Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies

[-Mongrel-]

8 million better spent elsewhere........

Where, on a few million dole cheats/benefit scroungers/professional layabouts or a.n.other blood sucker?

Edited April 9, 2013 by -Mongrel-

[kdubya]

Yes, she lead our country through a victorious war

 

er actually lead us into one

 

KW

[TIGHTCHOKE]

er actually lead us into one

 

KW

That's what leaders do!

[kdubya]

Where, dole cheats/benefit scroungers/professional layabouts or a.n.other blood sucker?

why give it to MP's

 

KW

[kdubya]

That's what leaders do!

you didnt get my drift it was her initial act of withdrawing the southern fleet that gave Galtieri the initiative

KW

[Willxx]

Worth every penny , 8 million I've just heard

From the posts on here perhaps a quick whip round would be appropriate, I'm sure a mere £8m could be raised? While we're at it let's make sure that anyone who hasn't shed a tear has their SGC revoked as they are obviously not of sound character :-)

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Oh I think I've got your drift!

[pigeon controller]

Just some of my personel observations, both my grandfathers were miners,both got injured in the mine , union got them nothing. My father and uncle vowed never to go down the mine and moved away. I worked for 28 years for the best 4x4 in the world, the union convenor worked in my dept ( was paid) he would have a coffee in the morning spend all day in the union room and come back a 16.25 so he could stop for overtime and worked sat and sun. The union started the jobs worth culture and drained the company of money. When the government allowed you to buy your council house all the so called militents worked extra overtime to buy there parents houses so they could make a good profit.

 

The mines were running out of cheap coal and the miners were just pawns in a political battle.

 

Benefit should be a safety net to help, not a lifestile. they should not be given money but get a delivery of food from the supermarket.

 

With respect to the military I was involved in a small part in Oman,Jordan and Iraq and the Falklands and she gave us what we wanted and put the GREAT back into BRITAIN.

 

I'm not a political animal as I believe they are just political carearmongers but I do respect the the Lady and believe she did the best job she could.

 

RIP Maggie.

[-Mongrel-]

Posted elsewhere, but I cannot find ANYTHING to disagree with in the following. It as I saw and still see it.

 

Tonight I shall go and have a drink for Margaret Thatcher's death. I shall raise my glass to the night sky, and THANK HER, and celebrate her life. People on this seem to have a very strange view of history. So here are a few little nuggets with how and more specifically WHY a lot of industries were destroyed by her, and what's more, ...destroyed with the MANDATE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE.

The seventies were blighted by the trade unions waiting for winter and then coming out on strike at it's heart. Holding the country to ransom for ANNUAL pay rises of up to 36% ABOVE inflation. This was the likes of Scargill and co. And they bled us dry. We were bankrupted by them, then the Winter of Discontent happened. And they ALL came out. Miners, power workers, transport workers; even funeral directors, everything tied into the TGWU came out. My own grandparents lay on a slab for 2 months waiting to be buried. The entire country was a ruin. Rubbish not collected for months, rats everywhere. And the unions laughed, and brought down Callaghan's Labour Government.

Thatcher stood up at the General Election and made ONE SIMPLE PROMISE. Elect me. And THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. ELECT ME AND I WILL DESTROY THEM. She won by a landslide on that promise. She became the last elected Prime Minister to actually hold true to her election promise. She did exactly what she said. She utterly destroyed the unions. Obliterated them. The cost was those industries. We knew that would be the price. But we would not allow them to hold us to ransom again.

What she did, she did with our BLESSING. The socialists and people who backed those strikes have only themselves to blame for what happened. Baroness Thatcher didn't destroy those industries and communities for fun or as part of a class war. She did it to stop them holding the country to ransom again. Then she held the purse strings tight and re-built the economy and the country and Britain again stood tall and thrived. We won back the global respect we had lost while the left wing ruled. In the Falklands we were thankful for her being in office. Those of us who went 'south' in '82 did so knowing we had a leader who would not, and did not, interfere. She sent the military and allowed us to do our job. Gave us the money, the equipment and most of all THE FREEDOM to get the job done. Our lands had been invaded. We had a gun up our nose. SHE led us.

