Is This Close To The Truth

[sp1814]

How much truth is there in this thought-provoking piece:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette

[sp1814]

NJ

I very much agree with you about those celebrating her death.

I think in years to come, they will look back on their actions and cringe.

[Sharingan]

Mrs Thatcher had a saying before cabinet meetings apparently which was something like ' Before we start arguing, lets looks at the facts'. Not a bad idea, so on the basis of being asked why I thought certain things by New Judge etc, I found this which I think is quite interesting. I am going to answer New Judge later but I don't have time to write a really illustrative response at the moment, so I hope some of the informaiton here will do for now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/datablog/2013/apr/08/britain-changed-margaret-thatcher-charts

[ummmm]

Billy Bragg

This is not a time for celebration. The death of Margaret Thatcher is nothing more than a salient reminder of how Britain got into the mess that we are in today. Of why ordinary working people are no longer able to earn enough from one job to support a family; of why there is a shortage of decent affordable housing; of why domestic growth is driven by credit, not by real incomes; of why tax-payers are forced to top up wages; of why a spiteful government seeks to penalise the poor for having an extra bedroom; of why Rupert Murdoch became so powerful; of why cynicism and greed became the hallmarks of our society.

Raising a glass to the death of an infirm old lady changes none of this. The only real antidote to cynicism is activism. Don't celebrate - organise!

[sp1814]

ummmm - late in the day - you've posted the best answer.

[DangerUXD]

Ummm:".. Of why ordinary working people are no longer able to earn enough from one job to support a family" - hogwash, get off tut ar5se and better tut self.

I'm an ordinary working person, I do ok because I didn't start from the premise that the world owes me a living.