Must have felt lovely for her to stand next to a new Conservative PM.
It certainly looked as though Thatcher was enjoying it more than the new Conservative PM.
Cameron looked faintly embarrassed throughout the whole charade... wearing the sort of expression you'd have if your favourite great aunt had just pissed herself again
It certainly looked as though Thatcher was enjoying it more than the new Conservative PM.
Cameron looked faintly embarrassment throughout the whole charade... wearing the sort of expression you'd have if your favourite great aunt had just pissed herself again
Or maybe he realised that with all this talk of decimating state services, standing next to Thatcher sent out a visual message that her philosophies were back in vogue - no matter what he says.
It certainly looked as though Thatcher was enjoying it more than the new Conservative PM.
Cameron looked faintly embarrassed throughout the whole charade... wearing the sort of expression you'd have if your favourite great aunt had just pissed herself again
Did anyone inform John McDonnell she was going to be there?
Seriously, why wheel out the "Thatch" ever time a new PM gets in. Blair and Brown did it. Although Blair was Maggie's protege far more than Major I suppose.
I did not criticise Fatch? and if per chance I was to and any Tory supporters didn't like it then I would tell them "tough".
However it is one thing to be critical of a Politician (ex or present) and revel in their death
Perhaps the question should be is why people are revelling in the prospect of her death , She was a terrible woman. will you be mourning Robert Mugabe because he was a politican?
Or maybe he realised that with all this talk of decimating state services, standing next to Thatcher sent out a visual message that her philosophies were back in vogue - no matter what he says.
Or maybe he just remembered that Jonathan Ross was right about what he got up to in his teenage years :eek:
Unfortunately it crystallises a lot of what passes for political argument here.
No most political argument on here just involves people posting derogatory comments about this party or that party.
Where actual substance and form is delivered, for example, in the OPs original post on this thread, most posters will gloss over it and attack one party or the other without addressing the point at hand.
Like yourself, you think its acceptable for all these visits, teas, drinks etc with all the associated security arrangements and what not, given the "in this altogether" austerity cuts coming?
Comparing Thatcher to Mugabe is the most childish and pathetic thing I've read in a long while!
For one thing we had proper, kosher elections that saw Thatcher become PM. All with a bigger share of the vote than all three Labour wins from 1997!
Perhaps you should ask why people would revel in her death so much and comparing her to Mugabe. She was deeply hated in some parts of the country,
I would have no problem with some Muslims celebrating the death of Tony Blair to be honest because they would probably have a deep grievance against Tony Blair.
What did she do to you that makes you so bitter 20 years after she left office?
I havent revelled in her death just made jokes about how hated she was, What has Robert Mugabe or Adolph Hitler done to you? because I presume you wouldnt mind someone celebrating in his death?
I havent revelled in her death just made jokes about how hated she was, What has Robert Mugabe or Adolph Hitler done to you? because I presume you wouldnt mind someone celebrating in his death?
I wouldn't deny anyone the right to celebrate the death of a mass murderer.Revelling in the death of a politician you are ideologically opposed to is another matter and thankfully most decent people are above that sort of thing.
I wouldn't deny anyone the right to celebrate the death of a mass murderer.Revelling in the death of a politician you are ideologically opposed to is another matter and thankfully most decent people are above that sort of thing.
Ten deaths resulted from events around the strike: six pickets, three teenagers searching for coal, and a taxi driver taking a non-striking miner to work.
Many people feel she went back on promises, she organised a stockpiling of coal and other substitutes so that any strike would be have little to no impact to the country. She pretty much wanted a confrontation, not saying she was responsible but many within the mining industry hold her ultimately accountable for the results of the strike.
I wouldn't deny anyone the right to celebrate the death of a mass murderer.Revelling in the death of a politician you are ideologically opposed to is another matter and thankfully most decent people are above that sort of thing.
If her politics destroyed livelyhoods , lives then I can see why those people would celebrate in her death
When you start losing public sector services, when teachers start losing their support staff, when waiting lists increase back to the six months they were at under the Tories, and when they continue with their efforts to outsource anything public sector into the hands of profit making companies and charities.
Some of these things will happen because they were built on foundations of sand-borrowed money. We've got to live within our means as a country, just like every family.
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I did not criticise Fatch? and if per chance I was to and any Tory supporters didn't like it then I would tell them "tough".
However it is one thing to be critical of a Politician (ex or present) and revel in their death.
It certainly looked as though Thatcher was enjoying it more than the new Conservative PM.
Cameron looked faintly embarrassed throughout the whole charade... wearing the sort of expression you'd have if your favourite great aunt had just pissed herself again
Or maybe he realised that with all this talk of decimating state services, standing next to Thatcher sent out a visual message that her philosophies were back in vogue - no matter what he says.
Im not surprised.
Good old Maggie.
Ditto.
You do make me laugh!
Seriously, why wheel out the "Thatch" ever time a new PM gets in. Blair and Brown did it. Although Blair was Maggie's protege far more than Major I suppose.
He's still trying to get to grips with the controls of the Tardis.
Perhaps the question should be is why people are revelling in the prospect of her death , She was a terrible woman. will you be mourning Robert Mugabe because he was a politican?
Or maybe he just remembered that Jonathan Ross was right about what he got up to in his teenage years :eek:
PMSL You'd share the same outrage for someone like Mugabe then?
No didnt think so, :cool:
Agreed.:D
Comparing Thatcher to Mugabe is the most childish and pathetic thing I've read in a long while!
For one thing we had proper, kosher elections that saw Thatcher become PM. All with a bigger share of the vote than all three Labour wins from 1997!
Unfortunately it crystallises a lot of what passes for political argument here.
No most political argument on here just involves people posting derogatory comments about this party or that party.
Where actual substance and form is delivered, for example, in the OPs original post on this thread, most posters will gloss over it and attack one party or the other without addressing the point at hand.
Like yourself, you think its acceptable for all these visits, teas, drinks etc with all the associated security arrangements and what not, given the "in this altogether" austerity cuts coming?
Agreed. Some of the comments are vile. I think some people are sick in the head
Perhaps you should ask why people would revel in her death so much and comparing her to Mugabe. She was deeply hated in some parts of the country,
I would have no problem with some Muslims celebrating the death of Tony Blair to be honest because they would probably have a deep grievance against Tony Blair.
What did she do to you that makes you so bitter 20 years after she left office?
I havent revelled in her death just made jokes about how hated she was, What has Robert Mugabe or Adolph Hitler done to you? because I presume you wouldnt mind someone celebrating in his death?
I wouldn't deny anyone the right to celebrate the death of a mass murderer.Revelling in the death of a politician you are ideologically opposed to is another matter and thankfully most decent people are above that sort of thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_%281984%E2%80%931985%29
Many people feel she went back on promises, she organised a stockpiling of coal and other substitutes so that any strike would be have little to no impact to the country. She pretty much wanted a confrontation, not saying she was responsible but many within the mining industry hold her ultimately accountable for the results of the strike.
If her politics destroyed livelyhoods , lives then I can see why those people would celebrate in her death
Some of these things will happen because they were built on foundations of sand-borrowed money. We've got to live within our means as a country, just like every family.
Thank you for just proving everything i thought about you correct.
Comparing Thatcher to Mugabe?
You're a complete joke mate.