Frankly Thatcher took a very broken Britain by the hand like a strict old fashioned Matron and LED THE COUNTRY BACK TO WHERE IT HAD ONCE BEEN. We were the worlds 3rd major power in ALL respects. And as for the world, it has NEVER been safer than when Thatcher was in Downing Street, Reagan was in the White House and Gorbachev was in the Kremlin as the three spoke DAILY. They laid the ground for the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Russians were TERRIFIED of her. And the world again feared Britain.

And lets not forget that she gave people the full right to buy their own council property. Her vision was that the TENANT and the tenant alone could buy that property. As soon as her party stabbed her in the back the feeding frenzy began as under her, the famous Tory grandee greed was held in check, led by the europro traitor ponce Heseltine, who didn't have the guts to face her openly and alone, they arranged her removal and we have been a broken patsy for Europe ever since.

So yes, I will celebrate the life of Baroness Thatcher, with thanks, with respect, and her death with sadness, because she allowed me to know what we could be, what we could achieve, what it meant to be BRITISH

[Dead-Eyed Duck]

 

you didnt get my drift it was her initial act of withdrawing the southern fleet that gave Galtieri the initiative

KW

Southern fleet? Please remind me what this consisted of.

 

Well, we have no aircraft carriers now, so I'm very glad that I do not live on the Isle of Wight.

[imissalot]

Posted elsewhere, but I cannot find ANYTHING to disagree with in the following. It as I saw and still see it.

 

Tonight I shall go and have a drink for Margaret Thatcher's death. I shall raise my glass to the night sky, and THANK HER, and celebrate her life. People on this seem to have a very strange view of history. So here are a few little nuggets with how and more specifically WHY a lot of industries were destroyed by her, and what's more, ...destroyed with the MANDATE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE.

The seventies were blighted by the trade unions waiting for winter and then coming out on strike at it's heart. Holding the country to ransom for ANNUAL pay rises of up to 36% ABOVE inflation. This was the likes of Scargill and co. And they bled us dry. We were bankrupted by them, then the Winter of Discontent happened. And they ALL came out. Miners, power workers, transport workers; even funeral directors, everything tied into the TGWU came out. My own grandparents lay on a slab for 2 months waiting to be buried. The entire country was a ruin. Rubbish not collected for months, rats everywhere. And the unions laughed, and brought down Callaghan's Labour Government.

Thatcher stood up at the General Election and made ONE SIMPLE PROMISE. Elect me. And THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. ELECT ME AND I WILL DESTROY THEM. She won by a landslide on that promise. She became the last elected Prime Minister to actually hold true to her election promise. She did exactly what she said. She utterly destroyed the unions. Obliterated them. The cost was those industries. We knew that would be the price. But we would not allow them to hold us to ransom again.

What she did, she did with our BLESSING. The socialists and people who backed those strikes have only themselves to blame for what happened. Baroness Thatcher didn't destroy those industries and communities for fun or as part of a class war. She did it to stop them holding the country to ransom again. Then she held the purse strings tight and re-built the economy and the country and Britain again stood tall and thrived. We won back the global respect we had lost while the left wing ruled. In the Falklands we were thankful for her being in office. Those of us who went 'south' in '82 did so knowing we had a leader who would not, and did not, interfere. She sent the military and allowed us to do our job. Gave us the money, the equipment and most of all THE FREEDOM to get the job done. Our lands had been invaded. We had a gun up our nose. SHE led us.

Frankly Thatcher took a very broken Britain by the hand like a strict old fashioned Matron and LED THE COUNTRY BACK TO WHERE IT HAD ONCE BEEN. We were the worlds 3rd major power in ALL respects. And as for the world, it has NEVER been safer than when Thatcher was in Downing Street, Reagan was in the White House and Gorbachev was in the Kremlin as the three spoke DAILY. They laid the ground for the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Russians were TERRIFIED of her. And the world again feared Britain.

