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  • D Dalek Dave

    With great sadness I have to let you know that the Greatest Prime Minister this country has ever had has died. RIP Margaret Thatcher. She served this country well and I am deeply saddened.

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    Matthew Faithfull
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    I will say that she succeeded in dividing opinion more than any major western political figure since FDR and that she exceeded both the expectations of many and the authority of her office to a shocking degree. The rest I'll leave to history and the inummerable biased retrospectives that will now be unleashed by all sides of the media, except to say that it is surely going to be a good day or two to bury bad news.

    "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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      Better her than the Trots who lied and cheated, who opened our borders and who taxed us to death in order to create a benefit society filled with undereducated children with no hope of a future. Still, that is socialists for you, spend all of your money and have nothing to show for it.

      --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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      LabVIEWstuff
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      I'd love to clutter up the Lounge and debate this with you, but ... I'm just too happy :-). Andy B

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        She was quite a character and unlike the recent incumbents you took her as you found her and political correctness was not something she exhibited. A couple of friends of ours from up north hated her with a passion and said it was she alone who was instrumental in breaking up the close bonds of British society. I don't know for sure either way as I was in Jo'burg during her reign of terror! :-D Personally, I quite liked her. She called a spade a spade and I got the impression you knew exactly what she thought. She did a lot of good things which is how I'll remember her.

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        PHS241 wrote:

        A couple of friends of ours from up north hated her with a passion

        Not all Northerners hated her - Jimmy Savile was a big friend.

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        • D Dalek Dave

          With great sadness I have to let you know that the Greatest Prime Minister this country has ever had has died. RIP Margaret Thatcher. She served this country well and I am deeply saddened.

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          • L LabVIEWstuff

            I'd love to clutter up the Lounge and debate this with you, but ... I'm just too happy :-). Andy B

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            LabVIEWstuff wrote:

            I'm just too happy

            You are happy because someone died? Well you must be happy man in this world.

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              I'd love to clutter up the Lounge and debate this with you, but ... I'm just too happy :-). Andy B

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              :thumbsup:

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              • D Dalek Dave

                Apart from the fact that she worked tirelessly for this country, and went to Europe with the intent of not taking crap from the Unelected Dictatorship, she was a great role model for women She got to the top of a male orientated institution, garnered fear and respect and did so without shaking her booty. Nevermind Madonna or Beyonce, she was way more powerful and never got her tits out. She will be remembered far longer than the likes of Gordon Broon, John Major or Alex Douglas Hume. She changed this country by applying intelligence and common sense.

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                Sandesh M Patil
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                Dalek Dave wrote:

                Nevermind Madonna or Beyonce, she was way more powerful and never got her tits out.

                :-D

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  WC was the right man for the right time, but the record books show that she was THE ONLY leader who NEVER lost a vote. And she was in power longer than Churchill.

                  --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                  Didn't she lose a vote of confidence?

                  If you vote me down, my score will only get lower

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                    I will say that she succeeded in dividing opinion more than any major western political figure since FDR and that she exceeded both the expectations of many and the authority of her office to a shocking degree. The rest I'll leave to history and the inummerable biased retrospectives that will now be unleashed by all sides of the media, except to say that it is surely going to be a good day or two to bury bad news.

                    "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                    Nemanja Trifunovic
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                    Hey, what is this reasonable post doing here? Reported as abuse.

                    utf8-cpp

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                    • P Pete OHanlon

                      While I do think she was the last real man who occupied the role of PM, I don't believe she was the greatest PM. You belittle the nodding dog with this; "Oh Yes".

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                      Kenneth Haugland
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                      She is at least a significant figure in British politics, but I also think she was highly overrated. To9 put it another way, I like Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincon better ;)

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        Better her than the Trots who lied and cheated, who opened our borders and who taxed us to death in order to create a benefit society filled with undereducated children with no hope of a future. Still, that is socialists for you, spend all of your money and have nothing to show for it.

                        --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                        Still, that is socialists politics for you, spend all of your money and have nothing to show for it.

                        FTFY

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                        • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                          Hey, what is this reasonable post doing here? Reported as abuse.

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                          Matthew Faithfull
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                          I think the correct description of what it's doing is 'looking for trouble'. Clearly I should upvote myself in glee at its success.

                          "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                          • L LabVIEWstuff

                            I'd love to clutter up the Lounge and debate this with you, but ... I'm just too happy :-). Andy B

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                            :thumbsup:

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                            • D Dalek Dave

                              With great sadness I have to let you know that the Greatest Prime Minister this country has ever had has died. RIP Margaret Thatcher. She served this country well and I am deeply saddened.

                              --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                              Dalek Dave wrote:

                              RIP Margaret Thatcher.

                              Fucking ugly old cunt. Love what she did to jobs for the working class.

                              Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                                LabVIEWstuff wrote:

                                I'm just too happy

                                You are happy because someone died? Well you must be happy man in this world.

                                ------------------------------ Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night. War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                I am glad that the death of a human being brings you pleasure.

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                                • D Dalek Dave

                                  Better her than the Trots who lied and cheated, who opened our borders and who taxed us to death in order to create a benefit society filled with undereducated children with no hope of a future. Still, that is socialists for you, spend all of your money and have nothing to show for it.

                                  --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                                  ...benefit society filled with undereducated children with no hope of a future.

                                  They could go work in the mines. Oh wait, Maggie capped them all.

                                  Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                                  • R Roger Allen

                                    Didn't she lose a vote of confidence?

                                    If you vote me down, my score will only get lower

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                                    Dalek Dave
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                                    If by lose you mean won the the first ballot by securing more votes than her challengers (of the 372 votes, she won 204 of them), then yes, she lost.

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                                      I'd love to clutter up the Lounge and debate this with you, but ... I'm just too happy :-). Andy B

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                                      I started saving my urine the moment I heard the news. I'm hoping we can convert her grave into a man made lake... :laugh:

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                                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                                        RIP Margaret Thatcher.

                                        Fucking ugly old cunt. Love what she did to jobs for the working class.

                                        Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                                        Michael Martin wrote:

                                        f***ing ugly old c***.

                                        I could not have told it better.

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                                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                                          RIP Margaret Thatcher.

                                          Fucking ugly old cunt. Love what she did to jobs for the working class.

                                          Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

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                                          Dalek Dave
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                                          Michael Martin wrote:

                                          Love what she did to jobs for the working class

                                          Yep. Reduced the Income Tax they paid, brought in more health and safety for workers, ensured we were not frozen out of Markets by EU Regulations, increased competition for essential services resulting in lower bills/better service, broke the back of the over powerful unions so that people were free to work without having their wages docked by the Trots, increased employment, enabled more people to be home owners than at any time in history and encouraged and self-reliance and entrepreneurial society. The Girl Done Good. Better than the Smug Socialist Gifford you are lumped with.

                                          --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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