Baroness Thatcher has died.
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Me too Mr-White.
Soldato
Not going to lie, probably going to have a few beers at the weekend and my friend has had a bottle of Champagne for a while now. Despised the witch.
Regardless of which, i do respect her for her balls. Good decisions or bad, she had massive cojones.
Regardless of which, i do respect her for her balls. Good decisions or bad, she had massive cojones.
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But you and I both know it will go that way, I know you have a brain hidden in there....somewhere
Man of Honour
People are perfectly entitled to disagree with her politics and beliefs, I know I do, but common decency means that we want to avoid posts that are just about a members delight shes dead. This isnt constructive and will likely degenerate to trolling, so they will be removed, like Maccy pointed out.
Because of my age I'm in the same camp.
Fair enough Maccy, i have said my bit to express my view i shall not be saying anything else on this thread.
Caporegime
I'm with you, i'm not fussed either way.
I don't know enough about her to form an opinion.
I remember her being funny in spitting image though!
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Caporegime
My grandfather was an old school Tory who championed Thatcher's policies and went to his grave arguing she was a gift to the nation. Having said that, even he drew the line at the Poll Tax.
Thatcher's legacy will remain divisive. She aggressively accelerated Britain's integration with Europe and set a new standard for economic rationalism which was so compelling that even Labour embraced it.
She shaped an era, a nation, an economy, a war, and a society.
Thatcher's legacy will remain divisive. She aggressively accelerated Britain's integration with Europe and set a new standard for economic rationalism which was so compelling that even Labour embraced it.
She shaped an era, a nation, an economy, a war, and a society.
Soldato
Sad day for the Country. She was a great woman.
RIP Maggie!
RIP Maggie!
No-one's paying half their wages in benefits. Spending on benefits account for 22% of total benefits, and of that 22% the biggest item of expenditure is pensions (link). You should stop reading the Daily Mail mate.
If you want to be mad at where your taxes are going maybe you should look at the banking sector. Bailing out the banks accounts for almost our entire public debt. And if you're looking for someone to blame for that then there's no-one at greater fault than Thatcher. Deregulating the banks and doing everything she could to help wannabe Gordon Gekkos in the City (largely at the expense of working and middle class people outside London) was just one of the reasons why there is evidently so much hatred towards Thatcher, and why there will be more than a few glasses raised in pubs up and down the country tonight.
Caporegime
But you and I both know it will go that way, I know you have a brain hidden in there....somewhere
I know, but just ban the idiots and stop things boiling over and it should be ok, glass half full type of mood today as it's my birthday tomorrow!
I don't think you should delete the delight comments as long as they don't over step the mark or attempt to just wind members up, she was a devisive woman, as seen in the thread with the people happy and sad.
Soldato
Most of which the Thatcher government inherited from the disaster that was Callaghan. I find it amusing that you claim inflation at 15% as a bad thing without actually placing that figure in context. Her government inherited an economy that has seen an inflation rate in excess of 25% in 1975 and reduced it to 4.6% by 1983.
Its easy to cherry pick stats and use them to make a point but the fact remains that the country was in massive trouble by the time the conservatives got in, the fact they didn't really do much to resolve it doesnt mean they, and indeed Mrs Thatcher were to blame for it.
As for others I'm too young to be properly affected (or feel affected anyway) by her decisions, good or bad. She was a strong woman who stood by her beliefs though, which I think is a good example for people to learn from, irrespective whether you think those beliefs were good or bad.
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Best post of the thread so far.
RIP Maggie, I wasn't old enough to hate you or love you but it's a death, and as such a modicum of respect should be shown.
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Just heard as of now. She's a good part of UK's history.
At least the memories are there anyhow. Those cannot be forgotten.
I'm quite shocked. Very shocked and surprised that she's died. Although, she were 87 and a stroke as I've heard.
She must have been ill. Anyone think this?
At least the memories are there anyhow. Those cannot be forgotten.
I'm quite shocked. Very shocked and surprised that she's died. Although, she were 87 and a stroke as I've heard.
She must have been ill. Anyone think this?
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