And lets not forget that she gave people the full right to buy their own council property. Her vision was that the TENANT and the tenant alone could buy that property. As soon as her party stabbed her in the back the feeding frenzy began as under her, the famous Tory grandee greed was held in check, led by the europro traitor ponce Heseltine, who didn't have the guts to face her openly and alone, they arranged her removal and we have been a broken patsy for Europe ever since.

So yes, I will celebrate the life of Baroness Thatcher, with thanks, with respect, and her death with sadness, because she allowed me to know what we could be, what we could achieve, what it meant to be BRITISH

 

 

Very true

[Willxx]

Worth every penny , 8 million I've just heard

From the posts on here perhaps a pigeonwatch whipround is in order? I'm sure that all the grateful beneficiaries of her largess will easily knock together a mere £8m. While we're at it why not suggest that anyone not shedding a tear should have their SGC revoked as they are obviously not of sound mind?

[pigeon controller]

Posted elsewhere, but I cannot find ANYTHING to disagree with in the following. It as I saw and still see it.

 

Tonight I shall go and have a drink for Margaret Thatcher's death. I shall raise my glass to the night sky, and THANK HER, and celebrate her life. People on this seem to have a very strange view of history. So here are a few little nuggets with how and more specifically WHY a lot of industries were destroyed by her, and what's more, ...destroyed with the MANDATE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE.

The seventies were blighted by the trade unions waiting for winter and then coming out on strike at it's heart. Holding the country to ransom for ANNUAL pay rises of up to 36% ABOVE inflation. This was the likes of Scargill and co. And they bled us dry. We were bankrupted by them, then the Winter of Discontent happened. And they ALL came out. Miners, power workers, transport workers; even funeral directors, everything tied into the TGWU came out. My own grandparents lay on a slab for 2 months waiting to be buried. The entire country was a ruin. Rubbish not collected for months, rats everywhere. And the unions laughed, and brought down Callaghan's Labour Government.

Thatcher stood up at the General Election and made ONE SIMPLE PROMISE. Elect me. And THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. ELECT ME AND I WILL DESTROY THEM. She won by a landslide on that promise. She became the last elected Prime Minister to actually hold true to her election promise. She did exactly what she said. She utterly destroyed the unions. Obliterated them. The cost was those industries. We knew that would be the price. But we would not allow them to hold us to ransom again.

What she did, she did with our BLESSING. The socialists and people who backed those strikes have only themselves to blame for what happened. Baroness Thatcher didn't destroy those industries and communities for fun or as part of a class war. She did it to stop them holding the country to ransom again. Then she held the purse strings tight and re-built the economy and the country and Britain again stood tall and thrived. We won back the global respect we had lost while the left wing ruled. In the Falklands we were thankful for her being in office. Those of us who went 'south' in '82 did so knowing we had a leader who would not, and did not, interfere. She sent the military and allowed us to do our job. Gave us the money, the equipment and most of all THE FREEDOM to get the job done. Our lands had been invaded. We had a gun up our nose. SHE led us.

Frankly Thatcher took a very broken Britain by the hand like a strict old fashioned Matron and LED THE COUNTRY BACK TO WHERE IT HAD ONCE BEEN. We were the worlds 3rd major power in ALL respects. And as for the world, it has NEVER been safer than when Thatcher was in Downing Street, Reagan was in the White House and Gorbachev was in the Kremlin as the three spoke DAILY. They laid the ground for the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Russians were TERRIFIED of her. And the world again feared Britain.

And lets not forget that she gave people the full right to buy their own council property. Her vision was that the TENANT and the tenant alone could buy that property. As soon as her party stabbed her in the back the feeding frenzy began as under her, the famous Tory grandee greed was held in check, led by the europro traitor ponce Heseltine, who didn't have the guts to face her openly and alone, they arranged her removal and we have been a broken patsy for Europe ever since.

