Maggy Thatcher dead

[Old Hippy]

as the leader of the UK, she did a lot for polish Unions,


Link to video.

 

[warpus]

Wow, so much hate for this woman, especially from Brits.

 

[Cutlass]

Wow, so much hate for this woman, especially from Brits.

Which ought to tell you something.

 

[innonimatu]

Rust in peace, Iron Lady.

That's a good one!

 

[Tani Coyote]

While her domestic policies are questionable, she did show that the British people would not tolerate aggression based on irrational irredentism. That in itself is respectable in my opinion.

Rest in Peace.

 

[hoplitejoe]

This logic applies equally to Hitler I'm just saying.

Also: bin Laden.

Welcome to the world of neutral statements! They are a lot of fun.
We can try some more if you like!
No matter what you think of Ghandi, he certainly had a large impact on the world.
No matter what you think of Che Guevara, he certainly had a large impact on the world.
Such fun.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I imagine, to her credit (and I'm no fan) that should be looking down or up at all this now, she would be quite happy for and expect nothing less than a warts and all examination of her legacy even while the body is not yet cold.

She doesn't strike me as someone who dished it out but couldn't take it.

 

[EnglishEdward]

I never voted for her and I think that some of her
policies were mistaken, but I had great respect for her.

She certainly broke the white male model for UK politics.

Best

1 = Churchill, Attlee

Good

2 = McMillan,Thatcher, Wilson

Average

3 = Brown, Callaghan, Major

Poor

4 = Blair, Eden

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Regardless of your views on her politics, she was a very influential person in both world politics and British politics.

On a different note, it seems like our Cold War relics are dropping like flies. Who is left? I can think of Gorby, Carter, the Castros, and I'm stumped.

Vladimir Putin.

Who is "I'm stumped?"

The boomers are still all Cold War pieces even if they want to try and be hipster and deny it.

Thanks a lot (I'm a baby boomer, albeit among the youngest, having been born in the sixties).

Wow, so much hate for this woman, especially from Brits.

It was like that in this part of the country when Pierre Trudeau died.

 

[bathsheba666]

I think the best way of marking her passing is to quote her at one of her normal moments of great sensitivity and care for her fellow man.

Rejoice, rejoice

And a good time for her to go out, with her party mouthing the platitudes that the economy her policies led to needs "rebalancing" without the slightest idea how to do it.

 

[Lohrenswald]

I'm sorry I don't have too much insight into economics, but how would the labour unions and the british mining industry and so forth supposedly have collapsed Britain if Tatcher wasn't there?

 

[Atticus]

I used to call myself a leftist, but now that I have read this thread, I don't think I want to be associated with that gang anymore. Especially when you compare how fine gentlemen these two guys were in the Chavez-thread:

I cannot help but think this is good news politically for the world at large, but RIP regardless. Nobody deserves cancer

Nobody dislikes Chávez more than I do (outside of Venezuela anyway), but I agree wholeheartedly. What a horrible disease; I wish he would have recovered*.

*and eventually tried and jailed for life.

I used to think that left side of the spectrum has more sense and more tact. Thatcher hasn't been in office for twenty years now, so her death doesn't even influence anybody's life. Except his relatives.

 

[luiz]

RIP, Margaret Thatcher. You were a worthy adversary, and yes, you were an adversary.

And she won!

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RIP.

 

[Akka]

petition to privatize her state funeral:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/18914

That's kind of a great idea

 

[NickyJ]

I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate some of our posters for their crass and disgusting reactions to a great lady's death. Couldn't even keep your stupid mouths shut for 24 hours before starting the flood of vitriol. Dickheads, I salute you!

Think of it this way: To be hated by dickheads on this forum even after your death, you must have done something right.

Anyway, I'm sorry to see Thatcher go. She was an excellent Prime Minister, and I think the world is better because of her leadership.

 

[Mise]

A much more important political figure died yesterday:

http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/stories/04/07/reepu-daman-persaud-passes-away/

Spoiler :

Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud passed away this morning. He was 77.

Persaud was the founder of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha and a longstanding stalwart of the People’s Progressive Party.

After the PPP/C won office in 1992 he served as Minister of Agriculture and later as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. At the time of his death he was also an advisor to President Donald Ramotar.

He served for over 50 years as a Member of Parliament and was at one time considered as a potential successor of PPP/C Leader Dr Cheddi Jagan. He had been in declining health in recent years. Stabroek News was told that Persaud passed away at 12.30 am today at the Georgetown Hospital. He had complained on Saturday night of feeling unwell and was experiencing pains. He was first taken to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital and then to the Georgetown Hospital.

...

“As a Member of Parliament from 1964 to 2006 Cde. Reepu served the Guyanese people with distinction. In the opposition benches he had to contend with many leading legal luminaries. He held his own and kept the struggle for democracy in focus. He was also the Party’s spokesman for agriculture and again took to task many of the PNC regime’s Agriculture Ministers.

“From 1992 to 2006 he was the leader of the House. Again he served with distinction, as he did in his ministerial portfolios.

“Cde. Reepu Daman Persaud is also the leading Hindu Pandit in Guyana. This is a title he earned”.

Well, more important for me, personally, anyway.

 

[hoplitejoe]

I used to think that left side of the spectrum has more sense and more tact. Thatcher hasn't been in office for twenty years now, so her death doesn't even influence anybody's life. Except his relatives.

At least for judging people in the UK's reaction, I can't help but think this is unfair comparison. This wasn't a dictator in another hemisphere over an ocean, this was someone who directly affected many people, and still has an affect on the UK today. Many people will remember there parents losing there jobs due to Thatcher, or will track the lack of manufacturing jobs in the UK. It only makes sense that emotions would run high when the iron lady is in the news.

 

[bhsup]

A much more important political figure died yesterday:

http://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/stories/04/07/reepu-daman-persaud-passes-away/



Well, more important for me, personally, anyway.

Maybe his own thread, then?

 

[Mise]

Maybe his own thread, then?

I don't think many people would post in it. Sorry, to be clear, I'm not trying to hijack this thread...

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I used to call myself a leftist, but now that I have read this thread, I don't think I want to be associated with that gang anymore.

Wait, being a leftist associates me with other leftist apart from waving your economy in a general direction? I know a couple of leftists who acted far worse than being less than decent on a forum.

Funny what shape the final straw takes sometimes.