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Apr 8 2013, 12:50 PM
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QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Apr 8 2013, 01:41 PM) Finally she is gone.
Understand I would virtually never celebrate the death of anyone, but I am struggling to feel bad about the passing of the woman who ruined the life prospects of millions of ordinary people in Britain.
How about you? Happy, sad or indifferent to todays news? I wonder if you are old enough to remember the state the UK was in when she came to power.
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Apr 8 2013, 12:53 PM
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QUOTE (pbonnay @ Apr 8 2013, 01:50 PM) I wonder if you are old enough to remember the state the UK was in when she came to power. Yes I am.
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Apr 8 2013, 01:56 PM
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I wasn't really old enough to even know or give a crap so it makes little difference to me. Funny how it's OK to insult or berate dead people when you feel like it.. maybe I could call her an idiot and see what happened there...
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:p Grammar: the difference between knowing your poop and knowing you're poop.
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Apr 8 2013, 02:00 PM
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QUOTE (motormad @ Apr 8 2013, 02:56 PM) Funny how it's OK to insult or berate dead people when you feel like it.. Generally it's probably wrong to speak ill of the dead. But since that didn't stop Thatcher after Hillsborough, I'll take my lead from her thank you very much.
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Apr 8 2013, 03:23 PM
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QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Apr 8 2013, 01:41 PM) Finally she is gone.
Understand I would virtually never celebrate the death of anyone, but I am struggling to feel bad about the passing of the woman who ruined the life prospects of millions of ordinary people in Britain.
How about you? Happy, sad or indifferent to todays news? So from your bold statement you are saying James Callaghan would of done a better job???? I bet the Falklands Islands would be flying the Argentina Flag by now and the unions running this country
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Apr 8 2013, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE (desres123 @ Apr 8 2013, 04:23 PM) So from your bold statement you are saying James Callaghan would of done a better job???? I bet the Falklands Islands would be flying the Argentina Flag by now and the unions running this country No that is not what I'm saying. And the demise of British manufacturing is anything but a false narrative. Neither is her oh so enthusiastic deregulation of the banking industry. Remind me, how did that one work out? We have a massive housing shortage, millions of poverty pay jobs in lieu of decent manufacturing jobs, and gigantic national debt thanks to the GFC. All as an absolutely direct result of Thatcherite policies. Thanks Maggie.
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Apr 8 2013, 03:39 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Apr 8 2013, 03:36 PM) Yep 3 day week, Oh dear, the old 'selective memory' kicking in then? Just to put you straight.......the Three Day Week took place under a Tory government.
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Apr 8 2013, 03:41 PM
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QUOTE (Weavers Walk @ Apr 8 2013, 04:39 PM) Oh dear, the old 'selective memory' kicking in then?
Just to put you straight.......the Three Day Week took place under a Tory government. I stand corrected. I'm not afraid to admit I'm wrong.
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Apr 8 2013, 03:42 PM
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QUOTE (stewiegriffin @ Apr 8 2013, 04:35 PM) No that is not what I'm saying.
And the demise of British manufacturing is anything but a false narrative. Neither is her oh so enthusiastic deregulation of the banking industry. Remind me, how did that one work out?
We have a massive housing shortage, millions of poverty pay jobs in lieu of decent manufacturing jobs, and gigantic national debt thanks to the GFC. All as an absolutely direct result of Thatcherite policies.
Thanks Maggie. Well she may have started the ball rolling for the banking industry but cant remember Blair/Brown doing anything from 1997 to prevent what happened apart from spending and selling the nations gold reserve at the lowest price
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Apr 8 2013, 03:43 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Apr 8 2013, 03:17 PM) Maggie - I for one salute you. How pompous. She can't hear you and I doubt if anyone here particularly gives a tos5 who you salute. Big Head.
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