So yes, I will celebrate the life of Baroness Thatcher, with thanks, with respect, and her death with sadness, because she allowed me to know what we could be, what we could achieve, what it meant to be BRITISH

Well Said.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Posted elsewhere, but I cannot find ANYTHING to disagree with in the following. It as I saw and still see it.

 

Tonight I shall go and have a drink for Margaret Thatcher's death. I shall raise my glass to the night sky, and THANK HER, and celebrate her life. People on this seem to have a very strange view of history. So here are a few little nuggets with how and more specifically WHY a lot of industries were destroyed by her, and what's more, ...destroyed with the MANDATE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE.

The seventies were blighted by the trade unions waiting for winter and then coming out on strike at it's heart. Holding the country to ransom for ANNUAL pay rises of up to 36% ABOVE inflation. This was the likes of Scargill and co. And they bled us dry. We were bankrupted by them, then the Winter of Discontent happened. And they ALL came out. Miners, power workers, transport workers; even funeral directors, everything tied into the TGWU came out. My own grandparents lay on a slab for 2 months waiting to be buried. The entire country was a ruin. Rubbish not collected for months, rats everywhere. And the unions laughed, and brought down Callaghan's Labour Government.

Thatcher stood up at the General Election and made ONE SIMPLE PROMISE. Elect me. And THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. ELECT ME AND I WILL DESTROY THEM. She won by a landslide on that promise. She became the last elected Prime Minister to actually hold true to her election promise. She did exactly what she said. She utterly destroyed the unions. Obliterated them. The cost was those industries. We knew that would be the price. But we would not allow them to hold us to ransom again.

What she did, she did with our BLESSING. The socialists and people who backed those strikes have only themselves to blame for what happened. Baroness Thatcher didn't destroy those industries and communities for fun or as part of a class war. She did it to stop them holding the country to ransom again. Then she held the purse strings tight and re-built the economy and the country and Britain again stood tall and thrived. We won back the global respect we had lost while the left wing ruled. In the Falklands we were thankful for her being in office. Those of us who went 'south' in '82 did so knowing we had a leader who would not, and did not, interfere. She sent the military and allowed us to do our job. Gave us the money, the equipment and most of all THE FREEDOM to get the job done. Our lands had been invaded. We had a gun up our nose. SHE led us.

Frankly Thatcher took a very broken Britain by the hand like a strict old fashioned Matron and LED THE COUNTRY BACK TO WHERE IT HAD ONCE BEEN. We were the worlds 3rd major power in ALL respects. And as for the world, it has NEVER been safer than when Thatcher was in Downing Street, Reagan was in the White House and Gorbachev was in the Kremlin as the three spoke DAILY. They laid the ground for the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Russians were TERRIFIED of her. And the world again feared Britain.

And lets not forget that she gave people the full right to buy their own council property. Her vision was that the TENANT and the tenant alone could buy that property. As soon as her party stabbed her in the back the feeding frenzy began as under her, the famous Tory grandee greed was held in check, led by the europro traitor ponce Heseltine, who didn't have the guts to face her openly and alone, they arranged her removal and we have been a broken patsy for Europe ever since.

So yes, I will celebrate the life of Baroness Thatcher, with thanks, with respect, and her death with sadness, because she allowed me to know what we could be, what we could achieve, what it meant to be BRITISH

I like that!

[kdubya]

From the posts on here perhaps a pigeonwatch whipround is in order? I'm sure that all the grateful beneficiaries of her largess will easily knock together a mere £8m. While we're at it why not suggest that anyone not shedding a tear should have their SGC revoked as they are obviously not of sound mind?

no need for whipround we just need to get the co-op in to do the job and spend the right money 2 k should do a decent send off

 

KW

[unapalomablanca]

no need for whipround we just need to get the co-op in to do the job and spend the right money 2 k should do a decent send off

 

KW

i've got a feeling you dident like her or her policies one bit.

[aris]

Worth every penny , 8 million I've just heard

Apparently she didn't want a state funeral. Said the money better spent elsewhere.

