Topic: Maggy Thatcher - Dead
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ started this discussion 13 years ago #27,162
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The death of Margaret Thatcher has been announce: she died following a stroke this morning.
The death of Margaret Thatcher has been announce: she died following a stroke this morning.
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #407,252
http://news.sky.com/story/1075292/margaret-thatcher-dies-after-stroke
Is it so hard to post the normal link? It would be quicker too, since you wouldn't have to go to a URL shortener at all.
Is it so hard to post the normal link? It would be quicker too, since you wouldn't have to go to a URL shortener at all.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 21 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,253
Can someone summarize her relevance to me? Thanks.
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,255
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #407,256
@407,253 (C)Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first (and for two decades the only) woman to lead a major Western democracy. She won three successive General Elections and served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched in the twentieth century.
During her term of office she reshaped almost every aspect of British politics, reviving the economy, reforming outdated institutions, and reinvigorating the nation's foreign policy. She challenged and did much to overturn the psychology of decline which had become rooted in Britain since the Second World War, pursuing national recovery with striking energy and determination.
In the process, Margaret Thatcher became one of the founders, with Ronald Reagan, of a school of conservative conviction politics, which has had a powerful and enduring impact on politics in Britain and the United States and earned her a higher international profile than any British politician since Winston Churchill.
By successfully shifting British economic and foreign policy to the right, her governments helped to encourage wider international trends which broadened and deepened during the 1980s and 1990s, as the end of the Cold War, the spread of democracy, and the growth of free markets strengthened political and economic freedom in every continent.
Margaret Thatcher became one of the world's most influential and respected political leaders, as well as one of the most controversial, dynamic, and plain-spoken, a reference point for friends and enemies alike.
!KThEOwLwbU joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,265
@previous (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)
She also killed the North. It's only nowadays that signs of recovery are beginning to show in some places.
She also killed the North. It's only nowadays that signs of recovery are beginning to show in some places.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 40 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,266
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,267
@407,265 (!KThEOwLwbU)
No. The Unions killed the North. Where is all the industry now - that wasn't MT doing? High wages, low productivity and Union rules brought industry to it's knees and because their power has been curbed so recovery is possible.
No. The Unions killed the North. Where is all the industry now - that wasn't MT doing? High wages, low productivity and Union rules brought industry to it's knees and because their power has been curbed so recovery is possible.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,268
She was the first black president.
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,269
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 51 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,270
rip maggie ;_;Anonymous G double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,271
!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 16 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,276
@407,267 (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)
Lol, so it's only a coincidence that things were working until Margaret Thatcher came along. It might have been on it's knees, but it needed someone to help lift it up, not chop it's head off. Many towns and cities have no reason for existence anymore. The North is a poorer place to live as a result of Margaret Thatcher.
Lol, so it's only a coincidence that things were working until Margaret Thatcher came along. It might have been on it's knees, but it needed someone to help lift it up, not chop it's head off. Many towns and cities have no reason for existence anymore. The North is a poorer place to live as a result of Margaret Thatcher.
!KThEOwLwbU double-posted this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,278
@407,267 (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)
Why do you think it was a good thing for her to destroy industries in the North and not even try to create new growth or new employment?
Why do you think it was a good thing for her to destroy industries in the North and not even try to create new growth or new employment?
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Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,279
@407,276 (!KThEOwLwbU)
That has always been a Labour perspective.
Things weren't working. You are right it was on it's knees and with the help of the unions was bleeding the country dry. What MT did was to expose and reduce Union power. The foundations were rotten - before rebuilding could take place demolition was necessary.
There are many towns in the south that have little reason for their original existence but have regenerated because a very different attitude prevails.
That has always been a Labour perspective.
Things weren't working. You are right it was on it's knees and with the help of the unions was bleeding the country dry. What MT did was to expose and reduce Union power. The foundations were rotten - before rebuilding could take place demolition was necessary.
There are many towns in the south that have little reason for their original existence but have regenerated because a very different attitude prevails.
!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,281
@previous (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)
> The foundations were rotten - before rebuilding could take place demolition was necessary.
There was no rebuilding. The North is a waste, with nothing but Poundland and Greggs as far as the eye can see.
> There are many towns in the south that have little reason for their original existence but have regenerated because a very different attitude prevails.
What does the south have to do with it? The south is far richer than the North. Most of them are just commuter towns now anyway. Their attitude is "we can go to London".
> The foundations were rotten - before rebuilding could take place demolition was necessary.
There was no rebuilding. The North is a waste, with nothing but Poundland and Greggs as far as the eye can see.
> There are many towns in the south that have little reason for their original existence but have regenerated because a very different attitude prevails.
What does the south have to do with it? The south is far richer than the North. Most of them are just commuter towns now anyway. Their attitude is "we can go to London".
