So, we are all happy to agree to disagree, then......... My take........... She didn't do me or mine any harm, but enhanced what we had and helped make our dreams an achievable goal, that we didn't, wasn't up to her but to the last useless lot that took over after. For all her actual and perceived faults, Maggie rebuilt Britain into something that Britons could be proud of again.
Yeh, we need more scientists as politicians! Like in China... http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/why-dont-americans-elect-scientists/
I don't necessarily think that scientists should or would make better politicians but as that article points out the world is getting ever more complex and many of the issues we face both environmentally and economically are intricately tied to technology. It wouldn't be a panacea but I certainly think that our political classes should be drawn from a pool of people with a better technological education. It always surprised me back in those days that Margaret as a trained scientist was so negative when it came to funding to roots of our future industrial prosperity, the fact that Britain is still such an innovative country is quite amazing.
Yeah we all have differing views Dom, nothing wrong with that. Regards the title and subject of this thread, the celebrations of her death that we have seen around the country are tasteless to say the least.
I wonder if the rabble doing all the "celebrations" would do the same if their parents, mothers or sisters were in the coffin.......
And strangely enough, as indicated in the below TV programme that was on last night, it was her own toffs that brought her down in the end. Channel 4 Last Night "Martin Durkin presents a personal view of the late former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, arguing she was a working-class revolutionary who believed that capitalism was in the interests of `ordinary people'. Including interviews with Norman Tebbit, Nigel Lawson, Cecil Parkinson, Neil Kinnock and Bernard Ingham." http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wbnmg/margaret-death-of-a-revolutionary
Scottish Tories hit out at Thatcher debate timing "The proposed title for the debate is 'There is still such a thing as society', which alludes to an assertion made by Baroness Thatcher in 1987. In a magazine interview, Mrs Thatcher said: 'There's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.' " http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22135316
I like this quote, Strangely, it’s now her supporters who are insulting her memory, with a funeral paid for by the taxpayer. Surely it would be more fitting to leave her where she is, and say: “If you can’t stand on your own two feet, you can't expect help from the state.”
The guy is a grade 1 cretin, and he's in charge of the "Respect" party who thought Saddam Hussein was funky. A great moral compass I must say.
Man behind Ding Dong Thatcher campaign 'cannot believe' he has received death threats The man behind the campaign to promote anti-Margaret Thatcher song Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead has complained that he has received “shocking” death threats. Mark Biddiss, 39, publicised the song celebrating the death of Baroness Thatcher on Facebook and Twitter, helping it reach number two despite condemnation from many that it was deeply offensive. Now Mr Biddiss has said that the response to his campaign has been “shocking” and he “cannot believe” that he has been targeted online by people who wished him dead. He complained that one comment on the website of right wing political blogger Guido Fawkes read: "It would be a real shame if Mark Biddiss was beaten to death!" He also claims he was followed as he left a TV studio after giving an interview about the campaign. The BBC decided not to play the whole track during yesterday’s chart show, with Radio 1 controller noting that it was surrounded by emotional argument and there is still a “family that is grieving for a loved one who has yet to be buried”. As well as reaching number two the song topped the UK iTunes chart for online downloads, ahead of the rival punk song I am in Love with Margaret Thatcher, which got the number six spot. Despite heralding his achievement, Mr Biddiss has now said he would be keeping a “low profile” while the furore dies down. Mr Biddiss, who insists he is not a political activist of any persuasion, said: "I can't believe somebody actually wants me dead over this. "I've had a lot of vile abuse on Twitter from people saying things like what a disgusting human being I am and that they hope I die, along with my mum and my nan. To have such a personal attack on me and my family was really shocking. "Then there was an incident on Friday when I left the Channel 5 studios at Victoria in London after giving an interview. I sensed I was being followed by a bald-headed guy and began to feel quite scared. "I turned left and right to try and lose him and work out if I actually was being followed and then I just decided to stop and confront him. "I said to him: 'You really should have taken the advanced surveillance course' and with that he just turned around and walked off. "It was very surreal and I am feeling pretty vulnerable at the moment. I keep looking over my shoulder. I just want to keep a low profile while the furore dies down." Mr Biddiss claims that the song was beaten to the number one spot because supporters of Baroness Thatcher were bulk buying Duke Dumont's Need U (100 per cent). The Wizard of Oz tune sold 52,605 copies, 5,700 less than Need U, which remained at the top for a second week. Mr Biddiss, who works as a barman, said: "It's not sour grapes at all because I'm really proud of what the campaign has achieved. "I've had so many thank you messages from people who worked down the mines or others who were personally affected by Thatcher's policies and are still affected by her legacy today. "They said they didn't want history to be whitewashed. They wanted to be given a voice. And that's what we've achieved. The campaign has made headlines around the world and everybody is talking about it in the UK." Mr Biddiss said his personal Twitter account and also the campaign's Twitter account were suspended on Saturday morning - and he believes Lady Thatcher’s supporters were behind the move. He said: "There's no other explanation for it. There was no reason for it to be suspended. The abuse was directed at me and the campaign, I wasn't giving out any abuse myself. "I can only think that somebody pro-Thatcher working for Twitter suspended the account. It really does feel like censorship." Yesterday a former member of Lady Thatcher's cabinet, Lord Cecil Parkinson, said that Lady Thatcher would not have been upset by people celebrating her death because “she was convinced that what she was doing was the right thing from Britain”. Source:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...ot-believe-he-has-received-death-threats.html
Yeah, its a mystery. The guy learned the hard way that social networking can be both a curse and a blessing in disguise.
