RIP Maggie Thatcher

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Jabba

Am I alone in thinking that this country would be in a worse state were it not for her?

For those that are old enough, cast your mind back to the "Winter of Discontent" where the ordinary man and woman in the street were being held to ransom by the Unions....... and before I'm flamed, I'm proud card-carrying member of GMB.

Would anyone else have acted so decisively in response to the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands?

Unlike those that have followed, we knew where we stood with her and when we would be worse off/better off, unlike the slimey weasels of all political persuasions that followed her.

Do not speak ill of the dead.

RIP.

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

whatever your political leanings, still someones mum,

RIP Baroness Thatcher

here, here to both points above

[Bibio]

'still someone's mum' eerrrmmm yes and they are called Mark and Carol Thatcher.. enough said really.

Originally Posted by Dave81

You mean rest in firey hell for eternity, surely?

She thought she was doing the right thing for the country.

She may have been wrong but the alternatives didn't seem to good either.

[NTECUK]

The unions just got too big.
It needed someone committed
But 12 years was a bit too much.
Some might say she should have been committed......

[Littlepeahead]

She hated having to give money to Europe and was concerned we'd be sucked into a European superstate where those in Brussels would dictate to us, so she fought it all the way. She thought we'd be better off outside of the European Union and a single currency so rejected the Euro.

What ever your of her, she had more balls than anyone else in the government for a long time. (also a spine... she stood her ground rightly or wrongly).

RIP Mrs T

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by chris8886

here, here to both points above

She also helped many thousands of people to get onto the property ladder and so pass something onto their kids. The mis-management of the affordable house building programmes by successive governments usually overshadows this legacy of her premiership.

She may not have been universally popular and I can see why some despised her. Tough decisions had to be made at that time though and she had the guts to make them, unlike so many spineless morons in politics since.

[Mark_h]

I think she dragged Britain out of the 50's. That kind of up rooting was never going to be popular. Personally I think she did a very difficult job pretty well. Better than the wet lettuces we've had since then.

Originally Posted by Mark_h

I think she dragged Britain out of the 50's. That kind of up rooting was never going to be popular. Personally I think she did a very difficult job pretty well. Better than the wet lettuces we've had since then.

Damn right!

RIP Baroness Thatcher.

[Matt-EUC]

You can see the headlines now. An image of death standing over maggie saying "GOTCHA!"