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Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,285
@previous (!KThEOwLwbU)
The north turned into wasteland because all the unions knew to do was whine. If they had not poisoned the business environment industry would have moved in... who needs that kind of headache when you can find workers just about anywhere?
The north turned into wasteland because all the unions knew to do was whine. If they had not poisoned the business environment industry would have moved in... who needs that kind of headache when you can find workers just about anywhere?
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,286
@407,281 (!KThEOwLwbU)
That is of course nonsense, but what then of the Midlands. They went through difficulties and are still doing so but they too are regenerating. The fact is that neither industry nor business trust the northern work force (and what of the unions, they brought you down and then deserted you.) Sadly, you invested in the wrong power brokers. For years you had good times whilst the rest of the population envied your wages and your jobs for life lifestyle.
Now it has gone and you blame everyone but yourselves.
That is of course nonsense, but what then of the Midlands. They went through difficulties and are still doing so but they too are regenerating. The fact is that neither industry nor business trust the northern work force (and what of the unions, they brought you down and then deserted you.) Sadly, you invested in the wrong power brokers. For years you had good times whilst the rest of the population envied your wages and your jobs for life lifestyle.
Now it has gone and you blame everyone but yourselves.
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,287
!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 26 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,289
@407,286 (Icarus !!fxtF/31b/)
> That is of course nonsense, but what then of the Midlands. They went through difficulties and are still doing so but they too are regenerating.
Lol the Midlands is a blasted hellscape comparable to Mordor.
> The fact is that neither industry nor business trust the northern work force
I thought it was a bad attitude on our part?
> and what of the unions, they brought you down and then deserted you
I thought Margaret Thatcher reduced union power?
> For years you had good times whilst the rest of the population envied your wages and your jobs for life lifestyle. Now it has gone and you blame everyone but yourselves.
I thought that neither industry nor business trusts the Northern workforce? I thought that the unions brought us down? Nobody envied the North, it's always been poorer than London.
> That is of course nonsense, but what then of the Midlands. They went through difficulties and are still doing so but they too are regenerating.
Lol the Midlands is a blasted hellscape comparable to Mordor.
> The fact is that neither industry nor business trust the northern work force
I thought it was a bad attitude on our part?
> and what of the unions, they brought you down and then deserted you
I thought Margaret Thatcher reduced union power?
> For years you had good times whilst the rest of the population envied your wages and your jobs for life lifestyle. Now it has gone and you blame everyone but yourselves.
I thought that neither industry nor business trusts the Northern workforce? I thought that the unions brought us down? Nobody envied the North, it's always been poorer than London.
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 11 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,290
@previous (!KThEOwLwbU)
E lad, tha 'as a reet inferiority cumplex. Go tu tha foot o ya stairs and call tha da.
E lad, tha 'as a reet inferiority cumplex. Go tu tha foot o ya stairs and call tha da.
!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 15 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,291
Handel !tYHPZ2dvu6 joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 23 seconds later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,292
Good.
Icarus !!fxtF/31b/ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,294
!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 37 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,295
TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 24 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,298
are the north celebrating yet
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,302
@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Yes, there are reports of celebratory stabbings and vastly increased McDonalds purchases in all if the north.
Yes, there are reports of celebratory stabbings and vastly increased McDonalds purchases in all if the north.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 39 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,303
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,305
@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
OP is one who posted it, you twit! Direct your complaint at him. I was just providing a real link and not one of those weird ones that he always posts.
OP is one who posted it, you twit! Direct your complaint at him. I was just providing a real link and not one of those weird ones that he always posts.
!KThEOwLwbU replied with this 13 years ago, 12 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,306
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,308
TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs replied with this 13 years ago, 17 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,310
@previous (L)
I doubt anybody in Ireland is going to have a classy reaction to Thatcher's death lol.
I doubt anybody in Ireland is going to have a classy reaction to Thatcher's death lol.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,312
@407,305 (B)
I know, but either way, you should refrain from giving them traffic. No one clicks on URL shortening links on Minichan anyway.
I know, but either way, you should refrain from giving them traffic. No one clicks on URL shortening links on Minichan anyway.
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,336
@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
Right, because minichan's vast userbase is going to have a real impact on their numbers.
Right, because minichan's vast userbase is going to have a real impact on their numbers.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q replied with this 13 years ago, 53 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #407,359
@previous (B)
Anonymous D in response to voting in the national election.
> Right, because minichan's vast userbase is going to have a real impact on their numbers.
Anonymous D in response to voting in the national election.
> Right, because minichan's vast userbase is going to have a real impact on their numbers.
Anonymous J replied with this 13 years ago, 19 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #407,704
Anonymous B replied with this 13 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #407,707
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #407,714
Handel !tYHPZ2dvu6 replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #407,732
@407,308 (L)
Please have you not seen what some people have said about her death in the papers? Its a disgrace!
@407,310 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
True enough.
Please have you not seen what some people have said about her death in the papers? Its a disgrace!
@407,310 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
True enough.