Thatcher
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- 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?
- Ianbolton0
I read an article on the BBC yesterday, not in any way sticking up for her, but merely saying what evidence have we got to say a different government would have done things differently? A lot of the decisions were brought on by global and society changes. I think the 80s were a massive changing point around the world but after seeing my family ripped to bits by miners strikes, pit closures and relentless privatisation, from my experience it wasn't a good period for the UK. The bigger picture is we're all pretty much fucked though right? With most economies based upon peak oil and gold prices and the environment isn't going to get better, over population, debt and ridiculous consumerist nations doesn't look so promising to me. Maybe Thatcher started all this?! and Maybe Fucking Obama has too many hands up his arse to change anything.
- Yup, this, this and exactly this.
But hey, it's much easier to blame an individual.detritus - I suppose ultimately, that's all democracy is about - having someone to blame for our collective ills.detritus
- The thing is anyone who wants to be a head of state or other politician is agreeing to take that responsibility on themselves just by doing the job.Continuity
- ... by doing that job.Continuity
- Worth noting any 80s government wd have had the benefit of North Sea Oil revenue...NonEntity
- Tories made much capital (so to speak) of their fiscal nous but were lucky with timingNonEntity
- But then an unreconstructed Labour government would have not used that money to best advantage either...NonEntity
- Hey swings and roundabouts, circle of life, yin and yang, blah blah yadda yadda, that's life y'allNonEntity
- She was a soulless PSYCHOPATH! Why do you so wilfully ignore that? She had NO COMPASSION.eoin
- You misunderstand, eoin: we're not ignoring anything except your Punch & Judy Show brain.NonEntity
- Yup, this, this and exactly this.
- ukit20
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- Continuity0
Good riddance. Between her and Reagan, it made the late 20th unpleasant for all, regardless of where one lived.
- At least reagan's war on drug was a successgeorgesIII
- Oh, yes, astounding!Continuity
- hahainstrmntl
- trust, but verify you knowTheBlueOne
- teh0
- kingkong0
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
"She has the eyes of Caligula but the mouth of Marilyn Monroe." French President Francois Mitterrand
- teh0
- Wolfboy0
I'm not cheering her death, but I wont be stomaching any glowing retrospectives of he life over the next week or so.
Everyone living in Britain today are directly affected by her policies - the mass privatisation of our services and the deregulation of the markets she was such a huge part of set the ticking time bomb of greed that has left the country in the shambles it currently is.
The whole bedroom tax controversy can be traced directly back to the decision to sell off so many council houses leaving us with a lack of one bedroom properties.
And never forget that to her that the economy always came before the day to day lives of the people she was supposed to be serving. The heavy handed destruction of the mining industry, the Poll Tax debacle and so on.
- oey0
- GeorgesIV0
But are we really sure she's dead,
she may just be pretending,
* Tinfoil hat to the max