Margaret Hilda Thatcher nee Roberts

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

We've had the debate. Give your verdict here.

 

[itszamora]

Most definitely BAD for the country IMO, the bitch.

 

[Hunting 784561]

Pointless thread. Most of the posters on here were in training nappies when she was in power...

 

[kalinski]

in all ways she was terrible for this country. her economics, of which she was so proud, left us owing billions of pounds. she ran down the NHS and education. Her privatisation policy just created huge monopolies that are inefficient and over priced.

it is a shame that i can remember it

i can't wait for her to die as it will be cause for celebration.

 

[bhaexpress]

Where's the option for 'Turned the Labour Party into the new Conservatives' ?

 

[zefarelly]

she drove this country onto the rocks, and its still not recovered

having said that it wasnt exactly in ship shape when she took over.

I still think she was largely responsible for the decline in moral standards, greed, and generally speaking unethical business practices which favoured the few and let the majority suffer.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Pointless thread. Most of the posters on here were in training nappies when she was in power...

I wasn't born when Churchill, or Beveridge, or Douglas Home did their thing.

Doesn't mean I can't have an opinion on them.

 

[tedebear]

Its funny - when I first came to this country I lived in London and spent time with loads of people who admired Thatcher (mostly people who have more money than sense)....

I move down to Sussex/out of London and most people can't stand her (people who work hard for their money and homes).....

Get my drift.....anyhow all I know about her is that she had loads of handbags - not that I liked any in the photos but loads of handbags isn't a bad thing in my book

 

[Hunting 784561]

I wasn't born when Churchill, or Beveridge, or Douglas Home did their thing.

Doesn't mean I can't have an opinion on them.

Anyone who can remember what a run down state this country was in before 1979, shouldnt even need to ask the question.

She was without any doubt right for her time.

She did go barking mad in the end, I'll concede that, but Blair and the Labour party had to imitate her policies and style to get elected, and that is her legacy.

 

[Vlad the Impala]

She was good for the country in some aspects if you look at it in terms of economics. Unfortunately to do that she treated the people who actually had to live in the country like dirt. What's the point of a strong country if it is hell to live in? Bitch.

 

[WATFORD zero]

She never went barking mad in the end


She was off her f********g trolley from the very beginning

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Anyone who can remember what a run down state this country was in before 1979, shouldnt even need to ask the question.

She was without any doubt right for her time.

She did go barking mad in the end, I'll concede that, but Blair and the Labour party had to imitate her policies and style to get elected, and that is her legacy.

What Mart said.

The country was in a total mess before 1979, the sick man of Europe. It's hard to remember just what a state the economy was in, and how powerful the unions were.

She was a neccesary evil, but like most dictators she lost touch and went on too long.

And Germany and France both need someone like her now to get their economies back on track.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

And, much to my surprise, the poll shows almost 2 to 1 in favour of her being good for Britain!

 

[bhaexpress]

At the risk of being patronising I wonder how many people who've participated in this poll were old enough to remember what this country was like pre and immeadiately post Thatcher.

 

[caz99]

What a load of ballony. She as an advocate of privatisation of state-owned industry and utilities, strict trade union restrictions, and reduced social expenditures across the board,yes the economy grew but for three years economic output was lowered by 15%, and unemployment was at 3 million. horrednous interest rates need we say more

without the falklands and the crap opposition she would not have got a second term.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Anybody remember when Britain was a manufacturing nation, not a country that relies on phoney "service industries"?

What happened to change it?

Answer ... Thatcher.

 

[zefarelly]

well said Caz . . .an oppressive authority

my boss met her recently and said she was still pretty razor sharp, a very intelligent woman, and I don't doubt it, but some people are just wholey iunfair to society and she's one of them

 

[tedebear]

well I hope you all vote so you can at least prevent something like this from happening again!! Can't stand people who love to have a moan yet don't vote...

 

[kalinski]

She was good for the country in some aspects if you look at it in terms of economics. Unfortunately to do that she treated the people who actually had to live in the country like dirt. What's the point of a strong country if it is hell to live in? Bitch.

her economics were so badly flawed that we almost went bankrupt. if you want to see how her economics work long term have a look at the USA's budget deficit

 

[kalinski]

At the risk of being patronising I wonder how many people who've participated in this poll were old enough to remember what this country was like pre and immeadiately post Thatcher.

with sounding patronising there are a lot of people here that have no understanding of economics. she took the country from one extreme that wasn't working (demand side) to the other which failed (supply side)