Comments on: Margaret Thatcher’s political legacy

By: margaret thatcher the milk snatcher

margaret thatcher the milk snatcher — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:56:29 +0000

Having casually found this when scanning the internet, and also being a teenage with “a full semiotic range of references to thatcher” i felt inclined to give boris johnson a helping hand (rarely words on my lips) with this matter

When one speaks of looking through ‘rose-tinted glasses’ johnson must have been wearing dark sunglasses when reminiscing this particuarly ‘character’.

Being 15 when this article was written, the first visions brought to my mind when i think of ‘Thatcher’ is that of the child’s nursery rhyme. Perhaps these children were more informed than boris on the current affairs of the day?
Also evoked are the conditions of the mining communities after such a devestating reign(so briefly mentioned in said appraising article), the social chasm caused by right to buy scheme and the previously lack of mentioned calcium that I assume did not assist childrens’ “ruined” teeth.
So yes, I think I will still consider Thatcher to be an “evil, boss-eyed termagant” even after reading this article.
Sorry Boris, haven’t won this one.

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By: Lisa Burrows

Lisa Burrows — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:37:30 +0000

shes a legend

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By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:11:51 +0000

gill, you cannot compare the city of manchester or leeds with the small outlying towns that surround it. and i can comment on that personally because i lived most of my life in one.

Ted Heath signed us up to the EU, and with progressing years, more of this country has been given over to them. being part of the EU has allowed this country to become the dumping ground of Europe. the french are not doing anything to stop them coming through their ports.

I no more support labour than i do conservative or liberal. they have all proved themselves to be selfish and concerned only with their own gain and not the best interests of this country.

the thing that really annoys me is the abuse that gordon brown receives in the press and from the public who only seem to think of the here and now. the mess this country is in is NOT his fault. he has inherited 30 years of bad leadership. tony blair saw it coming and did what rats do, he deserted.

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By: Barbara Steward

Barbara Steward — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:10:11 +0000

‘She took my milk ration’
Young people are far too fat and need to walk more.
Margaret Thatcher encouraged folks to get off their bottoms and work.
People need to be motivated and achieve, we now have a population that seems to think they want to be ‘famous’ for absolutely no reason, have no laws to govern them, spread inertia and chaos with no principles or integrity towards their fellow man.
The Labour open door policy has taken so much of British tradition away, the overseas workers we had, were often a credit but we are now swamped beyond the means of this small island.

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By: Gill

Gill — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:06:47 +0000

Jenny, that’s a whole series of charges with some truth in all but can we unpick?
1. South and North is a convenient divide when making a point but how valid is it really? Is Manchester or modern-day Leeds really worse off than Camborne?
2. Is the Ted Heath charge really fair? The EU just keeps growing – whether one likes it or not. Laying current problems in the past just absolves decades of opportunity.
3. Bringing government bang down to earth, if wheelie bins were a nationally-electable issue, around here Lab would fail to have an opinion, LibDems would be green but impractical and Conservatives are making a post-facto noise. Verdict: grass-roots politics needs a lot more engagement.

Of course, with engagement comes responsibility and, for that to be fair, there needs to be education. It’s a long haul…

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By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:31:11 +0000

I beg to differ. I don’t think that Thatcher was the greatest peacetime leader this country has ever had. I grew up throughout the Thatcher reign, and the devastation she caused can still be seen today. Billy Elliot IS a true reflection of how she left those small communities and those same places are no different today. The South of the country became more affluent, while up North, those communities which she failed became riddled with drugs, crime and poverty. Gangs of youths still roam the streets because there’s nothing for them to do, no jobs, no prospects and very little of that thing which all mankind needs to progress…hope. Her meddling had a direct impact on my immediate family and we still feel that today. I still live in an overcrowded property because she saw fit to sell off all the social housing she could. She also continued where Ted Heath left off and sold this country down the river to Europe. She is where Political Correctness started and that has it’s own part to blame for what the press call ‘Broken Britain’. I now live in a Conservetive-run borough and all I can hope is that they don’t take over the running of this country or there will be no England left to run. (Although I would like to say that Boris is doing ok as the Mayor, and a refreshing change to Ken Livingston)!

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By: john

john — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:45:03 +0000

mrs T. ” sorry the ladies not for turning”.

“oh, is that right!!” says the devil,”how does eternal burning sound then !!!”

not long now peeps,bring back community spirit and one hell of a street party…. fireworks at the ready too!!!!!

celebrate good times c`mon!!!

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By: Karin

Karin — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:42:47 +0000

Well done Mrs ‘T’!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1184590/Iron-Lady-toast-club.html

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By: TM

TM — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:21:16 +0000

I am 22 and don’t remember Mrs Thatcher- and the word that pops into my head is milk!

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