When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, Britain was a dump, “the sick man of Europe” and on the brink of total economic collapse. When she left power in 1990, it was the one of the financial capitals of the world. She is associated with her political philosophy of Thatcherism, based on low taxation, low public spending, free markets and mass privatization. I, personally, love Margaret Thatcher for her honesty, bluntness, strength of character and her radicalism. Many others hate her, though, mainly on the left of politics who believed that she destroyed workers rights and slashed public spending. During her tenure she had to deal with mass unemployment, out of control inflation, endless strikes, a war with the Falklands and an attempted assassination by the IRA. In February 2007, she became the first British Prime Minister to be honoured with a statue in the House of Commons while still alive; a testament to her incredible legacy.
Quotes 1 – 5
1. Pennies don’t fall from heaven – they have to be earned here on earth.
2. No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
3. Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.
4. My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.
5. Defeat? I do not recognise the meaning of the word.
Quotes 6 – 10
6. I, personally, have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live. I believe that the death penalty should be used only very rarely, but I believe that no-one should go out certain that no matter how cruel, how vicious, how hideous their murder, they themselves will not suffer the death penalty.
7. Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State.
8. There’s no such thing as society.
9. A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag.
10. (to Conservative backbench MP John Whittingdale) The trouble with you, John, is that your spine does not reach your brain.
Quotes 11 – 15
11. For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.
12. Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.
13. If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.
14. To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
15. To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Quotes 16 – 20
16. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
17. I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
18. If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.
19. There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
20. I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
Quotes 21 – 25
21. It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
22. It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
23. I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
24. Popular capitalism is nothing less than a crusade to enfranchise the many in the economic life of the nation.
25. Imagine a Labour canvasser talking on the doorstep to those East German families when they settle in on freedom’s side of the wall. “You want to keep more of the money you earn? I’m afraid that’s very selfish. We shall want to tax that away. You want to own shares in your firm? We can’t have that. The state has to own your firm. You want to choose where to send your children to school? That’s very divisive. You’ll send your child where we tell you.”
Bonus: I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. – BBC interview, 1973
Contributor: JT
I think Margaret Thatcher is one of the most incredible leaders – man or woman – who ever lived.
M. Thatcher is a murdering, torturing, evil dictator in disguise. The numbers my be different but the best comparison to her and her conspirators is Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
in disguise is a bit of a stretch. Only people who don’t know are ignorant of history or are Brits… the cause of most of the worlds instability due to their Colonialism. PS she was just carrying the torch for so many past brit Tyrants. This is a nation who caused the deaths of a million or more people and then called it a Famine… It was genocide, not a famine. Sad thing is most people really believe that there was something called a potato famine…
where do all these backward irish people come from? look the only reason you hate her is because she didnt give into the demands of your terrorists. ***** off
Anyone else notice that #10 and #23 are completely conflicting?
I did!
If you live in a free and prosperous society chances are you have Maggie Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Karol Wojtyla to thank for it, at least in part.
lol… another ignorant parrot. Study a little real history, both sides for once if u can handle finding out what an evil person your Limey Idol is, you are pathetic.
To all her victims…..UP THE RA
I had heard of her before but I'd never really known what she stood for. I'll be doing some research for sure. She seems to be exactly what philip said above, an incredible leader.
I mean, most of the quotes are absolutely brilliant, they show how clearly she stated and fulfilled her own position, how she was very aware of what happened around her, capable to cope with anything and never giving up. Great.
do some research please… comments sections and movie traitors are not the best place to stay(or in your case, become informed). If you are open to new ideas, like facts, feel free to ask me for any references.
Margaret Thatcher is wonderful,it gave me a good idea for a list,,,Best 10 politicians this century,,,
i nominate Margaret Thatcher, Harry Truman, maybe Lester Pearson, Golda Meir,,,,note not necessarily the most popular or successful, just best. ie; honest, forthright, principled, decisive.(I think i remember reading that pearson was a bit of a snake) so maybe not him…
ps:
Jfrater; glad you survived your 30 plus hours of air travel, great list, and have a very merry christmas
sounds like a ***** to me.
dumb
huh,yeah 10 and 23 show she ran out of political arguments too from time to time, I guess. the context of quote 10 is really important though
Great comment, Jesse…
I think Thatcher was the right person for the job at the time. If circumstances at the time of her election were different though, I doubt she would be as popular as she is today. Some good quotes here none the less. I’ve always wondered though, how many quotes from famous politicans are acatually theirs. Most politicians have writers behind the scenes, in fact, I’d wager that MOST do.
