Thatcher dead

[BluePurgatory]

There really would be a mass exodus then.

But perhaps the likes of Pio would return so he could stand shoulder to shoulder with his comrades!

Not biting Bible boy, i had the balls to start a new life, half way around the world,at 21.
I knew the game was up for us when fuckers like you took control. Christian? my arse.

Me thinks you bit and are hurting as in the truth always hurts :o)

 

[stonerblue]

Naturally some strong views from everyone on here, but what about this:

<a class="postlink-local" href="http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=281204" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">viewtopic.php?f=14&t=281204</a>

Whelan & Madjeski pushing for a minutes silence for Thatcher at football at the weekend?

As stated on that thread, they can fuck right off.

 

[blue81]

Naturally some strong views from everyone on here, but what about this:

<a class="postlink-local" href="http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=281204" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">viewtopic.php?f=14&t=281204</a>

Whelan & Madjeski pushing for a minutes silence for Thatcher at football at the weekend?

As stated on that thread, they can fuck right off.

Would you disrupt the minutes silence if we had one?

 

[pominoz]

I don't know that at all. I've read her autobiography (probably unlike the vast majority on here) and that's a very condensed version of her philosophy. But certainly not a simplistic one.

I am sure that was a very unbiased account by the "Lady".

Edit-Or the lackey doing it.

She did it herself more or less and I tend to assume most political biographies present their subject in a flattering light. The only ones I've read where the author is quite open about their failings are Richard Crossman, Alan Clark & to a slightly lesser extent Chris Mullin

But it's still a fascinating read about one of the most explosive political eras. I suspect she's not the sort of person who would ever admit to making a mistake anyway, apart from maybe some faux admission that she made a mistake by not being radical enough

That to me say's it all, no matter how wrong many of her policies were wrong, she would not back down, even if it meant the downfall of the country she "loved".
She would have gone further if allowed? Now that is scary.<br /><br />-- Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:53 pm --<br /><br />

But perhaps the likes of Pio would return so he could stand shoulder to shoulder with his comrades!

Not biting Bible boy, i had the balls to start a new life, half way around the world,at 21.
I knew the game was up for us when fuckers like you took control. Christian? my arse.

Me thinks you bit and are hurting as in the truth always hurts :o)

What truth?

 

[Lucky Toma]

113 pages?! The fuckers still dead right?

 

[BWTAC]

113 pages?! The fuckers still dead right?

That's why I keep clicking on it to make sure she is.

 

[nw42]

113 pages?! The fuckers still dead right?

That's why I keep clicking on it to make sure she is.

You doubting my word?

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

Just been shouted into the living room by Mrs Richfan who is watching the news. Can anyone explain to her (and me) the reason why her son is known as Sir Mark Thatcher ?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I am sure that was a very unbiased account by the "Lady".

Edit-Or the lackey doing it.

She did it herself more or less and I tend to assume most political biographies present their subject in a flattering light. The only ones I've read where the author is quite open about their failings are Richard Crossman, Alan Clark & to a slightly lesser extent Chris Mullin

But it's still a fascinating read about one of the most explosive political eras. I suspect she's not the sort of person who would ever admit to making a mistake anyway, apart from maybe some faux admission that she made a mistake by not being radical enough

That to me say's it all, no matter how wrong many of her policies were wrong, she would not back down, even if it meant the downfall of the country she "loved".

But she didn't think they were wrong. That's the point. She saw herself as saving the country not destroying it. She thought socialism and the civil service were destroying it. In the book she quotes a senior mandarin as saying (before she came to power) that it was the job of the Civil Service to manage an orderly decline.

When she came to power, she realised that the Civil Service saw itself as a policy adviser (and Crossman says exactly the same thing). The Treasury decides what's going to be spent, where and when and Permanent Secretaries force this position on their Ministers. The policies they wanted to implement were ones that didn't rock the boat or cause them too much hassle.

She made it clear that the government made policy and it was the job of the Civil Service to implement it.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Just been shouted into the living room by Mrs Richfan who is watching the news. Can anyone explain to her (and me) the reason why her son is known as Sir Mark Thatcher ?

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_Baronets" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_Baronets</a>