Hard News: Thatcher
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I think if I remember Maggie for one thing, it's the way she conspired with arms dealers and the Saudi regime to garner enormous bribes which were fed back into the pockets of her and her associates. It took her from being a relatively poor "grocers daughter" to the lifestyle of a multi-millionaire. (With only a bit of collateral damage in the form of the jailing of Jonathan Aitken, one of the bagmen, as a result of bodging some of the coverup).
I suspect we might hear more now that her ability to sue for libel has been removed.
A corrupt, evil bitch with no redeeming features. I'd happily have paid twenty quid for a newspaper that's had the type chiseled out by hand and printed with a steam engine to avoid what she turned England into.
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Matthew Poole, in reply to
will we dance on [Roger Douglas’] grave?
If I were Roger I’d be planning to be cremated, with my ashes scattered on Sir Rob Jones’ farm. That would deny the bastards the chance to dance on my grave.
ETA: I know that Roger also has a knighthood, but I cannot bring myself to show the slightest respect to a man who railed against government waste and then displayed not the least bit of discomfort at accepting NZ Super, a Parliamentary pension, and an MP’s salary all at the same time.
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Idiot Savant, in reply to
If I were Roger I’d be planning to be cremated, with my ashes scattered on Sir Rob Jones’ farm. That would deny the bastards the chance to dance on my grave.
Thatcher's mate Pinochet had to be disposed of the same way to prevent post-mortem revenge by his victims.
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From the Telegraph website:
The BBC also made an embarrassing gaffe on its news mobile website on Monday afternoon, announcing that Baroness Thatcher had died “following a strike” rather than a stroke.
Heh!
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And seriously, what on Earth is Shearer thinking putting out that release? Have some respect for the people of Britain, man.
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Stephen Judd, in reply to
what on Earth is Shearer thinking
Seconded.
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Graeme Edgeler, in reply to
accepting NZ Super, a Parliamentary pension, and an MP’s salary all at the same time.
Are you sure it was all three at once?
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Danielle, in reply to
A corrupt, evil bitch
Ahem.
(I mean, I agree with your larger point: fuck her and all the mealy-mouthed tributes to her "legacy". But... yeah.)
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Also, we haven't had this one yet, have we?
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Russell Brown, in reply to
A corrupt, evil bitch
Ahem.
Yeah, I actually meant to include a "avoid gendered insults please" rider. So, that.
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She did get one thing right though: "Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears." (Thatcher talking about Ronald Reagan)
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Danielle, in reply to
Are you referring to Saint Vanquisher of Communism and All Around American Hero, Ronny the Gipper? How VERY dare you!
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"I happened to be watching Parliament on TV that day"
Snap. Not sure which was the most dramatic live, that or the Berlin Wall coming down. Neither did I expect to see in my lifetime.
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Hebe,
That cacky blue. That hair. That vile old trout. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/8097619/Margaret-Thatcher-the-lady-is-not-for-turning-speech-archive-footage.html
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Matthew Poole, in reply to
Are you sure it was all three at once?
Matt McCarten was certainly under that impression at the time, and I found a couple of other references that indicated that Douglas was triple-dipping into the public purse during the last term.
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Hebe, in reply to
Odd how the Gipper and the Iron Lady both had dementia at the end. Early onset would explain their politics.
Sorry Russell; surely trout is ungendered?
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NBR's headline is (I suspect, unwittingly) damning: Thatcher on par with Churchill, says Monckton
#MoncktonLive(btw, thanks for putting me on to that via Twitter last night Mr Brown)
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JacksonP, in reply to
I disagree. Something needed to be done, to be sure, but this is just recycling the myth that There Is (was) No Alternative.
As the pragmatism included the brain fart of floating the New Zealand dollar, yeah, if only there HAD been an alternative.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
surely trout is ungendered?
Would you ever use it to describe a man?
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Hebe, in reply to
It's a personality-typed insult to me.
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Alas, I only ever got to piss on the Berlin Wall.
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It's always puzzled me why only a woman can be called a trout, and only a man can be called a coot.
I think I prefer discussion that has no name-calling, though.
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Alright, she was an evil anal passage with no redeeming properties.
I think one of the things that enabled her to be so successful was that many on the left were more concerned with correct use of language than the physical actions of government. This reached its nadir with Blair, who would never use an incorrect word but was quite happy to riddle people with depleted uranium if they happened to live in the wrong country.
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I like trout; they're much more tasty than people.
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