I’m surprised that one of her more famous utterances wasn’t on the list. Referring to Lord William (Willie) Whitelaw, who was Thatcher’s Deputy Prime Minister and, later, Leader of the Lords, Thatcher famously said :
“every Prime Minister needs a Willie”
I guess some people outside of the UK might not get this one – “willie” is common slang, especially amongst children, for a penis.
Thatcher was good for england in a lot of ways, but she made an EVEN BIGGER mess of Ireland, which was quite an accomplishment. Her take no prisoners attitude was completely the wrong way to go about things. But she didn't care if she made the situation in Ireland worse because she considered them an inferior race. charming.
what nonsense she was responding to a vicious terrorist onslaught. i lived in belfast in the 80's and it wasnt a time to be soft in the face on a campaign of genocide against the loyal people of ulster
You give yourself away with a username like that, idiot…
he is not an idiot… he is an unwelcome occupier in a forign land and associates himself with murdering scumbag loyalists… Loyalist in The Republic of Ireland???? go home…you know..to that other Island. I think you will fit in fine.
righteous….d’uh…d’uh….
I personally hate her because I’m Irish and she hated the Irish even before the assassination attempt. Probably the reason the IRA targeted her.
Basing on above qouts, I found her a bit *****ist. It sound to me that it was her choice to be born a woman
el duderino: I hope I can agree with you.
I mean “qoutes’
I will be one of the first to say…. maggie was a *****
Poll tax, unemployment & council housing. Maggie Thatcher was a chav breeder.
Nuff said.
yup…nail on the head. most of the Amerikan readers will have zero idea what you are talking about but thanks for some honest info.
Incredible leader? Ludicrous. Margaret Thatcher Milk Snatcher was a bit much. Next we’ll have that brow-by-dint-of-electrolysis ***** Reagan’s quotes to savor, and you chowderheads can fellate each other over those. Lemme give you neophytes a hint; anytime someone is talking out the side of their neck about God, Country, Hard Work, etc., they are raping the exchequer. Just so you get your history right, remember that Thatcher was boning Reagan with a giant dildo while Nancy was across town blowing Sinatra. That was Ronnie’s special English treat for declaring Ketchup a vegetable for school lunches. And the ad hominem has its place. If you don’t agree, then I suggest you devote your life to teaching civics to psychopaths. Merry Christmas.
Another quotes list!? This is getting very repetitive and annoying.
Wow, um, she seems a bit…unpopular? With the readers, but JT I very very much enjoyed reading these quotes and there were several that I liked a lot. Thank you for this excellent list. =)
Sub- you’re welcome to submit a list for consideration of publication more to your liking.
or you can always check out the archives.
The best ‘Thatcher’ quote i know is:
Waitress: “What about the vegetables?”
Thatcher: (about the cabinet members)”Oh, they’ll have the same.”
Ok, now genuine Thatcher, but still great!
Kelsi, every politician has it’s haters. Some for good reason, some for not, but none the less, they’re there.
Not a Thatcher fan because I am definitely *not* a Reagan fan. What they did to the middle class in their countries is unforgivable. BUT I do admire the barrier she broke, she did a lot by breaking the “concrete ceiling” of politics much like Nancy Pelosi has done becoming Speaker of the House and Hillary Clinton is doing in the Democratic race. Politics aside, Hillary is breaking down barriers that need to be torn down. Now lets hope a woman from the Labour Party wins PM after Gordon Brown is done cleaning up Blair’s foreign mess, after all remember #13 on this list.
Ok, done ranting about the neo-con loons of the 80′s which I am a product of.
It really bothers me when people say things like “dumb” and “sounds like a ***** to me”. They are the most unintelligent responses, and show nothing but complete ignorance.
