Ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies

[Terpe]

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at 87 following a stroke, her spokesman has said.

Source:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

[Terpe]

RIP Margaret Thatcher
A huge character in British History

[joebloggs]

well some people will be celebrating
R.I.P Thatcher

[Terpe]

well some people will be celebrating
R.I.P Thatcher

You may be right joe, but I would hope no reasonable person would seriously celebrate the death of such a person

[joebloggs]

You may be right joe, but I would hope no reasonable person would seriously celebrate the death of such a person

i think you might have underestimated the feeling some people have about her, i think she divided the country.

i remember her as 'thatcher the milk snatcher' and the pic of her inside the tank

yes she had balls, i'll give her that, but many will not miss her ..

[Terpe]

i think you might have underestimated the feeling some people have about her....

Yes, I'm sure that's true.
It's never easy for me as a person to understand extremism like that

[KeithD]

She had bigger balls than any of the male politicians we see these days.

[joebloggs]

She had bigger balls than any of the male politicians we see these days.

true but she didn't have to put up with the court of criminal rights and the EU as much as the Gov has to these days

[grahamw48]

Yes indeed, a very sad day.

We're still waiting for another leader of her calibre to restore this country to sanity.

RIP to a true Brit .

[jake]

RIP Iron Lady.

One she made up her mind about something she never changed it whether it was right or wrong.

Think she was against the European union?

[grahamw48]

Too right she was against the EU...and she knew how to deal with them.

[grahamw48]

Wait for the eulogies from around the world to see how much she was respected, and how she helped influence so many positive world events.

People forget that Britain was dubbed the 'Poor man of Europe' not long before she came along and sorted the country out, while also reviving world respect for our country.

[stevie c]

Rip lady thatcher although not my cup of tea
I always saw her as a pm for the rich but didnt give a damn for the poor

[imagine]

[les_taxi]

Sad day,one of the greatest leader of our country ever,as said for a woman she had more balls than anyone else since.
To me she made be feel proud to be british

[Arthur Little]

.................... ... but seriously folks - love her or loathe her - she WAS, without a shadow of doubt, by far THE MOST COMPETENT peace time Political Leader EVER had!

So ... with Les in that respect.

[Arthur Little]

... some say "Good old Thatcher" ... others tell the truth!

[Dedworth]

There's only one Maggie Thatcher !

[Arthur Little]

There's only one Maggie Thatcher !

Alas ... ... not NOW, there ain't ... she's GONE ... been "shot of" by a "stroke of good luck" (for her opponents).

[les_taxi]

Think this topic is gonna is going to split members (pardon the pun) lol

[Arthur Little]

Think this topic is gonna is going to split members (pardon the pun) lol

Thatcher?

Hmm ... ... you could be right, Les ... in which case, serious consideration might need to be given to including the 'Iron Lady' among forbidden topics for discussion!

[grahamw48]

For those who have forgotten where SHE stood on the EU parasitic s (and comb-overs ).
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[grahamw48]

Douglas Hurd (Ex-British Conservative Foreign Secretary)....

' In or around the year 1978 I visited the biggest single employer in my constituency who manufactured aircraft parts on the hill above Witney.
I was new to the job and asked the management naively how they were getting on with their business plan. They looked at me with pity. "We have no business plan," they replied. "We do our best to find out the mood of the shop stewards at Cowley and then calculate as best we can how many cars we think they will allow to be produced next week and next month."

That was the Britain which Margaret Thatcher took over in 1979.'

[grahamw48]

Margaret Thatcher, a true Brit'....unlike the current bunch of cowardly brown-nosers.

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[KeithD]

I see Ken Livingstone has just been on Sky blaming Thatcher for the housing problems today? ... maybe he should blame the state of the roads on the Romans as well

[Dedworth]

I see Ken Livingstone has just been on Sky blaming Thatcher for the housing problems today? ... maybe he should blame the state of the roads on the Romans as well

Standard labourite practice - go back into history and blame the Tories, something I've raised many times on this forum

[grahamw48]

Standard labourite practice - go back into history and blame the Tories, something I've raised many times on this forum

Yep, they conveniently forget the 13 years they were given to put right the 'bad' things the Tories supposedly did.

Did they reverse any Tory policies and legislation ? Re-open the mines ? Give the miners their jobs back ? Help the British motor industry ? Nope... too busy filling their pockets and giving each other Peerages. Damned hypocrites.

[Dedworth]

Yep, they conveniently forget the 13 years they were given to put right the 'bad' things the Tories supposedly did.

Did they reverse any Tory policies and legislation ? Re-open the mines ? Give the miners their jobs back ? Help the British motor industry ? Nope... too busy filling their pockets and giving each other Peerages. Damned hypocrites.

You forgot to mention that the working class party also spent 13 years deregulating and sucking up to the evil bankers in the City of London

[joebloggs]

I see Ken Livingstone has just been on Sky blaming Thatcher for the housing problems today? ... maybe he should blame the state of the roads on the Romans as well

it's true sold more than 1 million off, and ere built well, virtually 0 !



it dropped from 75,000 council houses being built a year when she came to power to virtually 0 when she was booted out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14380936




No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor
They're batting on pickets - trying to even the score
It's all inclusive - the dirt comes free
And you can be all that you want to be
Oh an equal chance and an equal pay
But equally there's no equal pay
There's room on top - if you tow the line
And if you believe all this you must be out of your mind

Bulingdon boy Osborne cuts the top rate of tax for the rich, while cutting benefits to the poor and low paid

George Osborne mounts fierce defence of 'essential' cut in top tax

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...x-8556168.html

[fred]

Well...She took my milk but said sorry later by giving me the right to buy my council home.. In essence..Sod the milk!
Cheers Maggie!! Bon voyage and good job in the Falklands BTW..