in memory of mrs thatcher

Originally posted by stellspalfie
people also forget what a state germany was in before hitler came to power.

And the comparison is what? You're kidding right?

Originally posted by stellspalfie
people also forget what a state germany was in before hitler came to power.

Stripping school kids of free milk and unions of their powers hardly compares with the Nazi atrocities. I'm not a fan of the woman but this is a little unfair.

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Not too many British people liked Ted Heath either.

Neil Kinnock had a hard time too.

In more recent times, Tony Blair was seen as a puppet of Bush.

Gordon Brown fell foul of a lot of people too.

Maggie was disliked because she did not know how to compromise.
The lady is not for turning was a phrase that will always be attributed
to her. She was inflexible on many policies.

I think the poll tax was the start of her demise.


Her unpopularity had nothing to do with the fact that she was a woman.

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i live in buckinghamshire, i'm a tiny dot of red in a sea of blue. but i come from teeside......and no we didnt have streets as such, it was horizontal concrete with boxes of concrete on top and concrete flower beds with concrete flowers.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
i live in buckinghamshire, i'm a tiny dot of red in a sea of blue. but i come from teeside......and no we didnt have streets as such, it was horizontal concrete with boxes of concrete on top and concrete flower beds with concrete flowers.

You've come a long way.

From rough tough Teeside,

to lovely rural posh Buckinghamshire?

It's a wonder they let you in.......🙂

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to be honest i was being a bit over dramatic. teeside (or the infant hercules as gladstone named it) is beautiful place, the cleveland hills and yorkshire moors on one side and whats left of the industry that helped build the modern world on the other, lining the river tees which slips into the picturesque tees valley.

we built the best steel in the world - until thatcher sold british steel, now we still make steel but the money goes to india.

we invented and built the railways - thatcher then sold british rail, look where thats got us.

we dug the coal the fueled the power stations - thatcher shut us down

we had ici one of the biggest chemical companies in the world - thatcher stood buy as it was torn apart, sold off and closed down.

in return we got a tiny nissan plant. thanks maggie.

I guess everyone who didn't live in Teeside or in a concrete box should feel bad about that. For some reason.

yes you should, its called empathy. maybe you were too busy doing your homework to notice the suffering the midlands and the north endured and still do, maybe your eyes were fixated on the city of london, maybe you get a patriotic tingle up your spine when you see the hustle and bustle stock market as all those short term gains were made in the 1980's. i know my parents loved it when it all crashed in early 90's shortly after they had bought their first house and the interest rates went through the roof.


like ive said, i dont totally disagree with you about the unions. as its been pointed out to you with the german model, thatcher didnt crush the union and make all towns and cities great, she only cared about london, it would seem you feel the same.

Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
You've come a long way.

From rough tough Teeside,

to lovely rural posh Buckinghamshire?

It's a wonder they let you in.......🙂

shhhhh dont give me away. im disguised, ive got an over sized 4x4 for the school run and dressed head to feet burberry. my accent is a mix of teeside and york, the lady in tesco's the other day asked if i was from ireland??

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Wait until the demis of G.W. Bush to see a vilified myn (probably more villified than Mrs. Thatcher).

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Neville Chamberlain leaps to mind.

His policy of appeasement was horribly ill-advised.