A question for non British people
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Her final departure: November 1990
And here's how it really looked
This is REALLY boring.
And here's how it really looked
This is REALLY boring.
One of the things that Thatcher transformed? BP. Oil's well that ends well, so they say.
I know my conservative friends (not wacky ones) and relatives (wacky ones) idolize her.
I know Valerie Bodin of the USSR thought she was rather intimidating
Im not really sure, but apparently Yes, minister was one of her favorite shows so thats a point in her favor
I know Valerie Bodin of the USSR thought she was rather intimidating
Im not really sure, but apparently Yes, minister was one of her favorite shows so thats a point in her favor
Never heard of her, but the human in me wnats to say you're making her out to be more evil then she is.
She was Reagan's sidekick, which is reason enough for me to hate her (British btw). She well with the Falklands, but allowing American nuclear missiles to be placed in Britain was a very dangerous favour. Any possibility of us being exempt from any nuclear scuffle between two very powerful idiots was destroyed with that.
Also, she completely fucked up the country and was incredibly capitalist, which was very, very bad for the majority of people.
Also, she completely fucked up the country and was incredibly capitalist, which was very, very bad for the majority of people.
I hate her with the intensity of 10,000,000 Foreman Grills. (Irish BTW)
But Ireland has produced a far worse politician, one who screwed up the north, robbed our country blind, and ruined us.
But Ireland has produced a far worse politician, one who screwed up the north, robbed our country blind, and ruined us.
I've heard of her, and I know the just of the Falkland Islands war. While it was over just a few islands of no real significance, a state has a right to enforce it's sovereignty.
An entire war cannot be attributed to one person. To blame her for it all is unfair.
And my British girlfriend told me that Thatcher screwed over the British working class, but that's the extent of my knowledge. However, there must have been reasons; she wasn't just trying to be mean. I'm not saying it was right, but to look at things as as simply good or bad is unfair and, in some cases, potentially dangerous.
An entire war cannot be attributed to one person. To blame her for it all is unfair.
And my British girlfriend told me that Thatcher screwed over the British working class, but that's the extent of my knowledge. However, there must have been reasons; she wasn't just trying to be mean. I'm not saying it was right, but to look at things as as simply good or bad is unfair and, in some cases, potentially dangerous.
It's a good point; someone like Thatcher wouldn't be afraid to make all the savage cuts needed to keep the country going. She wouldn't be popular, she'd probably be hated, but she'd get us through...Karma168 said:
Not like our current leaders, with the fixation on popularity
Let's be honest here, the 80s was our greatest decade for so many reasons.
I just wish our current politicians had as much back-bone as Thatcher.
I just wish our current politicians had as much back-bone as Thatcher.
she was heartless, but that's just what the country needed. Coal mining was a declining industry in Britain since the beginning of the 20th century anyway, there was no saving it. However, the falklands did seem a little pointless to me, not to mention thatcher ordered the destruction of a retreating argentinian ship, technically making her a war criminal.
