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[Wise Old Elf]

I remember her with mixed feelings.

She enabled 'normal people' including my mum and dad to buy a house which was certainly not the normal when I grew up. But I also remember when interest rates went up and we could not pay the bills.

I like to remember her as someone who 'made a difference' good or bad. Can you really say that about those that have come after?
She made tough decisions regarding Unions and they had to be made. Both my Grandfathers worked in Fords so I understand they had to be made.

RIP Maggie

Jason

[Shifty]

I asked a lecturer about her at college today...because obviously I wasnt alive but it's of the understanding she kind of played a part in ruining manufacturering in Britain??

Is this because she didnt bow down to all the strikes?

Please correct me...I'd love to hear the other side of the fence

I can only go on what people around me say lol

Yes brilliant, she managed to single handedly bugger our coal industry as imports were cheaper, at least they were until we had no coal industry then prices went through the roof. And those evil unions, expecting people to have jobs, and Rights! How communist.

But to leave the entertaining rhetoric to one side, of you want to hear the other side just ask anyone in any of the many industries that she trashed what they think of her and why. She murdered our manufacturing industries to build a banking centre of the world. And we all know how well that worked out..............

She kicked ass in regard to the Falklands...no messing!!

As already said whether you liked her or not she had balls

Interestingly very few people seem to remember that it was thatchers government that inflicted massive cuts on the army including a reduction in the Falklands garrison. Had that not happened the Falklands war may have lasted a few hours as our lads would have most likely repelled them before they landed.

I for one feel the world is a better place today.

I'd have Thatcher over Cameron anyday.

[Shifty]

^^^^

(sounds a bit wrong)

[Tamworthbay]

I asked a lecturer about her at college today...because obviously I wasnt alive but it's of the understanding she kind of played a part in ruining manufacturering in Britain??

Is this because she didnt bow down to all the strikes?

Please correct me...I'd love to hear the other side of the fence

I can only go on what people around me say lol

Yes brilliant, she managed to single handedly bugger our coal industry as imports were cheaper, at least they were until we had no coal industry then prices went through the roof. And those evil unions, expecting people to have jobs, and Rights! How communist.

But to leave the entertaining rhetoric to one side, of you want to hear the other side just ask anyone in any of the many industries that she trashed what they think of her and why. She murdered our manufacturing industries to build a banking centre of the world. And we all know how well that worked out..............

She kicked ass in regard to the Falklands...no messing!!

As already said whether you liked her or not she had balls

Interestingly very few people seem to remember that it was thatchers government that inflicted massive cuts on the army including a reduction in the Falklands garrison. Had that not happened the Falklands war may have lasted a few hours as our lads would have most likely repelled them before they landed.

I for one feel the world is a better place today.

I'd have Thatcher over Cameron anyday.

Is that the kind of sick stuff you are interested in these days? Corpse/ Pm/ shifty threesomes? Pervert

[Tamworthbay]

^^^^

(sounds a bit wrong)

Too slow mate, I had already hit post^^^^^

[MaxAndPaddy]

Trying to block THAT mental image........

She was the last PM that actually led the country. Unlike todays politicians she actually stood by most of her policies to the point where towards the end she became a bit of a liability

[Wakey-Dan]

Its nice to hear some support for the old girl on here, im a tory supporting yorkshireman who works in the public services and i dont think id have made it out of work alive today if i voiced my support.

She did then what cameron is and has to do now, neccesary cuts to all that have riden the wave of the previous labour government for the greater good of all.

[Tamworthbay]

I Definately think she deserved a state funeral, ideally in 1975.

[AVV IT]

She enabled 'normal people' including my mum and dad to buy a house which was certainly not the normal when I grew up. But I also remember when interest rates went up and we could not pay the bills.

Oh yes the right to buy your home. Enabling "normal people" to buy the very housing that was set up to house the poor and working classes, ultimatlely to stop them being exploited by private landlords who charged them rent to live in substandard slums. Then when interest rates hit nearly 17%, those same "normal people" faced repossession, escalating debt and homelessness. With no hope of being rehoused in social housing, due to all the council housing having been sold off, they all ended up being forced back into being exploited by private landlords again. What a great system that was!!

[Gr4h4m]

Well she did a job I wouldn't want to do, I. That I mean specifically the PM. It is a role the seems to sap the life out of you, you have to be strong and make a decision that will be recoded in history for everyone to debate after the fact, generally without all the facts?

[myredmini]

I'm too young to witness anything do to with Margaret Thatcher. But I know she was part of a family which must be so sad for their loss.

RIP

[Wakey-Dan]

Well she did a job I wouldn't want to do, I. That I mean specifically the PM. It is a role the seems to sap the life out of you, you have to be strong and make a decision that will be recoded in history for everyone to debate after the fact, generally without all the facts?

This is true, you only need to look at tony blairs before and after pictures, and i think camerons aged by 5 years already. Cant comment on brown, he looked like a melted welly before he even started.

[Tamworthbay]

Well she did a job I wouldn't want to do, I. That I mean specifically the PM. It is a role the seems to sap the life out of you, you have to be strong and make a decision that will be recoded in history for everyone to debate after the fact, generally without all the facts?

This is true, you only need to look at tony blairs before and after pictures, and i think camerons aged by 5 years already. Cant comment on brown, he looked like a melted welly before he even started.

I have no pity for any of them, no one forces them to do it. They do it to feed their own vanity - Blair being the perfect example of that.

[iMurray]

Not being old enoguh to remember her, But being an active Conservative ( I'm vice chairman of my local conservative club as i was at 20) i'm gonna go ahead and say she did well, people didnt like her but she was still voted in, i dont agree with people striking even today, personally i find it a bullminded way of going about things :)


what i will say though, look at the bin men strike... within weeks britain went from a steaming pile of defecate and rotting vegt to a clean place to live again, Thank you Maggie. No one could have predicted the Falklands. The Argies did it very well, But we did it better thanks Maggie.

It says something when the former editor of the Sun ( for about 14 years i'll point out) which is prodominently the most Socialist paper out there, Was singing her praises on national television earlier today. She did her job and she did her job well... hell who else would tell George Bush SNR mid way through the first gulf war to "Not go all wobbly on us now George"


Great woman, RIP

[megamini_jb]

RIP