A question for non British people
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On the day of Thatcher's funeral, an earthquake will strike the country.
It will be caused by almost the entire populations of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and probably a good half of England dancing on her grave at once.
So yeah, from what I've read and heard she was a cold hearted ***** who gutted the working class like a salmon, but with less respect.
I don't have a problem with the Falklands War though, aside from that incident with blowing up a retreating Argentinian warship.
It will be caused by almost the entire populations of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and probably a good half of England dancing on her grave at once.
So yeah, from what I've read and heard she was a cold hearted ***** who gutted the working class like a salmon, but with less respect.
I don't have a problem with the Falklands War though, aside from that incident with blowing up a retreating Argentinian warship.
Death_Korps_Kommissar said:
one of the few things she did right letting them die, should have let the rest of them starve as well..and don't worry only 15% of us southies support seinn fein,
As far as im concerned she take her constant blatant class warfare indulging policies and stick them were the sun don't shine. Not that it matters. David Cameron is in charge, and he is busy privitising the NHS by stealth. Maybe we'll be lucky and have a lovely health system like america. Mind you if I lived in mainland england I would probably vote for him because the tories are the only party stuck up enough to tell the European Union to take a running jump. Preferrably off the nearest cliff.
Considering a fair few of the hunger strikers didn't have a choice I find your stance a little harsh. What would happen to them if they didn't strike whilst their fellows did? How long before they were killed or had their families threatened?realist1990 said:
realist1990 said:
one could point out that they wouldn't have been there if they hadn't being a member of a terrorist organisation, they weren't innocent men..well most of them weren't
I think Thatcher is a great woman, great leader. She wasn't a waffler, which scores major points with me.
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I wasn't alive when she was Prime Minister. Though my Dad was able to get a house because of one of her polices or something.
I wasn't alive when she was Prime Minister. Though my Dad was able to get a house because of one of her polices or something.
Thatcher was less despised by the entire country, more then being despised by the entire media that wasn't called The Sun, Telegraph, Daily Shits and The Times.
She got over 40% of the vote in every election and was able to score three impressive victories in terms of seats so that claim is somewhat bullshit.
She got over 40% of the vote in every election and was able to score three impressive victories in terms of seats so that claim is somewhat bullshit.
Aussie here.
In the interest of heading off some quotes, (unlikely as they are all the way back here on the 11th/12th page) I know almost nothing about how the British political system works, I've never studied any history that's taken place in BCE and I've got no idea what she actually did.
From what I can gather she's seen to be as amazing at what she did, but no one actually wanted her to do it at the time/at all (Especially in Scotland because she basically ended coal mining or some shit).
EDIT: From what I'm reading in this thread I'm gaining a large amount of respect for her.
It feels a lot like this Carbon tax which had recently gone through in Australia. There's a bunch of complaining from people about how it's going to drive up the cost of living but realistically in 20 years people will point to it and say "Look how Australia led the charge on fighting climate change by instituting a tax on carbon emissions more than 10 times the amount of any other country in the world." and the people who're complaining about it now will say how proud they are to be Australian and point to the southern cross tattooed on their sagging pectorals.
Yeah, I can't say I have a problem with what I have read on her in the last 10 mins but I also don't have any Scottish family.
In the interest of heading off some quotes, (unlikely as they are all the way back here on the 11th/12th page) I know almost nothing about how the British political system works, I've never studied any history that's taken place in BCE and I've got no idea what she actually did.
From what I can gather she's seen to be as amazing at what she did, but no one actually wanted her to do it at the time/at all (Especially in Scotland because she basically ended coal mining or some shit).
EDIT: From what I'm reading in this thread I'm gaining a large amount of respect for her.
It feels a lot like this Carbon tax which had recently gone through in Australia. There's a bunch of complaining from people about how it's going to drive up the cost of living but realistically in 20 years people will point to it and say "Look how Australia led the charge on fighting climate change by instituting a tax on carbon emissions more than 10 times the amount of any other country in the world." and the people who're complaining about it now will say how proud they are to be Australian and point to the southern cross tattooed on their sagging pectorals.
Yeah, I can't say I have a problem with what I have read on her in the last 10 mins but I also don't have any Scottish family.
