Margaret Thatcher

[The Great Cornholio]

Shame very few people can be objective - party political thing I suppose. For me, didn't much like her politics (too young to affect me that much) but I believe she did what she thought was right and stood up for this country more than any other PM I have known. Ditto Blair in his early years. Both fell slave to the US poodle thing.

I still can't understand the mentaility of people who want her dead. Gary Glitter - yes. Thatcher - ?

 

[London Irish]

I still can't understand the mentaility of people who want her dead. Gary Glitter - yes. Thatcher - ?

She tortured and abused hundreds of thousands more souls than him, so believe it. Watch the street parties when she pegs it!

 

[Bluejuice]

Oh do me a favour.

UTTER SCUM

I'm frankly embarrassed so many of my fellow Albion fans have such warped views on the worst thing to have ever happened to this country

 

[bigc]

I think what made it worse was the fact you had nuke happy Ronald Reagan in the White House at the same time.

Thatcherism worked for all extent and purposes, it did just lack a long term "adaptation". It was a response to the end of the post war consensus era, and as a result, the public were far more tolerant of social services reforms and the like.

Problem was, by the '90s, an adaption which NEEDED to be incorporated into Thatcherism was emphasis on the community, as the weakness in these wasn't helping the country. It also needed some more "friendly" policies, to contrast against the harshness of the 1980s.

Bizarrely the Tories failed to realise that and still kept advocating doing exactly what worked in 1979. It may have "worked" then but nobody can deny how much the UK had changed by the mid '90s.

 

[clippedgull]

Maggie

 

[Eggmundo]

I grew up during here reign so can't say I knew any different?
Personally, I beleive we were Still Great Britain with her at the Helm. She had Reagan in her pocket and didn't take any crap from anyone.
As for the Unions, they can go f*** themselves, THEY are the reason so much Industry is moving abroad.
Did nothing for me when I was in it apart from take my money.

 

[chip]

Best PM since Churchill.

Its funny, but the height of Tory sleaze now seems so restrained compared to what Blairs lot get up to. Instead of Hamiltons few nights in an hotel from Fayed, its £350K from the Italian PM over dodgy property deals.

 

[Tazman]

Love Her! Bring her back now before we all get the same monthly income albeit by wages or benefits!!! Quick!

 

[Bono]

Foot and Kinnock.....any half decent opposition would have beaten her.

(from the wife: she put VAT on Tampons (apparently) and is therefore a witch)

 

[bigc]

Foot and Kinnock.....any half decent opposition would have beaten her.

Kinnock has the distinction of being so bad he couldn't even beat John Major. Although in hinsight, many Tory MPs have said winning the 1992 election was the worst thing that could have happened to them.

 

[Stinky Kat]

She sold the countrie utilities off and created the me, me me cultuure we now suffer. Evil f***ing cow!

 

[London Calling]

Love her or hate her?

Banned the GLC

CRUSHED THE UNION SCUM EATING THE UK

Brought the UK back from its knees

Took back the falklands

Rupert Murdoch


Poll tax

:c

Four letters sums up the C***

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

From what I know about her I think she was good

know more.

 

[bigc]

at least there was a clear ideological difference between the parties back then.

Its all going distinctly middle of the road these days.

 

[DJ Leon]

All the lefties crawling out today.

I've got an idea - two products that are the same so let's all buy the expensive one shall we.

Economics is difficult to grasp.

And the right-wing in this country are so consistent on the application of market forces, aren't they?

Well, listen to the right-wing farming and countryside communities squealing like their own little pigs about the level of subsidies they're given.

Don't try and make out that it's only the lefties who think we should support struggling industries. It's the Tories as well. The only difference being is that the Tories only do it when it suits them. Typical.

 

[bigc]

Yeah...and the Tories actually nationalised an industry(British Leyland,if memory serves me right) during the Heath govt. of 1970-4.

 

[DJ Leon]

Best PM since Churchill.

Its funny, but the height of Tory sleaze now seems so restrained compared to what Blairs lot get up to. Instead of Hamiltons few nights in an hotel from Fayed, its £350K from the Italian PM over dodgy property deals.

The Hamiltons affair was about 'cash for questions' - taking bribes for asking questions in the Commons. An abuse of democracy.

If you can't tell that that is worse than the Jowell/Mills controversy then you're a fool.

 

[The Large One]

Heath's Conservatism was VASTLY different from Thatcher's. It's no surprise the two couldn't stand each other.

 

[bigc]

rejoice rejoice rejoice eh?

 

[glasfryn]

I am 59 years old and will do cartwheels down the road when she finally does the decent thing.
many of my friends lost their houses,bussinesses,family and one his live due that womans policies.
she ran this country for the rich and many of those who are now rich beyond belief made ther money in her era off the backs of the working class.
and as for crushing the unions,people should come to wales and listen to the stories of what her police done to miners and their families.
the woman is a disgrace to the human race.