Ah but he'd be in a good position to secure a job in Morrison's fruit & veg aisle.

Some major changers to British indusrty/unions was necessary.
Perhaps she was a bit OTT in leaving whole generations and communities on the scrap-heap. I went to a former mining village near Chesterfield last year and met a bloke who never worked again after the pits were shut in the 1980's.

My parents did quite well out of it (dad was in the MOD), but then i went to University in 1989 and found she was starting to erode student grants, and introduce Student Loans.
Students did have it easy up to that point, but if you weren't up to the academic workload you were usually off the course after the first term. Ultimately it made it more diffcult for poorer families to send a gifted child to higher education.

The Poll tax also made my parents consider voting for another party, until they realised (in their 6 bedroom detached house) they'd actually be paying less.

*Trident
*The cruise missiles at Greenham Common
*The Westland affair
*Homes for votes
*Got Britain labelled as "The dirty man of Europe" for a while (causing acid rain in Scandinavia), until she killed all our heavy industry.
*was complicit with the US of A, in terms of military activity. Almost xenaphobic with Europeans

Was the first Prime Minister to have a policy term named after her, whilst still in office: Thatcherism.

in 1990 was half-expecting her and Dennis to be found dead in No10's basement, having committed suicide.

Probably the politician i have most hated. However, she always played with a straight bat, was a woman of her word, and never got caught 'playing away'.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (08 Apr 2013 4.34pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

Sums it up pretty well for me. Whether you agree with her or not, you must at least give her credit for having strong principles and actually sticking to them. She did this, in my opinion, not to win votes, but because she felt the actions she took were the right thing to do.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

You know that is also a trait of a dictator, don't you?

Big chest and massive boobs

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'Better stop dreaming of the quiet life 'cos it's the one we'll never know'

All I can say is how did she last 11 years as PM if she was that bad? I tell you before she came to power our country was on deaths door. She was immense and yes it was tough but she was one of the best things that happened to this country. All the people on here who disagree and like chucking abuse are just pathetic, childish and have no respect. I'll have a quiet drink and toast to her tonight. For those that want to reply to this with a derogatory comment, I won't bother replying its not the right time and I can't be bothered arguing with uneducated , inverted snobs that can't keep quiet on a day when someone dies and families and friends are in bereavement.