Anyone Disagree?

[FredPuli43]

"This woman is headstrong, obstinate, and dangerously self-opinionated " Those are the notes of the interviewer who interviewed a candidate for a job with ICI, in 1948. [Quoted in The Times]

No prize for guessing which,later famous, woman he was referring to. Those words could serve as her epitaph, could they not?

[mikey4444]

Not me !

[Sqad]

Me neither!

They, for me are the qualities of a leader....................

[jno]

'dangerously self-opinionated' has described many leaders, doubtless including Genghis Khan

[mikey4444]

Genghis Khan was pretty awful as a leader but at least he didn't destroy British industry !

[Sqad]

Bit before his time mikey.....otherwise he might have done.......

[mrs_overall]

According to the current Mr O, they could serve as my epitaph too :-(

[jno]

he wuld have done if he could have found any.

He was a good leader, though - his empire stretched from China to the Caspian. Of course if he'd ever threatened the gates of Grantham he'd have been in trouble.

[grumpy01]

I am reminded of a converstion which took place a long time ago where I used to work.Firebrand socialist(not me )"She's done more damage in peace time than Hitler did in the war".Quick witted young man(not me)" has she started bombing Coventry then?"

[Peter Pedant]

Thanks Fred - I had heard this on the grapevine and wondered about the source. Dorothy Hodgkin Nobel prize winner had a low opinion of her.
but that is not of itself damning

What happened to the Margaret Thatcher's sister - Muriel ?

[wolf63]

PP - wiki says that Muriel died in 2004

[wolf63]

The only prime minister in my lifetime who had any balls

[grumpy01]

Muriel Cullen nee Roberts died towards the end of 2004.She and her husband farmed successfully near Harwich.

[tonyav]

Your right she won't be forgotten Jordyboy, well certainly not in my area anyway!.

[Peter Pedant]

blimey the lady is dividing the country - even in her death !

some lady !

[anotheoldgit]

Can we have a link?

[tiggerblue10]

Being headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated means that you won't be a pushover. Good qualities.

[jno]

not necessarily, tiggs. The pub's full of people with those qualities. They might make you a leader but there's no way of knowing if you'll be a good leader or a bad one - and people still don't agree which sort Thatcher was.

[Sqad]

jno

\\\\and people still don't agree which sort Thatcher was. \\\

Oh! I don't agree.........people don't agree on her policies maybe, but most people of all Political persuasions would agree that she was a "good leader."

Three Election victories as "leader."

[tiggerblue10]

I suppose so Jno. I work to a person who won't accept no for an answer and wants everything done yesterday. Thats probaly why I'm always stressed these days :o(