Margaret Thatcher

[wimp]

So,Margaret Thatcher is to get a state funeral.What with the country divided over her, loved and hated, should she be given a state funeral at the tax payers expense?Even forget about the expense,is this a step too far considering all the misery and deprivation she caused?

[EvianBaby]

OG, I obviously don't have any figures but I'd reckon the Royal Family are worth it simply from a PR/marketing aspect.

[ummmm]

You wasn't obligated. If you chose to bury them that is/was your choice. If you chose not to then the council would have buried them.

[ummmm]

Wimp - she made many people rich as well.

[wimp]

ummm...no dought she made people rich but to the cost of other people. Where there's losers there are winners!

[ummmm]

Isn't that the same today?

[craft1948]

I wonder if Thatcher would have attracted this vitriol if she had been a man.

[wimp]

anyway..enough said about the woman! roll on the 17th!Just a pity it's not tomorrow!!

[emmie]

craft, no she wouldn't, the left didn't like her, they still don't it would seem.

[emmie]

wimp, what is the point of so much hatred, why don't you save it for someone who actually deserves it.

[dave50]

The so called poll tax was actually a good idea. It meant that everyone contributed. Of course the great unwashed and those that had a free ride for years decided that it wasn't fair that they would have to contribute so they decided to riot.

[emmie]

i think that had it been brought in slowly, and that the matter fully explained it could have been fairer, as to what you have now, tell me that hasn't rocketed your council tax bills.

[emmie]

actually it didn't, it was her stance on Europe. That was one of the main reasons her colleagues ganged up and ousted her, Heseltine and any number of others were more pro Europe, the poll tax didn't help. But have a look at the people who were responsible for orchestrating the riots, that might give you some clue as to why she ultimately failed. The left wing of this country didn't like her, didn't like her politics, her brand of get out there and work for it, if you want something out of life. I also believe that had she been a bloke there wouldn't be this level of vitriol, hatred.

[wimp]

em10.."leave the hatred for someone who deserves it" I didn't like the person or her policies!show me where i said i hated her?there is a difference!What she did to this country i thought i've been very lenient!

[TWR]

Tony, yes I am aware of that, can you remember what she did prior to the Miners strike?, Give the police a good pay rise, the army / she stocked up the power stations to the hilt, there was HGV tippers running well over their weight to stock up the power station, & for one reason only, The miners brought down the Heath Gov, she said this will never happen again, the strike was on, Nottingham miners were told, you will be alright we will look after you, they certenly paid the price, the miners went all out to get the person to back off, but she just sat back & watch families destroy each other, father / son / son's in laws / daughters, the police Mocked the miners by showing their PAY SLIPS & sticking it in their faces on the picket lines, the army was ready for back up, the Gov knew they were going to win, they had the money, they had the food, Thatcher give person's the Bait by letting them bye the Council homes ( I am not knocking the council home owners) She had them where she wanted them " BY THE B@LLS" go on strike, loose your home, council regained your house, you were on your @rse, No House >>No job>> Family's Getting at each other & fighting each other, as said, I will not jump for joy with her death no matter "what people think of my views" this clown & his puppets are not in the same leauge as M.T. whatever she was, she had B@ALLS, regards compasion, she did not know what it meant, as the likes of the Miners Villages in Yorks / N.East / (Notts Paid the price)/ N.Wales / S.Wales, but who gained? but who lost a great deal more?

[wimp]

TWR...Your on the ball.Just sorry i gave you best answer earlier because your last comment was spot on!