Yes Margaret Thatcher may have done some bad things in her time, but they are far outweighed by the great things she did saving Britain from ruin. No one can argue against that.
I think she was a fantastic leader and I like her even more after reading this list.
Hitesh – you certainly need to go and do some research. Then you will realise just how embarrassing your comment is. Thatcher sold council housing off to the people who lived in them, and at a price they could afford. I work with several people who benefited from that deal, and they couldn’t thank her more. They now own their own homes (homes better than the ones they originally bought) which is something they could never have afforded if it wasn’t for her. And no, they are not chavs.
Well said!
yah, i am pretty ignorant of what margaret thatcher did during her career.
but i’m referring to her quotations.
just like the things mr. bush says make him sound uneducated, these quotations make margaret thatcher sound like a narcissistic feminist *****.
hopefully, she’s not.
she is btw thers no point looking into it lol
These are all brilliant,….except #13. But she was a genius, so I’ll give her a pass on that one.
I agree Ginger Lee, I think it would be a good thing to have a woman as president. One that same note, I do not think that Hillary should be that woman.
Margaret Thatcher, while admirable as all powerful woman in politics are, has the blood of the Northern Ireland hunger strikers on her hands.
YES. YES SHE DOES. So *****ing glad someone finally said it.
NO she doesn't, the stupid idot starved himself to death. If protesters are willing to go as far as self harm then so be it. They have to take responsibility for their own actions..
wasnt one “stupid Idiot” but I think you just exposed yourself to be just that. Bobby Sands, probably the only one you know was not the only person who died in 1981… the stuff she did in the 80′s is stuff that would get Bush, Chenny, Osama, etc….. a Nobel Peace prize.
they were not protesters! They were revolutionaries/patriots who wanted to be treated equally in their own countries what was promised them. I am Sure MT can understand the need for armed resistance at times. If Jerry Adams had not sold-out more Brit Mercs and traitors would have met a rightful death and a 32 county IRE would be a reality. She was an evil person no matter what good deeds she may have done.
I am from a town in England near Sheffield called Doncaster, My dad was a miner at cortonwood colliery which was one of the first pits to go on strike. If you really believe she was a ‘genius’ come to my town, or any town in South Yorkshire and you’ll see a place which has never recovered from the strikes of 1984. She destroyed so many lives with her hatred of unions and the working classes. So please, don’t comment on something that you didn’t have to live through first hand. merry christmass tho ay.
Ahh the good friend of dictator Pinochet… Quite a remarquable woman!
Rebecca – “Margaret Thatcher…has the blood of the Northern Ireland hunger strikers on her hands.”
Really ? Oh..you must mean the (largely) IRA terrorists who – incidentally – chose to adopt the tactics of hunger striking voluntarily.
What's ENFURIATING is that NO ONE researches the hand that the loyalist gangs and RUC had in the Troubles….they were JUST AS TERRORISTIC as the IRA. Do a little reading, kiwiboi. Look up the UVF and the Shankill butchers and THEN tell me that the IRA were alone in their "terroristic" acts.
eva : Political prisoners my arse !
Let me treat you to a bonus Thatcher quote : "Crime is crime is crime, it is not political"
Of the 10 hunger strikers who died (Bobby Sands included) in 1981, 1 was a murderer, 1 was doing time for manslaughter, 2 for attempted murder, and the other 6 on weapons and/or explosives charges.
They chose to end their lives…which is more of a choice than they afforded the innocent civilians they slaughtered during their bombing campaigns in Nthn Ireland and in England.
And don't condescend to tell me I don't know what I am talking about. I'm of Irish descent and my grandfather was a Republican. Not to mention..I lived and worked in London during the 1990's bombing campaigns.
Finally, re your comments about British Government – I am not so naive to think or suggest that they are an innocent party in all of this.
So…what is your background/claim to superior knowledge of these matters ?
More shame on you then!
Kiwiboi– Don’t refer to the things you don’t know about. She let political prisoners whose rights had been violated die in nonviolent protest. And yeah…talk big about ira terrorists. The British government’s done worse.
