Thatcher
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- Ianbolton0
The longer you're in power, the more hatred you can build up for yourself. I know, as a liberal working class male, she was a total bastard at times, but I can't think of any government in the last 35 years who's actually finished their tenure with a country full of happy faces. Politics is a twisted, fucked up world. But then you watch The Thick of It and it makes you feel so much better!
- kingkong0
Quote the guardian and you'll never get a balanced picture.
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong....
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich....
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."
- and the torygraph is balanced?lowimpakt
- HAHAHA, dismiss the Guardian as unbalanced, quote the Telegraph. Internet gold. Why not throw in the Mail for true equilibrium!Wolfboy
- Mail & Express, that's balanced, surely ? Because there are 2 of them.mikotondria3
- ah.... what about the SUN?!?!?vaxorcist
- lowimpakt0
"Her legacy is of public division, private selfishness and a cult of greed, which together shackle far more of the human spirit than they ever set free."
- lowimpakt0
interesting discussion on the radio this morning where her senior economic advisor admitted that her shock policies were in part the cause of the welfare state, which more than tripled under her watch.
he also admitted that the problems caused by this are still felt today
- MrT0
- trooperbill0
you forget how the uk was failing as a country when she came to power and she turned things around. the unions were crippling businesses by keeping wage bills high which made exports uncompetative. sure she deregulated the banks which caused 2 recessions (1992 and 2010) and encouraged families to split up leading to the decline of society and morals but wed have been in a worse state if these things hadnt happened. dont forget we had many years of a labor government and they never countermanded her laws/systems!
- << Sure, she led to the decline of society and morals, but hey, eventually we could all afford to buy a Mondeo on a credit card.eoin
- teh0
- teh0
- ukit20
Here you go:
- TheGreatGlorpo0
A relative probably had no idea who she was save for the Iron Lady movie, and that she was a woman who died today. Didn't stop her from posting a link on Facebook from the Rush Limbaugh site and comment that she was "a tough woman" and that she loved that about her. She's really into strong/powerful women; they're good role models for her kids. Geez.
I do not know much about her either, but I know she did plenty that screwed up the country. Can someone give me a list of the top 10 things she did that were awful?