RIP - Baroness Thatcher
14 April 2013, 06:34 PM
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Two lovely girls and lovely wife.
14 April 2013, 08:34 PM
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15 April 2013, 04:18 PM
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Lol. At the poll tax.
God forbid anyone having to pay for their fair share of the public expense.Libraries etc....
I hated it myself when it came out, as I had to suddenly pay, when before my parents paid rates on our house.
No im older and now understand how the local charges really work i am wiser.
God forbid anyone having to pay for their fair share of the public expense.Libraries etc....
I hated it myself when it came out, as I had to suddenly pay, when before my parents paid rates on our house.
No im older and now understand how the local charges really work i am wiser.
17 April 2013, 03:12 PM
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17 April 2013, 03:34 PM
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Just ignorant imho...they know nothing about the state of the UK before she took power and they wouldn't even be able to recognise the place if it had carried on moving in the direction it was...I guess Im actually middle aged and grumpy now, long way from the long haired little twerp who attended the poll tax dwmo
17 April 2013, 04:54 PM
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I wouldn't mind all this admiration for her if the country we live in today wasn't such an awful miserabele sh1thole full of selfish and/or crooked w4nkers! And no, before all you Thatcher worshippers say it, that was not all Blair's fault, he wasn't that influential frankly!
17 April 2013, 04:55 PM
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Seriously, I started my business in 1983. If we were still having all out strikes, three day weeks and all the rest of it, I wouldn't have survived.
It wasn't all plain sailing, but I'm still here 30 years later!
It wasn't all plain sailing, but I'm still here 30 years later!
17 April 2013, 04:57 PM
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I wouldn't mind all this admiration for her if the country we live in today wasn't such an awful miserabele sh1thole full of selfish and/or crooked w4nkers! And no, before all you Thatcher worshippers say it, that was not all Blair's fault, he wasn't that influential frankly!
17 April 2013, 05:55 PM
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What kind of person would respect a cruel, heartless person like her??
Branding Nelson Mandela a terrorist
Supporting Apartheid
Giving aid to Pol Pot
Supporting Pinochet
Dismantled the unions
Destroyed British manufacturing – the steel works, mining and dock working industries
Left millions of working class Brits unemployed
Sold off Britain’s assets, including British Gas
Started the disastrous swathe of privatisation that continues to this day
Introduced the poll tax
Increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%
Cut the benefits system down to the bare bones
Left the NHS so underfunded that the horror stories of poor care remain a mark on British healthcare today
Used the British military, dressed in police uniform, to handle protests and strikes
Permitted brutal police measures
Allowed 10 Irish political prisoners to die during hunger strike
Dismantled the council house system, leaving a housing shortage for the poor that continues to this day
Was a close friend of Jimmy Savile
you want to respect her, fine
17 April 2013, 05:58 PM
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17 April 2013, 06:01 PM
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Dismantled the unions - good, cut the benefit system to bare bones - good, it's supposed to be a safety net not a way of life, allowed ten Irish political prisoners to die on hunger strike - they knew where the fridge was, and as for the disaster of privatisation, maybe you should try living in Russia.
17 April 2013, 06:03 PM
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What kind of person would respect a cruel, heartless person like her??
Branding Nelson Mandela a terrorist
Supporting Apartheid
Giving aid to Pol Pot
Supporting Pinochet
Dismantled the unions
Destroyed British manufacturing – the steel works, mining and dock working industries
Left millions of working class Brits unemployed
Sold off Britain’s assets, including British Gas
Started the disastrous swathe of privatisation that continues to this day
Introduced the poll tax
Increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%
Cut the benefits system down to the bare bones
Left the NHS so underfunded that the horror stories of poor care remain a mark on British healthcare today
Used the British military, dressed in police uniform, to handle protests and strikes
Permitted brutal police measures
Allowed 10 Irish political prisoners to die during hunger strike
Dismantled the council house system, leaving a housing shortage for the poor that continues to this day
Was a close friend of Jimmy Savile
you want to respect her, fine
What a ****!
17 April 2013, 06:19 PM
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17 April 2013, 06:27 PM
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Particularly when those miners were massacred. They just don't know how to live in a civilised society along with the rest of Africa.
17 April 2013, 07:30 PM
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One (house builders) started in the 1940s...still going today (albeit struggling when compared to the last decade- obviously)
Second one (Automotive repair) Became limited in the 1960s...still going today (albeit struggling, plenty of throughput but limited profitability due to overhead in equipment and service contracts.
).Third Accountacy: Started as a book keeping practice in late 1980s, thriving today.
Lucky? Possibly..in that none of my families have had to rely on a tax-payer funded form of employment. Maybe there is a underlying moral point somewhere in the above?
17 April 2013, 08:32 PM
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What kind of person would respect a cruel, heartless person like her??
Branding Nelson Mandela a terrorist - for blowing up infrastructure? What dictionary do you use?
Supporting Pinochet - Who supported free markets and made Chile the best performing S. American country, enriching its whole population
Dismantled the unions - Which led to increased productivity, reduced strikes, and increased reliability, a good thing surely?
Destroyed British manufacturing – the steel works, mining and dock working industries - The biggest fallacy of all, manufacturing actually ROSE under Thatcher http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02...uring_figures/
Left millions of working class Brits unemployed - actually once the recession ended and her reforms started to kick in, unemployment halved by the end of her term
Sold off Britain’s assets, including British Gas - Because they were a drain on the nation as nationalised industries, this was the whole point!
Started the disastrous swathe of privatisation that continues to this day - its only disastrous in your tiny little mind. You clearly aren't old enough to know what things were like before hand. Read up on what things were really like under nationalised companies. And high bills today are in large part down to EU regs by the way, not profit taking
Introduced the poll tax - Actually a fair way of taxation, people who used lots of services got charged more than people who didn't. Isn't that fair? Or maybe you think that single people subsidising large families is fair?
Increased VAT from 8% to 17.5% - An EU tax, minimum rates are set by the EU, the UK has traditionally charged the least or almost the least
Cut the benefits system down to the bare bones - safety net not lifestyle choice, why should I pay for you not to bother to look for work?
Left the NHS so underfunded that the horror stories of poor care remain a mark on British healthcare today - NHS abuses continue today, Liverpool care pathway and Staffordshire trust are good Google terms for you to use. Increased spending over the last 10 years has seen productivity DROP
Used the British military, dressed in police uniform, to handle protests and strikes - So preventing riots and protecting property, that's a bad thing is it?
Permitted brutal police measures - Actually introduced PACE in 1984 to tighten up police procedures and protect people who had been arrested, and stop abuses
Allowed 10 Irish political prisoners to die during hunger strike - You mean respected their right to protest and refuse food? You think she should have had them strapped down and force fed instead?
Dismantled the council house system, leaving a housing shortage for the poor that continues to this day - What makes you think there is a shortage? There are plenty of houses around that councils rent off private landlords. If however they get trashed by scummy tenants, then it isn't really a surprise that said landlords become reluctant.
Was a close friend of Jimmy Savile - Really, that's the best you can do?
you want to respect her, fine
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17 April 2013, 08:42 PM
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Well at least you could voice your concerns about Maggie "style" of leadership
You wouldn't try the same under Pincochet if you knew what was good for you
You wouldn't try the same under Pincochet if you knew what was good for you
17 April 2013, 08:51 PM
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