Baroness Thatcher dies overnight

[Oscar]

Quite justified under the circumstances...

The carrier was not "in port" but at sea, attempting to launch her air wing. Once the Belgrano developed an excessive amount of sea water internally, the Vincente de Mayo went straight back to port with her tail between her legs.

I did not know that.

She was originally HMS Venerable, built in 1945 and sold to the Dutch in 1948.
The Dutch sold her to the Argentine Navy in 1968.

[Ocean1]

Quite justified under the circumstances...

It was.

Did you spot the mangled quote?

[Damantis]

She served a corporate agenda to privatise the world. Good riddance to the Tory whore.

When people dance in the street on news of your death, you know you've overstepped the bounds of human decency.

[Damantis]

Having lived through Maggies reign as a young-un through most of my teens I witnessed first hand the misery of mass unemployment and actual hunger that was caused by that woman and her policies which affected us particularly badly in the North East of England. However, I do believe that the UK was well and truly fucked by what happened next....as Graywolf said......the open dor policy for immigration which has now in turn bred so much rascism in the UK. Theres a reason, rather many reasons why many of us left the UK and are still leaving. She certainly had courage and had bigger balls than a lot of male PM's but I still would not piss on her if she was on fire.........er.....

Here's a fitting Eulogy.


1. She supported the retention of capital punishment
2. She destroyed the country's manufacturing industry
3. She voted against the relaxation of divorce laws
4. She abolished free milk for schoolchildren ("Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher")
5. She supported more freedom for business (and look how that turned out)
6. She gained support from the National Front in the 1979 election by pandering to the fears of immigration
7. She gerrymandered local authorities by forcing through council house sales, at the same time preventing councils from spending the money they got for selling houses on building new houses (spending on social housing dropped by 67% in her premiership)
8. She was responsible for 3.6 million unemployed - the highest figure and the highest proportion of the workforce in history and three times the previous government. Massaging of the figures means that the figure was closer to 5 million
9. She ignored intelligence about Argentinian preparations for the invasion of the Falkland Islands and scrapped the only Royal Navy presence in the islands
10. The poll tax
11. She presided over the closure of 150 coal mines; we are now crippled by the cost of energy, having to import expensive coal from abroad
12. She compared her "fight" against the miners to the Falklands War
13. She privatised state monopolies and created the corporate greed culture that we've been railing against for the last 5 years
14. She introduced the gradual privatisation of the NHS
15. She introduced financial deregulation in a way that turned city institutions into avaricious money pits
16. She pioneered the unfailing adoration and unquestioning support of the USA
17. She allowed the US to place nuclear missiles on UK soil, under US control
18. Section 28
19. She opposed anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa and described Nelson Mandela as "that grubby little terrorist"
20. She support the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and sent the SAS to train their soldiers
21. She allowed the US to bomb Libya in 1986, against the wishes of more than 2/3 of the population
22. She opposed the reunification of Germany
23. She invented Quangos
24. She increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%
25. She had the lowest approval rating of any post-war Prime Minister
26. Her post-PM job? Consultant to Philip Morris tobacco at $250,000 a year, plus $50,000 per speech
27. The Al Yamamah contract
28. She opposed the indictment of Chile's General Pinochet
29. Social unrest under her leadership was higher than at any time since the General Strike
30. She presided over interest rates increasing to 15%
31. BSE
32. She presided over 2 million manufacturing job losses in the 79-81 recession
33. She opposed the inclusion of Eire in the Northern Ireland peace process
34. She supported sanctions-busting arms deals with South Africa
35. Cecil Parkinson, Alan Clark, David Mellor, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin
36. Crime rates doubled under Thatcher
37. Black Wednesday – Britain withdraws from the ERM and the pound is devalued. Cost to Britain - £3.5 billion; profit for George Soros - £1 billion
38. Poverty doubled while she opposed a minimum wage
39. She privatised public services, claiming at the time it would increase public ownership. Most are now owned either by foreign governments (EDF) or major investment houses. The profits don’t now accrue to the taxpayer, but to foreign or institutional shareholders.
40. She cut 75% of funding to museums, galleries and other sources of education
41. In the Thatcher years the top 10% of earners received almost 50% of the tax remissions
42. 21.9% inflation
43. Covered up the Hillsborough disaster to protect the police.

[ellipsis]

... the fascist wanks on here will TRY and cut that to ribbons...

[98tls]

Bet Sir Robs glad to see her.

[Zedder]

She served a corporate agenda to privatise the world. Good riddance to the Tory whore.

When people dance in the street on news of your death, you know you've overstepped the bounds of human decency.

I saw a news item tonight about a campaign to make the song, "Ding dong the witch is dead", number 1 on the UK music charts.

[BoristheBiter]

... the fascist wanks on here will TRY and cut that to ribbons...

Don't need to. She destroyed the unions and that in it's self would be enough to get a state funeral.

[98tls]

Don't need to. She destroyed the unions and that in it's self would be enough to get a state funeral.

If she didnt then it would ave been the countrys funeral not long after.

[Macontour]

So what?
And what did it matter what meal was being taken at the time?

Firstly, it wasn't sunk with all hands.
It had been in the exclusion zone previously and had aborted an attack run with exocets.

Where ever it was it was a threat to the task force and its sinking almost certainly kept the rest of the Argie navy (including an aircraft carrier) in port.

