Curt 1 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Just reading the Reagan thread and all the news at the moment, just wondering what the Brits here - and everyone else - thought of Ronnies good buddy, Maggie Thatcher. She seemed to be either loved or hated. I'm interested to hear more, looking back. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Thatcher, Thatcher, the milk snatcher... A necessary evil at the time perhaps, but few were sorry to se her go. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Put her in the box with Ronnie while there's still time. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 I said I see no joy I see only sorrow I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow So stand down Margaret! Stand down please! Stand down Margaret! It would have been curtains after one term had it not been for the Falklands War. She also got a big boost from the press pillorying Michael Foot, a very intelligent man, for his appearance and anti-nuclear stance. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Morrissey apparently didn't like her. A bit harsh I think. ------------ MARGARET ON THE GUILLOTINE The kind people Have a wonderful dream Margaret on the guillotine Cause people like you Make me feel so tired When will you die ? When will you die ? When will you die ? When will you die ? When will you die ? And people like you Make me feel so old inside Please die And kind people Do not shelter this dream Make it real Make the dream real Make the dream real Make it real Make the dream real Make it real Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 I was young at the time (honest) and not really into politics. But wasn't she just villified far more than she deserved. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 I occasionally worked as a waiter for a party design company I worked for in London. At one big event, which used the Natural History Museum as a venue, I got to serve Thatchers table. The old fossil was sitting with a skeletal looking Elle Mcpherson and a bunch of corporate types. The fantasy of stabbing her in the back of the neck crossed my mind I must admit . She looked very much like a cheerful granny and will probably last for a while yet. Elle, by contrast, seemed on edge and was closely tailed by her security guy when she got up to go to the dunny-paranoid. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Britain was in the right royal crapper when she came along, with rampant inflation, strikes, the country was at a standstill. The unions controlled labour, so labour could do nothing as working class Britain sat on their collective arses and held the country to ransom. The seesaw of power was firmly seated to the left, with the weight of union on the far left, and labour middle left, nothing was going to budge. In drops Thatcher, with the weight of the rest of the country behind her, on the other side of the seesaw, way the other side, jettisoning the left right out of the game. Not only did she destroy their organisations, but also their industry base, moving the country away from working class endeavours so as to preclude the return of the menacing unions. So she was a great destroyer, but not such a good builder. Their she sat, on the far right of the seesaw, creating the antithesis of what she had destroyed. Luckily, she was removed by her own, and a semblence of balance now found. I personally think she was needed to re-dress the balance of power in Britain at the time, but, yes, on all other counts a nationalist nutter who stayed too long. Her more recent mutterings really do paint her as the narrow-minded, bigoted fascist she really was. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Yeah the UK was a bit of an economic basket case before she turned up. Somewhere in the middle is better than either extreme. Link to post Share on other sites
giggsy 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 What has she been muttering of late? You don't hear much about her at all these days. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 By lately I mean the last few years. The BA fiasco was the last thing I can recall, where she had a tantrum over their new paint scheme (ie loosing the Union Jack). Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Mozzer likes to cause the odd bit of controversy. Latest from NME: ---- MORRISSEY is at the centre of controversy after allegedly wishing the death of US President GEORGE W BUSH.. According to the Manchester Evening News newspaper, the star announced from the stage at Dublin Castle in Ireland the news that Ronald Reagan had died. After the announcement he reportedly said he壇 rather it had been George W Bush. A spokesman said: "We do not have a recording of the gig, but as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died. He then simply followed that up with his comment about George Bush, which was his own opinion. He is no stranger to controversy." Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 The day thatch went was indeed a good one. Talking of politics, Blair just got trod on here in the local elections. Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I always found Maggie fascinating. Quite a lot of good reading out there about her. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN...1369484-4099856 Link to post Share on other sites
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