[old rooster]

That's what leaders do!

Unfortunately some "leaders" in the recent past have led us into an illegal war knowing that the reasons given for said war were lies!!

 

Dear old Tony B liar, how the hell did he manage to crawl out from under those war crimes charges??

[kdubya]

Apparently she didn't want a state funeral. Said the money better spent elsewhere.

she's not getting a state funeral, god knows what that would have cost.

 

KW

[kdubya]

The Thatcher Years and her legacy.

1. She supported the retention of capital punishment
2. She destroyed the country's manufacturing industry
3. She voted against the relaxation of divorce laws
4. She abolished free milk for schoolchildren ("Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher")
5. She supported more freedom for business (and look how that turned out)
6. She gained support from the National Front in the 1979 election by pandering to the fears of immigration
7. She gerrymandered local authorities by forcing through council house sales, at the same time preventing councils from spending the money they got for selling houses on building new houses (spending on social housing dropped by 67% in her premiership)
8. She was responsible for 3.6 million unemployed - the highest figure and the highest proportion of the workforce in history and three times the previous government. Massaging of the figures means that the figure was closer to 5 million
9. She ignored intelligence about Argentinian preparations for the invasion of the Falkland Islands and scrapped the only Royal Navy presence in the islands
10. The poll tax
11. She presided over the closure of 150 coal mines; we are now crippled by the cost of energy, having to import expensive coal from abroad
12. She compared her "fight" against the miners to the Falklands War
13. She privatised state monopolies and created the corporate greed culture that we've been railing against for the last 5 years
14. She introduced the gradual privatisation of the NHS
15. She introduced financial deregulation in a way that turned city institutions into avaricious money pits
16. She pioneered the unfailing adoration and unquestioning support of the USA
17. She allowed the US to place nuclear missiles on UK soil, under US control
18. Section 28
19. She opposed anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa and described Nelson Mandela as "that grubby little terrorist"
20. She support the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and sent the SAS to train their soldiers
21. She allowed the US to bomb Libya in 1986, against the wishes of more than 2/3 of the population
22. She opposed the reunification of Germany
23. She invented Quangos
24. She increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%
25. She had the lowest approval rating of any post-war Prime Minister
26. Her post-PM job? Consultant to Philip Morris tobacco at $250,000 a year, plus $50,000 per speech
27. The Al Yamamah contract
28. She opposed the indictment of Chile's General Pinochet
29. Social unrest under her leadership was higher than at any time since the General Strike
30. She presided over interest rates increasing to 15%
31. BSE
32. She presided over 2 million manufacturing job losses in the 79-81 recession
33. She opposed the inclusion of Eire in the Northern Ireland peace process
34. She supported sanctions-busting arms deals with South Africa
35. Cecil Parkinson, Alan Clark, David Mellor, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin
36. Crime rates doubled under Thatcher
37. Black Wednesday – Britain withdraws from the ERM and the pound is devalued. Cost to Britain - £3.5 billion; profit for George Soros - £1 billion
38. Poverty doubled while she opposed a minimum wage
39. She privatised public services, claiming at the time it would increase public ownership. Most are now owned either by foreign governments (EDF) or major investment houses. The profits don’t now accrue to the taxpayer, but to foreign or institutional shareholders.
40. She cut 75% of funding to museums, galleries and other sources of education
41. In the Thatcher years the top 10% of earners received almost 50% of the tax remissions
42. 21.9% inflation
43. Toxteth 1981, Toxteth - 1981 Geoffrey Howe, Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor at the time, stated: "I fear that Merseyside is going to be much the hardest nut to crack", and: "I cannot help feeling that the option of managed decline is one which we should not forget altogether. We must not expend all our limited resources in trying to make water flow uphill."

[yickdaz]

The Thatcher Years and her legacy.

