RIP Maggie Thatcher

[Biker Biggles]

In this case RIP stands for Rail Industry Privatisation.

I think getting rid of the full fat milk that had been sweating all day by the massive cast iron radiator that stood under the window in the corridor that recieved full sun shine all day that tasted like it had been strained through old people's underwear was not such a bad idea.

I haven't noticed a calcium deficiency in many of the orgers either.

I guess it wasn't that vital.

[TamSV]

Originally Posted by BigBaddad

If the unions had their way we'd still be running the country on coal.

But we do. We generate more electricity from coal than from any other fuel. Millions of tonnes are imported from Russia and Columbia while billions of tonnes of UK coal lies unmolested in the ground.

We didn't give up on coal, we gave up on having a coal industry.

I agreed with some of what Maggie did entirely, I agreed with the motives but not the method in some areas and disagreed entirely with her in others. Pretty much how I feel about most PM's to a greater or lesser extent (although Gordon Brown is a struggle). Boring, I know. I don't really do fanboy-ism or blind hatred.

With the benefit of living in the future, the results of what she did in some areas puts her scorecard into the negative for me. However, revelling in the death of another human being, whether it's Mother Theresa or Osama Bin Laden, isn't really necessary. Only a couple of posts have done that though. Critical reflection on such a public life is fair game I think, inevitable really, even in a thread like this.

RIP Mrs T. At the very least you remind me of a time when politicians could get to the top still believing in something.

Originally Posted by TamSV

B

We didn't give up on coal, we gave up on having a coal industry.

And now our coal is cheaper and our populace aren't dying of colliers lung.

I find it amazing that some are blaming her for the current situation calling it the result of the extension of her policies, but her policies were a reaction to what went before and there has been plenty of time since to balance out including 12 years of labour! Far easier to lay the economic success of the late 90s and start of the millennium on her than the blame for now IMHO and it certainly doesn't make sense to try it the other way round.

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by fenjer

Also, we were told this was an RIP thread and to behave.... lol

More chance of Preston being in drag!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Spank86

I haven't noticed a calcium deficiency in many of the orgers either.

I guess it wasn't that vital.

I think we had in in first year or two of primary school? Wasn't it something brought in during the war due to kids being literally malnourished and it actually being needed at the time?

Anyway Wilson was the really evil b*stard, I could have right done with a pint of milk in a morning at secondary school, it's a reasonable hangover cure.


Just one more thing trotted out by people wanting a cheap shot because they can't elucidate a point about grown up politics perchance.

Pretty much.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I think we had in in first year or two of primary school? Wasn't it something brought in during the war due to kids being literally malnourished and it actually being needed at the time?

Correct. By the late '70s it was no longer necessary due to improvements in diet and nutritional knowledge. So it was a cost that could be avoided. Taking away something you do not need and saving the country a bucket full of dosh a year is common sense.

I remember the dinky quarter pint bottles in their special crate in each primary school classroom, getty hot and tasting revolting just as BigBaddad describes.

[Paul the 6th]

A good read:
"it seems Thatcher's time in power was solely spent diminishing the resources of those who had least for the advancement of those who had most"

"I suppose, that if you opposed Thatcher's ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...garet-thatcher