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nickgusset  Shizzlehurst 17 Apr 13 5.25pm |
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Quote Stirlingsays at 17 Apr 2013 5.20pm
Quote Kosowski at 17 Apr 2013 5.14pm
Has the stupid bint been turned into ash yet?
What a silly thing to say. Is correct. She knew exactly what she was doing to people. As an aside, the Sun didn't run my headline suggestion to them about Big Ben. No Ding Dong the withch is dead.
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 Kermit8  Hevon 17 Apr 13 5.34pm |
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Take it all back. I love the woman. Best PM this country has ever had. She put the Great back into Great Britain. A true patriot. Xxxxxxxxx
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corkery  Cork City 17 Apr 13 5.43pm |
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[Link] In Yorkshire, bonfire as a celebration.
We'll never die |
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| beagle pom tiddly om pom pom 17 Apr 13 5.46pm |
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I've been reading the reaction from some mining communities who, predictably, are delighted she's dead and say they can 'never forgive' her for decimating their industry. The inference is that until Thatch, they had a viable industry but she, for political reasons, tore it apart. What I don't understand is why, if the industry is at all viable, aren't any pits being reopened? Shale Gas and fracking has re-energised the oil industry - so why is coal dead? The fact that even under Labour these pits weren't reopened suggests to me that there was/is no future for a profitable national coal industry in the UK - so were the closures under Thatcher inevitable and she's a convenient scapegoat? I know sweet FA about the economics of coal - but would be interested in any thoughts.
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| Dweeb East London 17 Apr 13 5.50pm |
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Quote beagle at 17 Apr 2013 5.46pm
I've been reading the reaction from some mining communities who, predictably, are delighted she's dead and say they can 'never forgive' her for decimating their industry. The inference is that until Thatch, they had a viable industry but she, for political reasons, tore it apart. What I don't understand is why, if the industry is at all viable, aren't any pits being reopened? Shale Gas and fracking has re-energised the oil industry - so why is coal dead? The fact that even under Labour these pits weren't reopened suggests to me that there was/is no future for a profitable national coal industry in the UK - so were the closures under Thatcher inevitable and she's a convenient scapegoat? I know sweet FA about the economics of coal - but would be interested in any thoughts.
Cheaper to import it from Poland etc. So we ship out sterling to another EU country whilst paying to keep entire generations of people and areas unemployed. Of course, we don't let the power companies pay tax as they wouldn't be contrbuting to "call me Dave", Gdieon and their fellow millionaires ... [Link] Edited by Dweeb (17 Apr 2013 5.51pm)
Taking the Sorry to see Lee Hills go, did we ever see Alex Marrow? We did January 2013 |
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bungy jump since 1964. Never to see John Jackson in a 
| Stirlingsays 17 Apr 13 5.52pm |
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Now that we have clean coal technology I've often thought wouldn't it be viable or even desirable to start up a few coal plants......Considering that we still have lots of coal left. Considering we have an energy crises in this country and high fuel bills....Plus we seem to be in hock to Russia for gas....I would have thought there would be some mileage in it. But it must still be uneconomic.
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| Stuk Top half 17 Apr 13 6.19pm |
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More pits closed in the Labour government before Thatcher than during her time as PM, did they not? Just that Scargill wasn't around being an absolute cock when that happened. And like someone else said, they never reopened them once the union's party of choice got back in either. Today went well. Good turn out for her, protests were minor and only made themselves look and sound like the prats they are. First female PM and longest serving of the 20th century, reason enough for the ceremonial funeral.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 17 Apr 13 6.20pm |
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crowds pack into an Edinburgh square to watch the funeral.
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Attachment: | nickgusset Shizzlehurst 17 Apr 13 6.21pm |
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You couldn't move in Bradford...
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 17 Apr 13 6.22pm |
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In some places on the route, the crowds were as large as 1 deep!
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 17 Apr 13 6.23pm |
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Whilst George peeled an onion.
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| Stuk Top half 17 Apr 13 6.25pm |
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Well done on posting some stock photos, nick. The earlier live television pictures prove you very much wrong. Any reason why you'd expect anyone to turn out anywhere other than the funeral route out of interest? It's not a f***ing world cup game...
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