It was a horrible thing to do, but war is war and if you're looking for blame, try Gen. Gailterai -no one forced him to invade.
As far as I'm concerned, I had friends and relations in the task force, and anything that made them safer (including the sinking of the Belgrano) was OK by me...

I was just quoting best as I could remember, not having listened to the album for years. I was on the Poms side, remember watching it allon the TV and as a member of the Green Machine, that sort of thing interests me,especially how hard the Paras had to yomp to achieve their goals. I like the wholealbumand wasn't just singling out one part.

[ellipsis]

Don't need to. She destroyed the unions and that in it's self would be enough to get a state funeral.

...like I said, TRY...

[BoristheBiter]

If she didnt then it would ave been the countrys funeral not long after.

I wounder what the unwashed masses would say about her if she had?

...like I said, TRY...

Like I said no need to.

For some reason she was the type of person that you liked or hated, the savoir of England or the destoryer.
Everyone had their reasons, and being a hater now only shows that you (in the general sense) are yet to move forward and are stuck in the past.

[BoristheBiter]

Here's a fitting Eulogy.


1. She supported the retention of capital punishment
2. She destroyed the country's manufacturing industry
3. She voted against the relaxation of divorce laws
4. She abolished free milk for schoolchildren ("Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher")
5. She supported more freedom for business (and look how that turned out)
6. She gained support from the National Front in the 1979 election by pandering to the fears of immigration
7. She gerrymandered local authorities by forcing through council house sales, at the same time preventing councils from spending the money they got for selling houses on building new houses (spending on social housing dropped by 67% in her premiership)
8. She was responsible for 3.6 million unemployed - the highest figure and the highest proportion of the workforce in history and three times the previous government. Massaging of the figures means that the figure was closer to 5 million
9. She ignored intelligence about Argentinian preparations for the invasion of the Falkland Islands and scrapped the only Royal Navy presence in the islands
10. The poll tax
11. She presided over the closure of 150 coal mines; we are now crippled by the cost of energy, having to import expensive coal from abroad
12. She compared her "fight" against the miners to the Falklands War
13. She privatised state monopolies and created the corporate greed culture that we've been railing against for the last 5 years
14. She introduced the gradual privatisation of the NHS
15. She introduced financial deregulation in a way that turned city institutions into avaricious money pits
16. She pioneered the unfailing adoration and unquestioning support of the USA
17. She allowed the US to place nuclear missiles on UK soil, under US control
18. Section 28
19. She opposed anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa and described Nelson Mandela as "that grubby little terrorist"
20. She support the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and sent the SAS to train their soldiers
21. She allowed the US to bomb Libya in 1986, against the wishes of more than 2/3 of the population
22. She opposed the reunification of Germany
23. She invented Quangos
24. She increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%
25. She had the lowest approval rating of any post-war Prime Minister
26. Her post-PM job? Consultant to Philip Morris tobacco at $250,000 a year, plus $50,000 per speech
27. The Al Yamamah contract
28. She opposed the indictment of Chile's General Pinochet
29. Social unrest under her leadership was higher than at any time since the General Strike
30. She presided over interest rates increasing to 15%
31. BSE
32. She presided over 2 million manufacturing job losses in the 79-81 recession
33. She opposed the inclusion of Eire in the Northern Ireland peace process
34. She supported sanctions-busting arms deals with South Africa
35. Cecil Parkinson, Alan Clark, David Mellor, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin
36. Crime rates doubled under Thatcher
37. Black Wednesday – Britain withdraws from the ERM and the pound is devalued. Cost to Britain - £3.5 billion; profit for George Soros - £1 billion
38. Poverty doubled while she opposed a minimum wage
39. She privatised public services, claiming at the time it would increase public ownership. Most are now owned either by foreign governments (EDF) or major investment houses. The profits don’t now accrue to the taxpayer, but to foreign or institutional shareholders.
40. She cut 75% of funding to museums, galleries and other sources of education
41. In the Thatcher years the top 10% of earners received almost 50% of the tax remissions
42. 21.9% inflation
43. Covered up the Hillsborough disaster to protect the police.

Bet yours isn't as long

[ellipsis]

Like I said no need to.

For some reason she was the type of person that you liked or hated, the savoir of England or the destoryer.
Everyone had their reasons, and being a hater now only shows that you (in the general sense) are yet to move forward and are stuck in the past.[/QUOTE]

...like I said TRY... I'd rather be stuck in the past than stuck in the back...by a power hungry, shopkeepers daughter...class reactionary to a tee...

[Brian d marge]

"All your doing?"

I'm glad you've found the culprit

Speaking of backing up arguments, would you like to select anything I've said and disprove it?
Whilst you're at it, could you explain why the fact that I found your post exceedingly silly requires me to prove anything?
Other than the fact that anyone who puts swastikas on politicians is childish and lacking any intelligent wit?

Oh, and could I go on the record to say I find Ms. Bennett loathsome in the extreme, an populist old style beneficiary basher, however comparing her to a Nazi is not really an argument (and basically shows a lack of functioning grey matter).

1. ya haven’t said anything said anything ( worthwhile )
2. no you don’t have to prove anything ( as per ) others have already made that decision for you
3. There is a like between paula and those who caused the upset in Europe ( don’t try your head will explode )

finally , I’m not sure , and forgive me if I am wrong , but that last part looks like an opinion ( possibly the first you have had ) and almost a good one at that !

Congrats

Stephen