“If we went on a we are, then by the end of the century there would be 4 million people of the new commonwealth or Pakistan here…people are really rather afraid that this country might be swamped by people of a different culture” … Um so what? Got her sums a bit wrong, still sound like such a fantastic person?
Well, kiwiboi, I’m very sorry. I’m of Irish descent, too. And the Irish temper is a real thing. I got a little ticked off. I didn’t realize you were of Irish descent and all that…you do know what you’re talking about! Even if I might disagree. My bad! Sorry to have been snotty!
And yes…they did do crimes, but you can’t deny a certain political element to their imprisonment. I believe what they were hunger striking for was to regain their status as political prisoners. I just think that Thatcher made a mistake on that one. Hey, you can’t expect me to love her…
eva – no biggie
You are one of countless people (Irish and non-Irish alike) to whom Thatcher remains a she-devil. And whilst I may not agree with this view, I can certainly appreciate the rationale for it.
Thanks for your civil response. I apologise also for the brusque tone of my earlier message.
she is possibly the worst leader ever
Quotes are one thing. The systematic destruction of the working class and a meaningless war are an other.
This site has raging hard-on for Thatcher. Aside from the meaningless milestone of a female PM, she did little to improve my country’s lot. The rich got richer and the job market evapourated. The Falklands was a convenient public distraction, the privatisations sent the service quality of said instituions right down the crapper, lowed the rates for the UPPER tax brackets, and had a vendetta against the unions which destroyed entire communities unnessecarily.
Not to mention she had a cabinet full of utter bastards such as Tebbit, the POLL TAx RIOTS, and the Yuppie culture she engendered.
Just talk to the average Brit who lived through her rule- she’s villified for a reason.. Left and Right has nothing to do with it- she was an ***** who put the economy before the people. Britain was a dump before she came in and dump when she left. On the plus she did destroy her own party’s political integrity. But that gave us ten years of Blair too….
Haha, Hayzeus you can’t be serious.
The job market evaporated? No, it just transformed into the service sector, which is much much better in terms of job oportunities and prospects than the old manufacturing sector. The Falklands a convenient public distraction? OK, lets lets our people be taken over by some militant Argentinians, great leadership there! Now, you say the privatisations sent the quality of said institutions down the crapper? How can you type that with a straight face. Are you saying that nationalised industries are better than privatised ones? That the NHS and state schools are better than their private counterparts? British Airways went from an inefficient, loss making airline, into one of the world’s prmier airways. Before its privatisation, it took sometimes months to get a phone from BT, after you could get one the very next day. By introducing incentivisation into industries, she made them actually, um, you know WORK, which was the main reason Britian was languishing in economic hell prior to her election. Not to mention that it was so popular that the companies made their money back in just 24hrs through the public buying shares. She lowered the tax rates for everyone, and rightly so, as there was no reason to give away any more money to the monolotihic state as before. And before she came to power, the highest tax bracket was 95% (brilliantly summed up in The Beatles’ song Taxman) which was completely unfair. And she didn’t have a ‘vendetta’ against unions as you put it, but they were totally destroying Britain and enjoying every minute of it. Someone had to stand up to them instead of meekly placating them as they had done before. Not sure what your hatred against Tebbit is, the poll tax was of course a mistake (though great in theory) and led to her downfall, and I’m not sure what’s wrong with yuppies, Thatcher hated them too, but it was simply a consequence of freeing the economy from the chains of the state.
And no the avergae Brit who lived through her rule does NOT hate her. Just those in Northern industrial towns (understandibly), and even a Northern socialist like Gordon Brown acknowledges her brilliance, and he even wrote a book called ‘How Margaret Thatcher destroyed England’ in 1991, or something to that effect. Not a ***** at all. A wonderful woman, who realised that the only way to save Britain was to put the economy first and create a stable, prosperous infastructure from which to gradually improve that living standars of people, and by 1990 she had. To say that Britian was as worse in 1990 as it was in 1979 is laughable frankly, and I can’t see how you can honestly believe that.
"She let political prisoners whose rights had been violated die in nonviolent protest."
