cheesemonster2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 The former Tory leader, Margaret Thatcher, has been admitted to hospital after feeling faint. Maggie, if you don't remember, was responsible for the destruction of British society, unemployment of millions, creation of section 28, end of the UK manufacturing industry and many other evil deeds. She is possibly the reason why people today no longer feel safe in their neighbourhoods and don't trust politicians. She is the reason why people are still disinclined to vote Tory. The IRA's attempt to assasinate her in the eighties failed and the British public had to endure her for many more years. Thatcher is evil. What other reasons are there to hate her...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl89 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 How can you say that about a person? People have faults, whether they are really bad or not. Hate is such a strong word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 How can you say that about a person? People have faults, whether they are really bad or not. Hate is such a strong word. I agree that it is such a strong word but it's reserved for people like her. I believe she destroyed Britain and British society. As the saying goes - you either love Thatcher or hate her. I've yet to meet anyone in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Flynn Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Maggie should not be a hate figure even if you disagree with many of her policies. The British people supported her at every election she contested. However I would say that she was fortunate in winning the Falklands War. Without that she would have lost the premiership much sooner. As for the I.O.M. I will always maintain that our tourist industry seriously declined after 1980 because of her policies decimating much of the U.K.'s manufacturing industry. It may well be it would have happened in any case but the speed of change and fortunes were very painful for the Isle of Man and others in the affected areas in the U.K. It is obvious that this nightmare has had long lasting repercussions for many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survivor Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Unfortunately the IRA's attempt to assasinate her in the eighties failed that's an awful thing to say - you hate her that much you wish her dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Very poor taste, regardless of how you feel about her governing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Unfortunately the IRA's attempt to assasinate her in the eighties failed that's an awful thing to say - you hate her that much you wish her dead? I would be inclined to say yes. However, the people of Ireland would probably have suffered even more if she had been assasinated. They may have been terrorists but Thatcher had many connections to terrorists and rouges especially Pinochet. She was also strongly against devolution to occupied parts of the UK like Scotland and Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survivor Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 * just shakes her head* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Very poor taste, regardless of how you feel about her governing. I addition to my earlier posted comments I should add that she also more-or-less destroyed the Trades Union movement, humiliated the miners, introduced the poll tax, reduced taxes for the richest whilst raising them for working people, ended free milk in UK schools (Thatcher, milk snatcher - remember?), sold off council housing without replacing them, privatized essential industry, led a corrupt cabinet, attacked single mothers, immigrants, the elderly and unemployed. The list of her crimes against Britain is endless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Makes me think how i would feel if Pres Bush was assasinated? schadenfreud? hoist in his own petard? Maggie? i hated her politics while admiring her won tons, probably the UK's most succesful PM of the 20th Century. I wish her no ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Makes me think how i would feel if Pres Bush was assasinated? schadenfreud? hoist in his own petard? Maggie? i hated her politics while admiring her won tons, probably the UK's most succesful PM of the 20th Century. I wish her no ill. She was the most successful. In my opinion this was because she appealed to the higher and middle classes because of tax policies, anti-union opinions, etc. She also managed to appeal to some working class people because of her lies and deceit. She is the British George W Bush - loved or hated. Urban Dictionary contains some nice definitions of her - some positive but, not suprisingly, most negative: Urban Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Hooray! Good news at last in this wet and dark winter. I hope her illness is nothing trivial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 did the pub close early ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Something tells me you don't even know what facism is. It's a shame you have so much rage about things that happened before you were even born and are still yet to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Something tells me you don't even know what facism is. It's a shame you have so much rage about things that happened before you were even born and are still yet to understand. Dammit. You beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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