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The Lady is not for turning

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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".

    I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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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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    • M Matthew Faithfull

      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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      • 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.

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        Simon_Whale
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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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            jim lahey
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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.

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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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              • I Ingo

                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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                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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                      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.

                      ~RaGE();

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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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                        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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                          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.

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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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                            Rage
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                            Now that she has died, she's probably a little bit warmer than she ever was back when she was in duty.

                            ~RaGE();

                            I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              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:

                              The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

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                              Dalek Dave
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                              So you are living in a house filled with bottles of piss? (Or Fosters as we call it!)

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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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                                BobJanova
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                                It's really a bit of a dirty trick putting a political statement like that in an RIP thread in the Lounge, where we can't really have a go at her or it. "Greatest" my arse and if you knew anything about the north or England, or Scotland or Wales – actually that's everywhere outside the comfortable south east where she centralised all the wealth, a problem we still haven't dealt with – you'd never say that.

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  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:

                                  The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

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                                  LabVIEWstuff
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                                  Is it too soon to ask Mark Thatcher to drive the hearse? Andy B

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    So you are living in a house filled with bottles of piss? (Or Fosters as we call it!)

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                                    OriginalGriff
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                                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                                    (Or Fosters Wetherspoons as we call it!)

                                    FTFY!

                                    The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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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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                                      Maximilien
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                                      Hehehe!!![^]

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                                      In keeping with the great lady's legacy, Margaret Thatcher's state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders. The undersigned believe that the legacy of the former PM deserves nothing less and that offering this unique opportunity is an ideal way to cut government expense and further prove the merits of liberalised economics Baroness Thatcher spearheaded.

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                                      • L LabVIEWstuff

                                        Is it too soon to ask Mark Thatcher to drive the hearse? Andy B

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                                        OriginalGriff
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                                        No chance - he gets lost between the curb and the car...

                                        The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                        • R Rage

                                          Michael Martin wrote:

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

                                          I could not have told it better.

                                          ~RaGE();

                                          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                          Kenneth Haugland
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                                          Dont think they will mention that in the eulogi though ;P .

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