These were not political prisoners, and she gave them every right to eat food – it was they who chose to refuse. Do you plan on choosing public policy, whether foreign or domestic, on the basis of giving in to people who are simply choosing not to eat? What should she have done: allowed anyone irrational enough to starve themselves to death to dictate British legislation? She laid the groundwork for peace in NI by signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
i think there is a job opening at Gitmo and the powers that be think you are perfect. Water-boarding and fingernail pulling experience preferred but will train you if you can count to 3.
Margaret Thatcher is about the only person who makes me feel proud to be English (also Winstone churchill) – I just wish I was born when she was in power or that Labour hadn’t cocked everything up that she worked hard for!
Well genuis I grew up through her tenure and it went like this
Schools starved of money to the point that water was flowing in whenever it rained in many schools, repairs only happened when labour came to power and spent some money on the education budget. Then again now Dave the Toff is in, the school building program has been kyboshed again, so more kids condemned to damp and worn out school buildings.
Soaring crime due to virtually no police on the streets due to the police budget being hacked away, police hands tied due to the PACE act, good in theory, poorly implemented though.
@ JT
So its a good thing that people went from having skilled jobs in engineering with decent terms and conditions to low paid, unsociable hours jobs in the service sector with no rights and very poor working conditions? What rot.
You clearly, as our american friends would say "have drank the tory party kool-aid".
Labour spent years repairing the damage that the Tory party did to this country, does anyone remember the 3 YEAR waiting lists that the Tories left the NHS with? The FILTHY hospitals due to "outsourcing" of cleaning services by the Tories?, only to make some stupid decisions, which allowed the Tories back in to start smashing up the country again.
Mark my words, soon everyone will be paying BUPA for health insurance and peopl will be left to die in the street as the NHS will be given away to a private company for next to nothing as its "too costly",
Why do think they are changing to a GP led service? To make it easier to chop the NHS into smaller chunks and one by one privatise OUR hospitals at firesale prices THATS why.
The NHS is a massive organisation, but it does damned well for something of its size, at least its staff are held accountable unlike private companies such as Tesco which ride roughshod over the rights of its customers, its workers and its suppliers with seeming impunity.
That "woman" (harpy more like) should be tried for treason.
Makes me feel sad that our our Yankee answer to Thatcher is that black-hearted, soulless, acid-tongued, wooden harpy come this November.
A great orator. But then, so was Hitler.
Anyone who admires Thatcher obviously never lived in Britain during her 'rule' in the 80's. She was a nasty piece of work who systematically destroyed the Trades Unions, sold off most of the nation's assets to private corporations, and introduced the heinous poll tax – the precursor to today's Council Tax (where originally if you didn't pay you lost your right to vote or were prosecuted – against which I and over 20,000 others demonstrated on March 31 1990). To bolster her flagging support prior to a General Election, she also whipped up a pointless war against Argentina where many soldiers on both sides died as political bargaining chips of a military junta on one side, and a prime minister with imperial aspirations on the other. The daughter of a greengrocer with delusions of nobility, she was finally stabbed in the back by her own cabinet of spineless males (Heseltine, Tebbitt, Major etc.) in a modern version of the death of the dictator Julius Caesar. I like a straight talker as much as the rest of you, but there was always something inherently cruel about this woman and the 'I'm alright Jack' mentality that she spawned. And, by the way, someone like Margaret Thatcher doesn't make me proud to be English, a whole host of other reasons do which are too numerous to mention here.
Beautifully put.
*****ing *****.
You realy are a pratt!!!!!
Margaret Thatcher is an absolute idiot who placed money before humanity. The most grotesque capitalist. I’ll be cracking open a bottle the day she finally corks it.
What can I say about Margaret Thatcher? Let’s start with cruel and power mad. Quote number 4, how could anyone make a nest egg for a rainy day and pay bills when she destroyed so many jobs? She took jobs away from miners and many other jobs suffered due to her. She’s a power crazy woman with no heart or soul. Number 6…. I agree to some extent that maybe the death penalty should be brought into law, but she would be first on the list of people who should face it. Too many people died when she was in power. She was the woman who took our man into the Falklands and had our men and Argentina’s men killed. 258 people died, 777 people injured and 115 taken prisoner on the British side. 649 people killed, 1,068 wounded, 11,313 taken prisoner on the Argentina side. They may have been wrong but the number of deaths is wrong too. Families lost people that they loved dearly and for what? Greed? That’s all that ever matters isn’t it? Admittedly it isn’t only Maggie that was powered by greed. Falklands, Cold war and Ireland, she only wanted to fight not help. She didn’t want to fix the world she wanted to rip it apart and take all she could, money, power and ego.
