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Post by juju on Apr 8, 2013 11:54:39 GMT
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Post by Kye on Apr 8, 2013 13:09:33 GMT
End of an era...
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Post by bill on Apr 8, 2013 13:55:38 GMT
Not really. Her political clone is still alive and well demolishing everything in sight.
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Post by juju on Apr 8, 2013 14:58:51 GMT
Not really. Her political clone is still alive and well demolishing everything in sight. Where is clappy hands smiley? |
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Post by bill on Apr 8, 2013 17:22:30 GMT
Not really. Her political clone is still alive and well demolishing everything in sight. Where is clappy hands smiley? er.....don't know. This will have to do. ;D |
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Post by Moose on Apr 8, 2013 17:27:00 GMT
I wonder how Cameron will go down in history. I don't see him getting a second term
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Post by bill on Apr 8, 2013 17:30:38 GMT
I wonder how Cameron will go down in history. I don't see him getting a second term God save us! |
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Post by Moose on Apr 8, 2013 17:53:35 GMT
Apparently the BBC, in what they are swearing was an accident, initially announced on its website that Thatcher had died from a 'strike'.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 8, 2013 19:56:42 GMT
I wonder how Cameron will go down in history. I don't see him getting a second term I'm not entirely convinced they really got a first term...  |
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Post by jayme on Apr 8, 2013 21:24:15 GMT
Apparently the BBC, in what they are swearing was an accident, initially announced on its website that Thatcher had died from a 'strike'. Hahahaha! ;D That's as good as the time my sister told me her friend's husband had been killed in Iraq - by an I.U.D. |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 14:26:38 GMT
Ouch  |
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Post by bill on Apr 10, 2013 14:47:49 GMT
I wonder how Cameron will go down in history. I don't see him getting a second term I'm not entirely convinced they really got a first term... He didn't and that is one of my beefs. The Coalition obviously had to be formed at the time but it should have been a stopgap pending another general election, but no, somehow he managed to persuade parliament to allow him a full 5 year term with his LibLab puppet and proceeded to bring in far reaching measures for which he had no mandate. Grrrr.......... |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 15:01:46 GMT
The Lib Dems have really damaged their credibility beyond all reasonable prospect of repair I think
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Post by tangent on Apr 10, 2013 15:50:24 GMT
The Lib Dems have really damaged their credibility beyond all reasonable prospect of repair I think They have, yes, but their only other option was to block changes which would have promoted recovery from the recession and that would have been bad for the UK. Nick Clegg's face was glum when he realised the position he was the day after the election. The worst possible result for the Lib Dems. |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 15:51:17 GMT
And for Clegg himself.
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 15:52:54 GMT
I see that the Mail are campaigning for her to be given a state funeral tho I don't quite know on what grounds.
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Post by bill on Apr 10, 2013 16:36:26 GMT
I see that the Mail are campaigning for her to be given a state funeral tho I don't quite know on what grounds. Neither do I !! |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 16:51:18 GMT
Probably neither does the Mail I was talking with my mum about Thatcher yesterday and she said that she - Lady T - just did not care about anyone other than the wealthy. When she got into power my parents were a single income lower middle class family with two children - my dad being a teacher, my mum a stay at home mum, as was common then. She said that their mortgage payments went through the roof under Thatcher. |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 16:51:44 GMT
I'd be interested to get Alan's take as I know he was an admirer of hers  |
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Post by bill on Apr 10, 2013 17:32:53 GMT
I'd be interested to get Alan's take as I know he was an admirer of hers Yes, but I get the impression that he is not over enamoured by the Coalition. |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 17:36:53 GMT
No nor Cameron unless he's changed his mind. Is anyone enamoured of Cameron? Presumably his mother likes him
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Post by juju on Apr 10, 2013 17:46:59 GMT
I see that the Mail are campaigning for her to be given a state funeral tho I don't quite know on what grounds. I object to my taxpayer's money being spent on this, and on the massive amount of security that they are going to have to draft in to cope with the inevitable protests/riots that it will provoke. Someone that divisive should just be seen off in a tasteful, quiet, private do. Anything else is just asking for trouble. |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 17:48:41 GMT
Yes I can imagine that there will inevitably be trouble and I don't see why such a big thing is being made of it.
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Post by tangent on Apr 10, 2013 18:48:24 GMT
There have been complaints that the BBC's tribute mentioned strikes and the poll tax, as though nothing bad happened during her reign. We must never forget that a huge number of people's lives were ruined during her period as prime minister even if the country as a whole prospered.
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 18:57:42 GMT
All the more reason to go for a small quiet funeral I'd think. And the Queen attending is a bit .. political. That said, they were the same age and, tho from totally different backgrounds, they were the two leading figures in the country for a while. Rumour always had it that they did not get along but I dunno how reliable rumour is.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 10, 2013 19:19:18 GMT
Sounds like a case of "The operation was a complete success, but the patient died." The state funeral idea was put forward at least as far back as July 2008 and I couldn't understand why then... |
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Post by Moose on Apr 10, 2013 20:00:35 GMT
Burying her alive? Hmm I could go with that  |
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Post by tangent on Apr 10, 2013 23:28:59 GMT
I just watched the BBC's tribute to Margaret Thatcher shown on Monday evening. I found the coverage well balanced and very informative.
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Post by Moose on Apr 11, 2013 0:23:29 GMT
Is it on iplayer? I might watch it tomorrow if so. Gotta sleep now.
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Post by tangent on Apr 11, 2013 11:51:58 GMT
Yes, Monday, BBC1 at 8:30pm.
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