 

1. She supported the retention of capital punishment

2. She destroyed the country's manufacturing industry

3. She voted against the relaxation of divorce laws

4. She abolished free milk for schoolchildren ("Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher")

5. She supported more freedom for business (and look how that turned out)

6. She gained support from the National Front in the 1979 election by pandering to the fears of immigration

7. She gerrymandered local authorities by forcing through council house sales, at the same time preventing councils from spending the money they got for selling houses on building new houses (spending on social housing dropped by 67% in her premiership)

8. She was responsible for 3.6 million unemployed - the highest figure and the highest proportion of the workforce in history and three times the previous government. Massaging of the figures means that the figure was closer to 5 million

9. She ignored intelligence about Argentinian preparations for the invasion of the Falkland Islands and scrapped the only Royal Navy presence in the islands

10. The poll tax

11. She presided over the closure of 150 coal mines; we are now crippled by the cost of energy, having to import expensive coal from abroad

12. She compared her "fight" against the miners to the Falklands War

13. She privatised state monopolies and created the corporate greed culture that we've been railing against for the last 5 years

14. She introduced the gradual privatisation of the NHS

15. She introduced financial deregulation in a way that turned city institutions into avaricious money pits

16. She pioneered the unfailing adoration and unquestioning support of the USA

17. She allowed the US to place nuclear missiles on UK soil, under US control

18. Section 28

19. She opposed anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa and described Nelson Mandela as "that grubby little terrorist"

20. She support the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and sent the SAS to train their soldiers

21. She allowed the US to bomb Libya in 1986, against the wishes of more than 2/3 of the population

22. She opposed the reunification of Germany

23. She invented Quangos

24. She increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%

25. She had the lowest approval rating of any post-war Prime Minister

26. Her post-PM job? Consultant to Philip Morris tobacco at $250,000 a year, plus $50,000 per speech

27. The Al Yamamah contract

28. She opposed the indictment of Chile's General Pinochet

29. Social unrest under her leadership was higher than at any time since the General Strike

30. She presided over interest rates increasing to 15%

31. BSE

32. She presided over 2 million manufacturing job losses in the 79-81 recession

33. She opposed the inclusion of Eire in the Northern Ireland peace process

34. She supported sanctions-busting arms deals with South Africa

35. Cecil Parkinson, Alan Clark, David Mellor, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin

36. Crime rates doubled under Thatcher

37. Black Wednesday – Britain withdraws from the ERM and the pound is devalued. Cost to Britain - £3.5 billion; profit for George Soros - £1 billion

38. Poverty doubled while she opposed a minimum wage

39. She privatised public services, claiming at the time it would increase public ownership. Most are now owned either by foreign governments (EDF) or major investment houses. The profits don’t now accrue to the taxpayer, but to foreign or institutional shareholders.

40. She cut 75% of funding to museums, galleries and other sources of education

41. In the Thatcher years the top 10% of earners received almost 50% of the tax remissions

42. 21.9% inflation

43. Toxteth 1981, Toxteth - 1981 Geoffrey Howe, Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor at the time, stated: "I fear that Merseyside is going to be much the hardest nut to crack", and: "I cannot help feeling that the option of managed decline is one which we should not forget altogether. We must not expend all our limited resources in trying to make water flow uphill."

so after hundreds of replies saying she was the best pm we have ever had, and she did this and that for us when she was in power, this post just about sums up what she did for us , a true reflection I would say

[keg]

With 20/20 hindsight - would the UK not be alot more like Greece right now if things didn't change? I'm sure there was alot of hurt and pain along the way, but sometimes the ends justifies the means.

We were in 1979 Aris, Except the IMF would not give us any more money, unlike the EU which is giving Greece a load.

 

Ken Livingston said today that all the current problems were created by Maggie. Note the pattern. 1979, Tories inherit a pile of manure from the outgoing govt. 2010 after 3 x Blair & 1 x Gormless and it's the same, still, they left a note this time saying there was nothing left.

[unapalomablanca]

The Thatcher Years and her legacy.

