Maggie Thatcher dead - Mega merge thread

Phill Ewinn

We shouldn't let her die alone. Surely theres more evil people we bury along with herself. Any candidates for an early burial?????

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305751/BREAKING-NEWS-Iron-Lady-Margaret-Thatcher-dead.html

Former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke today aged 87.
Her spokesman Lord Bell revealed the news that the former politician had passed away peacefully after a long battle with poor health.
Lord Bell said: 'It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.
'A further statement will be made later.'
Britain’s first and only woman prime minister, who won three consecutive general elections, has been in fragile health since she suffered a series of minor strokes more than a decade ago.
She suffered acute short-term memory loss and had a series of strokes over a decade.
She spent 11 years in Downing Street, the longest run by any 20th century prime minister.
In 1990, a leadership challenge forced her to leave No 10 and two years later she was made a life peer, as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
In recent years she has led a quiet life cared for by her loyal housekeeper Kate. She suffered a minor stroke in 2002 which left her with short-term memory loss.
Her beloved husband Denis died in 2003 and her children Mark and Carol both live abroad.
Her health was thrust into the global spotlight this year with the release of a Hollywood film about her with Meryl Streep in the lead role.


The Iron Lady drew criticism from David Cameron and others for concentrating on the dementia she has suffered. Miss Streep won an Oscar for the role.
Lady Thatcher was not well enough to join the Queen for a lunch with former and serving prime ministers as part of the Diamond Jubilee this summer. And two years ago she missed an 85th birthday party thrown in her honour by Mr Cameron at 10 Downing Street.
In October she was sufficiently well, however, to mark her 87th birthday with lunch at a restaurant in London’s St James’s district with Mark and his wife.
Iron Lady Baroness Thatcher, the grocer's daughter, who became the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century, is expected to be honoured with a full state funeral at Wesminster Abbey.
Not since Winston Churchill has a politician been granted such a tribute. During her 11 years at Number 10 she changed not only the face of Britain but the entire world.

LizT

Threads merged.

admiralofthefleet

castletownman wrote: »

Margaret Thatcher: brought suffering to millions with a miner's strike, ended her own with a minor stroke

a stroke of luck, some may say

Anynama141

castletownman wrote: »

Margaret Thatcher: brought suffering to millions with a miner's strike, ended her own with a minor stroke

Do you think she did it for a laugh? Or because it needed to be done?

Andy-Pandy

Stinicker wrote: »

No Loss, more people hated her in the UK than do here. I'm sure the Argentines won't mourn here either nor will any true Irish Republican or Nationalist patriot.

She won three general elections in the UK, and when she stepped down her party was still in power. Hardly a sign of being hated in the UK. Us Irish have no need to love her, but she wasnt looking for our love.

Seachmall

Stinicker wrote: »

nor will any true Irish Republican or Nationalist patriot.

No true Scotsman will either.



*Badum* *dum* *tish*

P_1

To be fair to her, she had some good ideas, the problem was that she stole from the wrong class to pay for them.

I'd say there'd be some craic in the pubs of North England tonight

Fratton Fred

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I have to lol at the hatred from people not even born when she was in power.

I was born in 1986. Is it okay if I have an opinion?

I don't hate or not hate her, but she's an interesting figure in recent history who certainly left a lasting mark.

xLexie

It'll be the first time the volley of shots will be fired into the grave instead of over it, just to be sure like.

Not a bit sorry for her.

Cody Pomeray

Find your nearest party

https://www.facebook.com/search/results.php?flt=1&q=thatcher+dies

Annasopra

I would rejoice at the death of Thatcherism

I won't rejoice at the death of another human being

davet82

Anyone wrote: »

Saville first and now Thatcher.

Great 12 months for minors.

post of the day :pac:

paulpd

Not sure if The Journal meant their headline :

"Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister, has died from a strike at the aged of 87"

I know the '80's were bad for them in the UK..

