Baroness Thatcher - Dead / RIP

[JCL666]

the lady's not returning.

 

[Seagull58]

It is a shame she didn't die a lot sooner.

Maybe there's now a few hoping you don't outlive her by too long after that disgusting comment.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

However, there is no joy in the death of anyone IMO.

"joy" is overstating it... more like a warm glow and quiet satisfaction that the old witch has finally croaked

 

[janee]

This is the woman who said that Mandela is a terrorist and we should never apply sanctions to end apartheid

 

[Hillian1]

Return if you want to - the lady's not returning.

Bad person.

 

[lichfield seagulls]

A sad sad day.

That lady almost single handedly saved this country in the early eighties. A lesson for us all in how if you stick with your beliefs you can achieve incredibly things.

Yes towards the end of her time in power she started to lose it a little but she is still one of the greatest leaders this country has ever had.

RIP Maggie.

V much THiS

 

[Brighton Mod]

the last true 'leader' of any stature we've had in this country, and probably last one we will see as these days all chinless and policy less and care only for popularity and not doing what needs to be done however unpopular - like Marmite you love or hate but can't but respect the fact she had more balls than a golf driving range and at least had the courage of her convictions to do what she believed in..... RIP MT

You got it right mate, she was even not popular among those on the right of the Tory party so she was fighting of both sides, but she did what was needed. Came into the Sgts Mess in Wellington Barracks, London during the Falklands and refused to move anyone from their seat, stood and watched the news reports. Led from the front, some truly terrible comments about her on here, irrespective of what poltical colour you are respect should be shown. BTW,as for the terrible milk we had to drink in the sixties, thank god she got rid of it, i'm sure it was a health hazard, no one really liked it!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I don't think I've ever heard a person talked about with such differing opinions from such similar people.

Guess I'll never understand

 

[Hove Seagull]

This is the woman who said that Mandela is a terrorist and we should never apply sanctions to end apartheid

Yes, the great visionary that she was

 

[HastingsSeagull]

28 pages

RIP

about right yeah, by tonight though?

RIP

 

[Smirko]

Well he was!

 

[pastafarian]

Whatever you think of her, celebrating death is wrong.

To celebrate her death makes you the same cold hearted person you claimed she was.

THIS

RIP Mrs Thatcher.

 

[Quinney]

Baroness Thatcher - RIP

You might not have agreed with her politics (I certainly didn't), however you have to admire her strength and resolve. Today's politicians are so weak & indecisive in comparison.

 

[Dandyman]

 

[Hillian1]

It does make me wonder this thread, it makes me wonder who among us are old enough to have lived through Maggies time and who have just jumped on bandwagons.

 

[Wozza]

Oopsie CNN.

 

[Milton Keynes Seagull]

How ironic it was back in 1982 that the hard left opposed the Falklands War, a group of islands that wished to remain democratically part of the UK and was invaded by a nasty little fascist dictatorship. This was the making of Thatcher, who up until then had presided over an increasingly unpopular government. Thatcher also broke the myth of "working class solidarity", as while the north and midlands suffered greatly, in Sussex, almost unaffected, they bought their council houses and boasted about how much their houses were worth. So aptly demonstrated by Harry Enfield's "Loadsamoney" character. As for Anfield back then, I remember Albion fans waving wads of cash at the Liverpool fans.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Came into the Sgts Mess in Wellington Barracks, London during the Falklands and refused to move anyone from their seat, stood and watched the news reports.

You've certainly won me over with that anecdote. Incredible selflessness that just typifies her greatness and was reflected in the Tories' policy making.

 

[Barn Door Billy]

A sad sad day.

That lady almost single handedly saved this country in the early eighties. A lesson for us all in how if you stick with your beliefs you can achieve incredibly things.

Yes towards the end of her time in power she started to lose it a little but she is still one of the greatest leaders this country
has ever had.

RIP Maggie.

This. In the situation we are in now, we desperately need someone like her with some backbone to really could drag us out of the crisis and do what needs to be done without giving two shots what people said. RIP.