CleeToonFan 1 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Every time I see someone egging on her death I think it's ridiculous, then I remember that she's having a state funeral where they'll parade her as the pride of Britain, and I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39214 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 She'll need an egg proof coffin, the owld bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 As if they'll tow the old harpy through the north! Well that or they'll have CT driving the hearse to clean up the eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18180 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 If she croaks Christmas day that's a bottle of champagne saved. Two birds one stone and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39214 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 As if they'll tow the old harpy through the north! Well that or they'll have CT driving the hearse to clean up the eggs. He'd give her a Portugese breakfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Today, a whole generation has grown up with no concept of what it means to live through the strikes and industrial unrest that the unions threaten. This lucky generation takes for granted the basics of civilised life - such as electricity, schooling, a postal service and rubbish collection. And yet, Britain was not always like that. Anyone aged 50 or over was brought up in the shadow of trade union dominance. We remember studying for exams by candlelight because of strike action. We remember the three-day week, rubbish uncollected on the streets, bodies unburied, newspapers which often failed to come out, and riots in the streets. In truth, Britain was close to becoming a Third World state - mired in moral and physical squalor. Almost everyone assumed that economic and social collapse was inevitable. Without Thatcher Britain could never have recovered its economic dynamism or enjoyed the prosperity of the last 20 years. There was serious talk of private armies and military coups. Civil servants were taught that their role was limited to the management of national decline. Successive prime ministers, from Labour and the Conservatives, sought to tame the unions. Yet they always failed. It seemed that trade union dominance was inevitable - just part of the British way of life. However, all that changed, thanks to the courage and single-minded passion of just one heroic politician: Margaret Thatcher. Not only did she have the drive to take on her enemies, but she also had to fight off opposition from her own side. But it is a truth universally recognised, even inside the Labour Party, that without union reform, Britain could never have recovered its economic dynamism or enjoyed the prosperity of the last 20 years. Margaret Thatcher truly transformed this country's fortune and, for that, we should all still be eternally grateful today. We must remember that all her union reforms were opposed by a young Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. They even trashed her brilliant policy of privatisation and council house sales, which did so much to put wealth in the hands of working people for the first time. Indeed, as Thatcher set about her patriotic task of national regeneration, her opponents inside Labour reacted by spreading lies about her. But today, she remains indomitable. True greatness in a politician is very rare. In the first half of the 20th century, we had Winston Churchill and Lloyd George. In the second half of the century, there was Margaret Thatcher alone. For as long as the English language is spoken, Margaret Thatcher will never be forgotten. She has a tremendous, memorable and immortal part in our nation's story. The history books may dwell on her weaknesses and draw attention to her mistakes, but they will primarily note the very significant fact that she was our first woman prime minister. Above all, they will single her out as something extraordinary: a politician with the guts to use the office of prime minister to change the nature of the country in which she lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6101 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 CT is such a car crash I'm not sure taxi drivers were the top of the Tories agenda in the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39214 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Above all, they will single her out as the greatest cunt of the 20th century. Tidied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) CT is such a car crash I'm not sure taxi drivers were the top of the Tories agenda in the 80s I think the ones whose taxes were lowered, who could own their home own for the first time and who liked burying their dead and having electricity were delighted. (As were most ordinary folk hence why they voted for her THREE TIMES) Edited December 22, 2012 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6101 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Ordinary folk? Funny that cos most of the ordinary folk round where I live couldn't stand the cunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39214 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I think the ones whose taxes were lowered, who could own their home own for the first time and who liked burying their dead and having electricity were delighted. (As were most ordinary folk hence why they voted for her THREE TIMES) Yeah, and that's why she's so universally loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27727 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Privatisation has been a roaring success and as a nation we'd love it to finally gets it's teeth into the NHS as well wouldn't we, eh? Or maybe not. Wasn't too many Tory seats in the North East so not sure who the 'we' bit is who voted them in three times, like CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20214 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 The privatisation of public services has to be one of her worst legacies. Trains these days are fucking shite as a result. Companies competing with each other in the free market doesn't always produce a better result for the passenger. Not that we're called passengers anymore, we're customers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Ordinary folk? Funny that cos most of the ordinary folk round where I live couldn't stand the cunt Who bought all the council houses in Chester Le Street then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6101 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 The NHS is on a fast track to being fucked btw. They have to save £20billion. They have managed £6billion so far and lots of services are stretched to breaking point as it is. Another £14billion will be catastrophic It's only hope is for Labour to come back in and overturn the Health and Social Care Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Who bought all the council houses in Chester Le Street then? A lot of council houses have been bought out and rented at more than double the council rates, so at as guess not the working stiff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 A lot of council houses have been bought out and rented at more than double the council rates, so at as guess not the working stiff... Not in the eighties Tom. That was something that upwardly mobile working class such as builders, plumbers etc started doing in the last 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18180 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) Thatcher's bribe was a master stroke tbf. That's why she got 3 terms. Loss of council stock and stigmatisation has directly contributed to the housing mess we now have. Still, as long as you're ok Jack... Edited December 22, 2012 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Thatcher's bribe was a master stroke tbf. That's why she got 3 terms. Loss of council stock and stigmatisation has directly contributed to the housing mess we now have. Still, as long as you're ok Jack... I thought the housing mess was caused by 13 years of Labour not building any council houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Anyway, Its Xmas, lets not do politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39214 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Her " Right to Buy" policy led directly to the emergence of the Underclass, and the proliferation of sink estates. In attempting to " fix" the country, she fucked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20214 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Watching a Thatcherite defend the old bag is repulsive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35895 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Anyway, Its Xmas, lets not do politics. After that extract from Boris Johnson's fantasy diary that you posted on the last page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Watching a Thatcherite defend the old bag is repulsive Maybe you would prefer listening to Brown or Blair praise her instead? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/sep/05/brownatruesonofthatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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