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Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155


Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


And sowed the seeds of it falling over now.

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Evil auld **** - may she roast.






She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually


union striking Britain back on its feet.




And sowed the seeds of it falling over now.


I was thinking that rather than get it back on it's feet it kept it on it's hands and knees.


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She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually


union striking Britain back on its feet.




And sowed the seeds of it falling over now.


I was thinking that rather than get it back on it's feet it kept it on it's hands and knees.


and handed it over to the Germans, French, Spanish, Americans, Japanese,
Chinese, and the Arabs


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Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


And sowed the seeds of it falling over now.


Not at all, Dave. Powers up and above the Government are messing us and,
the world up.


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


And sowed the seeds of it falling over now.


Not at all, Dave. Powers up and above the Government are messing us and,
the world up.


That would have been Adam Smith?

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Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


You have bloody great blinkers on then!

Dig back and find out how she opened the doors to benefit fraud, ******s
(bankers) fraud, MPs excess payments, dismantled the manufacturing based,
sold off all the utility companies and other 'family silver', the collapse
of a once great NHS, wasted billions on privatisation, wasted even more on
trying to destroy local government - the list is endless and is now being
carried on by the three stooges we have as 'leaders' right now.

She did a damn site more damage than she did good - may she rot in hell!




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She did a damn site more damage than she did good - may she rot in hell!


By ****; I never thought I'd read something of yours I actually agreed
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Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155


Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill, once the hard
work was done people turned on her.

Not many British PM's are even known outside the country, everyone knew
Margaret Thatcher.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill, once the hard
work was done people turned on her.

Not many British PM's are even known outside the country, everyone knew
Margaret Thatcher.


You could say much the same about leaders of Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Syria...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Evil auld **** - may she roast.


She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill, once the hard
work was done people turned on her.

Not many British PM's are even known outside the country, everyone knew
Margaret Thatcher.


You could say much the same about leaders of Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Syria...


Exactly how have the leaders of those countries put Britain back on its
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Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill,


He was a ****, too.
A ruthless and cunning *******, who was instrumental in winning a war,
but still a ****.
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Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill,


He was a ****, too.
A ruthless and cunning *******, who was
instrumental in winning a war, but still a ****.


But we didn't see anything like as many celebrating when he died.
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He was a ****, too.
A ruthless and cunning *******, who was instrumental in winning a war,
but still a ****.


So he was an OK C^^T then Grim;?...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill, once the hard
work was done people turned on her.

Not many British PM's are even known outside the country, everyone knew
Margaret Thatcher.


Everyone knew Hitler and Stalin too.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Evil auld **** - may she roast.


She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill, once the hard
work was done people turned on her.

Not many British PM's are even known outside the country, everyone knew
Margaret Thatcher.


Everyone knew Hitler and Stalin too.


I feel we are approaching Godwin's law again ;-)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Evil auld **** - may she roast.



She may have upset people but, boy, did she put a rotting, continually
union striking Britain back on its feet.


Best Post WW2 PM this country has had ... like Churchill, once the hard
work was done people turned on her.

Not many British PM's are even known outside the country, everyone knew
Margaret Thatcher.


Good point.

Who's the PM of New Zealand.

Ah - thought so...


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Who's the PM of New Zealand.

Ah - thought so...


The local radio station thought it was a good idea to go into the
streets and ask opinions about Thatcher. The response from a large
number of people under 40 years of age was "who?".

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Agreed


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Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
loathing, but that does not mean I don't respect her. I liked some of her
policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


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Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
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policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
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I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts
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some of her policies and hated others, but she did have conviction
unlike most of the wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


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Steve - I agree with you

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Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts
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some of her policies and hated others, but she did have conviction
unlike most of the wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


+1


Steve - I agree with you

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Well, **** me rigid!

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Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar
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her. I liked some of her policies and hated others, but she did
have conviction unlike most of the wobbling gutless corn stalks
we have now...
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Steve - I agree with you

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Well, **** me rigid!

