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You are right Tonyav, just as it was in my area of South Wales. But her supporters never seem very willing to debate whether millions of people thrown on to the dole was a good thing or not ! Of course, it wasn't all her fault as she had plenty of willing toadies to do her dirty work for her.
On the day of her funeral, people in the Valleys were smiling and walking about with a new spring in their step. I was too and and make no apology whatsoever for so doing. The wealthy people that kept voting for her will never understand that of course. For them, she was the person that dealt with those "horrid common people" once and for all.
Clear case of a social divide in Britain if ever I saw one. Things haven't changed much even now, as we are ruled by another Tory administration, albeit with the Libs brown-nosing in their normal way, led by a phalanx of old Etonians and others of the same ilk.
On the day of her funeral, people in the Valleys were smiling and walking about with a new spring in their step. I was too and and make no apology whatsoever for so doing. The wealthy people that kept voting for her will never understand that of course. For them, she was the person that dealt with those "horrid common people" once and for all.
Clear case of a social divide in Britain if ever I saw one. Things haven't changed much even now, as we are ruled by another Tory administration, albeit with the Libs brown-nosing in their normal way, led by a phalanx of old Etonians and others of the same ilk.
It's might be viewed as a bargain when compared to the initial estimates of the cost I suppose, but given the ideological gulf between Thatcher fans and her detractors you will never get a unaminous opinion on whether it actually was value for money.
Whatever else you might think of her and her political achievements, she was the most divisive political figure in modern british political history, polarising political opinion and dividing the country between north and south, England and the rest of the UK, and even within local communities, so for this reason alone she did not warrant what was a state funeral in all but name.
I consider it a waste of taxpayers money whether it cost 1.2M or 10M.
Whatever else you might think of her and her political achievements, she was the most divisive political figure in modern british political history, polarising political opinion and dividing the country between north and south, England and the rest of the UK, and even within local communities, so for this reason alone she did not warrant what was a state funeral in all but name.
I consider it a waste of taxpayers money whether it cost 1.2M or 10M.
//God knows, Brown had his own faults but I don't recall Brown making millions of people redundant, or presiding over the de-industrialisation of Britain. //
presumably this was of no consequence then?
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The Left wing legends about her are now accepted as holy writ by a generation who never knew her.
recite after me ---
She was a blue faced demon from the upper classes, who never did anything for the benefit of the country.
She inherited an economy from Labour which was flourishing, and an exchequer full of money. She spent it all and ran the country into the ground, so that later Labour governments had to cope with her massive defecit.
The unions were responsible for all the prosperity, Saint Arthur Scargill being one of the greatest leaders we have ever seen.
and so on and so forth.
recite after me ---
She was a blue faced demon from the upper classes, who never did anything for the benefit of the country.
She inherited an economy from Labour which was flourishing, and an exchequer full of money. She spent it all and ran the country into the ground, so that later Labour governments had to cope with her massive defecit.
The unions were responsible for all the prosperity, Saint Arthur Scargill being one of the greatest leaders we have ever seen.
and so on and so forth.
