Thatcher Dies

[Pete]

Margaret Thatcher has died aged 87.

Will there be dancing on graves? Or will it all be put behind us now?

[Slacker]

Sadly the present government are probably worse

[Old Cruser]

I think some will be dancing on  her grave.
It needed burying a long time ago for some.
As for me I think life's too short to hold grudges to that extent. Hate eats away at us.
Sounds like the funeral had already been sorted - I won't be watching it!

Our present government are trying to model themselves on her I think and yes they ARE worse than she was - never thought that possible!

[therealjr]

I'd estimate that the present government are still reaping if that is the right word some of her legacy.
If you think about it the 'loadsamoney' greed is good generation that she created are now the ones who are at the top of the same organisations like the banks etc and are the ones raking in huge bonuses whilst still taking the same high risks.
The energy companies raking in huge profits are the ones she privatised.
The unions who should be the ones protecting the workers are the ones she emaciated.
She moved us from being a manufacturing nation to a service nation meaning we are now reliant on others to produce everything we need.
There's no point in rejoicing in the fact she is dead, it won't change any of the above.

[Fly]

RIP

No kisses or sad faces from me.
Respect for her family at this sad time for them though.

[Old Cruser]

OBJECTION M LORD!! Thay have taken prisoners off to tell us about this woman - i know and heard enough of her in the past 

[Fly]

Like I said on FB, pity she didn't take the tory party with her.
Cameron's just the latest tory mule, Cleggs is just a Judas to everyone who trusted him !

[Old Cruser]

Going to be rammed down our throats now for ages 
I enjoy listening to Sky News whilst cleaning in the mornings - looks like I have to put on a CD instead 
The lot of them don't make one goood one Fly 

[Scimitar]

I won't slag her off - its too late for that - too much water gone under the bridge.
She instigated the preservation & liberation of the Falkland Islanders in their time of need. I think that was her proudest achievement.
Some loved her,some hated her, but she was her own person & has left her legacy in UK politics for what it is.
Milliband got it right on Sky News when a reporter tried to get him to comment on matters political, which he refused to do, because his respect was for someone who had just died, and out of respect for her family. He refused to be intimidated by the reporter.
If you want to see disrespectful comments, the facebook community has an  abundance, which, is not nice, but nevertheless entirely expected.
Tell you what - she helped my Dad give up smoking during the miners strike because he couldn't afford to buy them, and he's still alive today.He might not have been otherwise. Cheers Maggie!

[therealjr]

Most politicians when they retire take a title that dies with them. Maggie insisted on having an Hereditary one because she knew dam well that once she and Dennis had gone, Mark would struggle to make his way in the world unless he had something behind him, the sort of title that would make places like America bow down to him.
Reminds me of the old 'Drop the Dead Donkey' joke.
"so now Maggie is a Baroness does that make Mark a Count?"
"well you're Close"!!!!! 

[Pete]

Love it!

[Pete]

Saw this and thought it just about summed up my feelings on recent events.

"This is not a time for celebration. The death of Margaret Thatcher is nothing more than a salient reminder of how Britain got into the mess that we are in today. Of why ordinary working people are no longer able to earn enough from one job to support a family; of why there is a shortage of decent affordable housing; of why domestic growth is driven by credit, not by real incomes; of why tax-payers are forced to top up wages; of why a spiteful government seeks to penalise the poor for having an extra bedroom; of why Rupert Murdoch became so powerful; of why cynicism and greed became the hallmarks of our society."

[Old Cruser]

and who is paying for this lavish funeral?

[Alsatian]

OBJECTION M LORD!! Thay have taken prisoners off to tell us about this woman - i know and heard enough of her in the past 

Hear Hear!!! 

[Old Cruser]

So we are to pay for her funeral and MP's returning from holiday can claim up to £3,750 in travel expenses! 
This woman will surly have enough in her estate to pay for her own lavish funeral with ALL the added costs of security 
AND THEN they tell us the MP's can can for the travel money! Didn't they ever hear of INSURANCE like we commoners have to pay 
Put on the lavish funeral if they must but why should it be paid for out of taxes with all the cuts we are having - talk about rubbing the peasdants noses in the shit