Finally, she speaks of not wearing her heart on her sleeve but wearing it on the inside. I don’t think she knows neither what a heart is, nor where it she be placed.
I am sorry if I offended anyone, but it is what I believe to be true and many others do to.
Last of all. She once said. ‘Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.’
Margaret Thatcher, you brought no harmony, truth, faith nor hope.
I'll be dancing in the streets when Thatcher dies. The way she systematically destroyed working class communities because she didn't believe in society only individuals and had a personal vendetta against Scargill and the National Union of Miners effectively ending British manufacturing and heavy industry. So, the rich made a lot more money, the entire infrastructure of Britain was packed up and sold to the highest bidder, leaving us with merely a service economy, and now a recession hits and what do we have? Nothing, no car industry, no coal mining industry, no mills, no steelworks leaving us with jobs that are dependent upon people paying for a service generally through credit, now that credit is drying up Britain has no base to fall back upon. Thanks Maggie T, what a ***** you are….
Another leftist prick………
Right leaning pricks hate her too… pretty much any intelligent person with common sense hate and despise that murdering, torturing, racist.
UP THE RA
I am old enough to have lived through the Thatcher era and i have to say what a great period that was….NOT. Me being one of those from the “North” does give me a slightly biased opinion of the woman. My father worked in the steel industry until she(thatcher)brought in Ian Mcgregor some American “asset *****” to dismantle the corporation.Needless to say he and many others found themselves unemployed,from there his decline began. To cut a long story short he was unable to gain employment,hit the bottle,got divorced and eventually ended up in a mental institution where he still resides to this day.
Thatcher made the rich richer and the poor poorer she created an even bigger class divide than anyone before or after her.As for privatising our nationalised industries, she turned something that everybody owned sold it off to the highest bidder who in turn sold shares back to “us” the people who owned it in the first place.I have so much more i could say about that woman but the very mention of her name makes my blood boil,maybe there should be a top 100 things we hate about Thatcher list it wouldn’t be hard to fill up.During her dictatorship we lost our industry,our self respect and our trust in government.One more thing a while back there was talk of a state funeral when Thatcher dies i hope that was a joke, if not expect civil unrest.
Note:Tories and other thatcher lovers may ignore this post.
It was that ‘woman’s fault that 10 hunger strikers died in northern Ireland. It was her fault that the north was ran by bigots and racists and why the troubles were so bitter.
I too am a Northerner and think this woman is amazing, I lived and worked through the 80′s. Yes she made mistakes,ie The Poll Tax, but seriously you can’t blame her for everything that’s gone wrong in the UK. She deserves her state funeral, I for one will be there celebrating the life of this remarkable woman.
oh I see, and Pinochet was such a good man too…
I would have given her a chance if she wasn’t a Conservative
But simply for that reason I do not like her.
Plus she stopped schools giving kids free milk.
*****.
I bet most people would like to have her in power now. looking at the mess we are all in with the crap ecconomy now
It was thanks to blooming Thatcher that we have the problems we do now! She was a greedy *****. She’s not struggling in this economic crisis is she… she got her money through destroying the country… whilst good, honest, hard working people struggle to keep food on their tables. All thanks to Margaret, so yeah lets put the cow back into power, cause she did so well.
Man, such hate from the left.
i lean right and I despise her… liberals, conservatives, libertairians, etc., with any knowledge of history and her policy’s would despise her. She would have amde a great Arab Military leader. Rot in hell Iron C3nt
hahaha indeed there is… do you dont agree with the comments?
Why is the dislike of Mrs Thatcher so personal? She led a goverment which was freely elected 3 times in succession. It seems that many people shared her point of view yet the hatred is directed personally at her? Is it because she fearlessly spoke her mind? Something to her being female? I’m baffled. Parliment took all those decisions.