular" capitalism to its supporters (a description coined by John Redwood).