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Only looked like that because she surrounded herself with spineless
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She crushed the miners and the Argentinians - and she handbagged the French.
That's not the actions of a weak woman. She would not have take 3 points for
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Had more balls than any PM since.


Only looked like that because she surrounded herself with spineless
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She crushed the miners and the Argentinians - and she handbagged the
French. That's not the actions of a weak woman. She would not have take 3
points for Dennis.

+1

And the ****ing dockers with a "job for life".
Basically she tried her best to reduce the amount of ******s.
I'm old enough to remember the report of ****** workers at British Leyland
sleeping after chucking together their rubbish cars.
They had another job to go to.




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Had more balls than any PM since.

Only looked like that because she surrounded herself with spineless
yes- men.


She crushed the miners and the Argentinians - and she handbagged the
French. That's not the actions of a weak woman. She would not have take 3
points for Dennis.

+1

And the ****ing dockers with a "job for life".
Basically she tried her best to reduce the amount of ******s.
I'm old enough to remember the report of ****** workers at British Leyland
sleeping after chucking together their rubbish cars.
They had another job to go to.


I was chatting to one of the guys at work today, he hates her and was
glad she was dead, blaming her for the demise of British industry. Then,
without even noticing the hypocrisy, he told me that when he was an
apprentice, almost everyone was in the union, that everyone was entitled
to 13 weeks off ill on full pay and they were encouraged by the union to
take it, to the extent that anyone actually taking time off ill was
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She crushed the miners and the Argentinians - and she handbagged the French.
That's not the actions of a weak woman. She would not have take 3 points for
Dennis.


She'd only just croaked when the jokes started:

Jimmy Savile greets Maggie Thatcher at the Pearly Gates.
"What are you up here for then?" asks Savile.
"Shafting miners" she replies.
"Me too" beams Savile.

David Cameron has just sent his official letter to the Thatcher
residence. It starts "I regret to inform you that due to recent events
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Thatcher has only been in hell two hours and she's already shut down 3
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She crushed the miners and the Argentinians - and she handbagged
the French. That's not the actions of a weak woman. She would not
have take 3 points for Dennis.


She'd only just croaked when the jokes started:


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Had more balls than any PM since.


Tony Bliar seemed a very similar politician in that he did exactly
what he wanted and didn't listen to anyone else.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
loathing, but that does not mean I don't respect her. I liked some of her
policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


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Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
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policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


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I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
loathing, but that does not mean I don't respect her. I liked some of her
policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


+1


Another +1

Everybody knew which side of the fence they stood on ~30 years ago, I
doubt many have changed their opinion since then. Just because she's
now dead and there are naysayers still alive trying to rake over old
arguments, doesn't really change much.

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Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
loathing, but that does not mean I don't respect her. I liked some of her
policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...


+1


+2.
I voted for her because she represented my interests. Unfortunately,
being in office means loosing touch with a constituency. We need her
like again.



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Had more balls than any PM since.


If anyone showed how stupid it is to associate courage with possession
of testicles, it's Thatcher.

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On 08/04/2013 13:24, Tim Watts wrote:
On Monday 08 April 2013 13:05 tony sayer wrote in uk.d-i-y:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155


Had more balls than any PM since.

I hate the tories, labour and liberal parties with similar amounts of
loathing, but that does not mean I don't respect her. I liked some of her
policies and hated others, but she did have conviction unlike most of the
wobbling gutless corn stalks we have now...



I liked the idea of the poll tax.
It would have been OK if the councils hadn't been allowed to put up
their spending until it was established.
Or local council increased the bills by ~25% with various claims that it
was going to be expensive to collect, they wouldn't get more than 80% of
it, etc. They didn't reduce it when the poll tax was scrapped or when
they were collecting 97% of it.

The best bit was that even people on benefits had to pay some so if they
wanted more spending they could vote for it but would have to
contribute. Unlike now where they can vote for high spending knowing it
will come from other peoples pockets.

The benefits were increased by enough to cover the average payments.
They were not reduced when poll tax was scrapped, maybe its time they
recovered the extra?


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