 

1. She supported the retention of capital punishment

2. She destroyed the country's manufacturing industry

3. She voted against the relaxation of divorce laws

4. She abolished free milk for schoolchildren ("Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher")

5. She supported more freedom for business (and look how that turned out)

6. She gained support from the National Front in the 1979 election by pandering to the fears of immigration

7. She gerrymandered local authorities by forcing through council house sales, at the same time preventing councils from spending the money they got for selling houses on building new houses (spending on social housing dropped by 67% in her premiership)

8. She was responsible for 3.6 million unemployed - the highest figure and the highest proportion of the workforce in history and three times the previous government. Massaging of the figures means that the figure was closer to 5 million

9. She ignored intelligence about Argentinian preparations for the invasion of the Falkland Islands and scrapped the only Royal Navy presence in the islands

10. The poll tax

11. She presided over the closure of 150 coal mines; we are now crippled by the cost of energy, having to import expensive coal from abroad

12. She compared her "fight" against the miners to the Falklands War

13. She privatised state monopolies and created the corporate greed culture that we've been railing against for the last 5 years

14. She introduced the gradual privatisation of the NHS

15. She introduced financial deregulation in a way that turned city institutions into avaricious money pits

16. She pioneered the unfailing adoration and unquestioning support of the USA

17. She allowed the US to place nuclear missiles on UK soil, under US control

18. Section 28

19. She opposed anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa and described Nelson Mandela as "that grubby little terrorist"

20. She support the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and sent the SAS to train their soldiers

21. She allowed the US to bomb Libya in 1986, against the wishes of more than 2/3 of the population

22. She opposed the reunification of Germany

23. She invented Quangos

24. She increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%

25. She had the lowest approval rating of any post-war Prime Minister

26. Her post-PM job? Consultant to Philip Morris tobacco at $250,000 a year, plus $50,000 per speech

27. The Al Yamamah contract

28. She opposed the indictment of Chile's General Pinochet

29. Social unrest under her leadership was higher than at any time since the General Strike

30. She presided over interest rates increasing to 15%

31. BSE

32. She presided over 2 million manufacturing job losses in the 79-81 recession

33. She opposed the inclusion of Eire in the Northern Ireland peace process

34. She supported sanctions-busting arms deals with South Africa

35. Cecil Parkinson, Alan Clark, David Mellor, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin

36. Crime rates doubled under Thatcher

37. Black Wednesday – Britain withdraws from the ERM and the pound is devalued. Cost to Britain - £3.5 billion; profit for George Soros - £1 billion

38. Poverty doubled while she opposed a minimum wage

39. She privatised public services, claiming at the time it would increase public ownership. Most are now owned either by foreign governments (EDF) or major investment houses. The profits don’t now accrue to the taxpayer, but to foreign or institutional shareholders.

40. She cut 75% of funding to museums, galleries and other sources of education

41. In the Thatcher years the top 10% of earners received almost 50% of the tax remissions

42. 21.9% inflation

43. Toxteth 1981, Toxteth - 1981 Geoffrey Howe, Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor at the time, stated: "I fear that Merseyside is going to be much the hardest nut to crack", and: "I cannot help feeling that the option of managed decline is one which we should not forget altogether. We must not expend all our limited resources in trying to make water flow uphill."

The first point i looked at was no.40. What nonsense, i just went to 6 museums in london and they were so great they dont even charge you. They certainly ddent look impoverished to me.

[kdubya]

We were in 1979 Aris, Except the IMF would not give us any more money, unlike the EU which is giving Greece a load.

 

Ken Livingston said today that all the current problems were created by Maggie. Note the pattern. 1979, Tories inherit a pile of manure from the outgoing govt. 2010 after 3 x Blair & 1 x Gormless and it's the same, still, they left a note this time saying there was nothing left.

people are calling maggie a great leader as she won 3 terms but so did blair 4 if you count in gormless so is blair a great leader too? I think not in fact he did just a bit less damage than maggie

 

KW

Edited April 9, 2013 by kdubya

[Paddy Galore!]

in fact ol maggie thatcher called blair her greatest creation.

tis true