Mint Sauce

So she had alot of faults. Alot might have strongly disagreed with her politics. But end of the day every PM since has been viewed the same by some.

Maybe the hate posts should wait a while, she's only been dead a few hours.

Condolances to her and her family

IITYWYBMAD

Brianderunner wrote: »

Wasn't he Austrian?

No, German.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

GRMA wrote: »

Shame the evil hag didn't die decades ago before she did so much damage


Best monday in a while

I see you have run out of moral high ground today.

Interesting.

Cody Pomeray

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I have to lol at the hatred from people not even born when she was in power.

Do you "lol" at negative sentiments expressed towards other world leaders, under whom the poor suffered, or who expounded philosophies that onlookers found repulsive?

Since when does someone have to have lived under someone's authority to express an opinion?

I'm trying to avoid a Godwin's law here..

Iwasfrozen

castletownman wrote: »

Margaret Thatcher: brought suffering to millions with a miner's strike, ended her own with a minor stroke

She lowered inflation, made the British economy more efficient in the long run and broke the trade unions strangle hold over the country.

It never does good to speak ill of the dead. Even if just for her family. RIP Mrs. Thatcher the iron lady finally broke.

wendell borton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcXi-VYy_Yw

true

who the fug wrote: »

Amazing lady, changed the the United Kingdom in the space of ten years

+1. When Haughey was telling people to wear the hairshirt here , and privately going to Paris with his Mistress to get handmade shirts , the most expensive in the world, Mrs T. was elected for 3 consecutive elections and gave employment to millions of Irish in the UK. Some of my family were among them and glad to get a job there, and were treated well there. Better than the government here treated them.

jam_mac_jam

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

No, German.

No, Austrian.

Anynama141

GRMA wrote: »

Shame the evil hag didn't die decades ago before she did so much damage


Best monday in a while

awec wrote: »

You sir are an enigma.

I distinctly remember you whinging about the gloating of the Alan Ryan death, saying how it was disgraceful, gutter journalism etc., yet here you are. :pac:

Epic hypocrisy indeed. One was a convicted criminal thug and prime suspect in several murders who was killed in a squabble with a drug gang over drug money, the other a legitimate politician and elected leader.

I may not have agreed with a lot of her policies, but some people are rather exposing themselves here.

Chucky the tree

tbh wrote: »

The fact that so many people hated her is a testament to the impact she had. She had a vision and she had the wherewithal to see it implemented. Didn't agree with much of her views but I respect her for her steeliness. Not mourning or celebrating, just another part of my childhood no longer around.

Jut like Hitler.

TheLastMohican

davet82 wrote: »

'ding dong the witch is dead' immediately popped into my head when I opened this thread...

Any more poets out there? A soulful panegyric, perhaps?

A box of John Bull Special Strong Mints for the winner

Anynama141

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Jut like Hitler.

And Mandela.

IITYWYBMAD

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

No, Austrian.

Yawn...
Austrian citizen until 7 April 1925
German citizen after 25 February 1932

Jog on now...

true

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I have to lol at the hatred from people not even born when she was in power.

Well said. They probably do not realise hundreds of thousands of Irish people emigrated to London +rest of England when she was in power over that 3 consecutive election reign of power.

anncoates

I don't care a jot for Thatcher or her passing because of her horrible policies in Northern Ireland and England but I'm not going to queue up to dance on some elderly politician's grave either.

Especially with some people here who probably don't even have any idea why they doing it other than barstool republicanism and would probably be running in tears to feedback should anybody else make a joke when some minor celebrity dies.

Vicar in a tutu

I will be celebrating today, I've been hoping for this day to come for a long time :D:D:D:D:D:D:D Iv a few fireworks put away for this day:D:D:D:D

touts

She stood up for what she believed and came to power in a time when women were barely tolerated in politics. You may not like her policies and the left wing media really hate her but the British people weighed all that up and still elected her to office three times. And when it comes to dealing with Europe it's a pity we didn't heed her warnings.

RIP.

jam_mac_jam

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Yawn...
Austrian citizen until 7 April 1925
German citizen after 25 February 1932

Jog on now...

Yes, as I said Austrian.

Cody Pomeray

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Yawn...
Austrian citizen until 7 April 1925
German citizen after 25 February 1932

Jog on now...

the question was "wasn't hitler austrian?"
You'd be wrong to say "no, German" in response to that. Clearly he was Austrian, even if he was subsequently classified as German under his own authority.

Celly Smunt

We're having a party when Thatcher dies! We're having a party when Thatcher dies!

Lapin

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

I will be celebrating today, I've been hoping for this day to come for a long time :D:D:D:D:D:D:D Iv a few fireworks put away for this day:D:D:D

I bet you don't.

Seachmall

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

Yawn...
Austrian citizen until 7 April 1925
German citizen after 25 February 1932

Jog on now...

What nationality was he for the 7 years in between?

FreeTime

I wonder, had it not been for Margaret Thatcher, how long the English would have continued to subsidize the mining industry?

Kerrigooney

Rot in hell.

May her grave be used as a toilet for many years to come.

kfallon

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I have to lol at the hatred from people not even born when she was in power.

So by that logic Hitler, Stalin and the likes are all ok unless you were around during their reigns?

Hunterbiker

Massive impact on European History. A more normal background than the current crop if UK politicians (from all parties).

Had a reputation for not taking nonsense from anybody. Made her peers look stupid.

Someone like wouldn't go amiss running this Country at the moment to be honest -at least she had sone balls.

admiralofthefleet

chat to you all later lads, im off to the pub

irish bloke

Any talks of a bank holiday yet?

Vicar in a tutu

Lapin wrote: »

I bet you don't.

Yes im lying on the internet to impress people:)

kingtiger

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

She lowered inflation, made the British economy more efficient in the long run and broke the trade unions strangle hold over the country..

yeah right

first off the institutionalized corruption with privatizing the UKs utilities and then all selling it off to her already rich mates

making sure that the wealthiest where well looked after, while hitting the most vulnerable with the poll tax and other taxes and then invoking employment legislation like something out of the 1700s

and to top it all off the defense of the mass murderer General Pinochet

yeah she was just misunderstood

Lapin

The best PM Britain has seen since the war.

She dragged it out of the Winter of Discontent in the 1970s and left the place booming in the 1990s.

GRMA

Anynama141 wrote: »

Epic hypocrisy indeed. One was a convicted criminal thug and prime suspect in several murders who was killed in a squabble with a drug gang over drug money, the other a legitimate politician and elected leader.

I may not have agreed with a lot of her policies, but some people are rather exposing themselves here.

Bit of a difference between someone being murdered and gunned down by drug dealers and people celebrating that deed and an elderly person dying naturally.

She was a dirt bag and there are many people in graves all over the world because of that bitch and her dictator pals

Its a shame she she didnt die years ago, too little too late, its a cruel world.

Satan has a new lieutenant.

anncoates

kfallon wrote: »

So by that logic Hitler, Stalin and the likes are all ok unless you were around during their reigns?

Thatcher was a horrible politician but only on the bizarre far shores of republican zealotry could she be likened to Stalin and Hitler.

Cody Pomeray

touts wrote: »

And when it comes to dealing with Europe it's a pity we didn't heed her warnings.

There is a *massive* irony here.

It is Thatcher's extremely conservative economic philosophies (austerity, supply side reforms, and they absolutely adore monetarism in Germany) that are now informing European policymaking.

wolfpawnat

Parties tonight in the vast majority of Northern English towns and why do I know there'll be the same on the Falls!!!

Can't say I'm sorry to see the end of her.

Celly Smunt

I wonder if we'll have a minutes applause in the manchester derby tonight.