Alexikokopops Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Despite my glib posting of a Hefner song earlier, thisis my actual view on the matter. I was 4 when she left office so I'm not going to pretend I personally despise her. Edit: That said, my girlfriend's family are from the mining communities of south Wales. I might go and join them in dancing in the streets of Merthyr Tydfil.
Manwell Pablo Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Despite my glib posting of a Hefner song earlier, thisis my actual view on the matter. I was 4 when she left office so I'm not going to pretend I personally despise her. Morons
RobHawk Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Despite my glib posting of a Hefner song earlier, thisis my actual view on the matter. I was 4 when she left office so I'm not going to pretend I personally despise her. Love the daily mash!!
yorkie1999 Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 My brother and nephew are were at Daw Mill. The nephews moved to another mine but my brother is thinking of retiring, hes 51 Car park full of Subaru's and mercs, not bad for a bit of digging.
yorkie1999 Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 You appear to assume I am of a particular political persuasion. I remember the savage beatings thousands of Miners and their families received whilst trying to protect their basic rights. I couldn't give a flying fvck about Tony Blair And being goaded by the police waving fistfuls of tenners at them..
I am Rod Hull Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Car park full of Subaru's and mercs, not bad for a bit of digging. I wonder if MattP will retire at 51? Damn dirty filthy miners
Guest MattP Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I wonder if MattP will retire at 51? Damn dirty filthy miners Pretty much retired already fella
Captain... Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Pretty much retired already fella Scrounging off the state!!!
Captain... Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Never taken a penny. Does that include tax breaks and creative accounting?
BoneDog Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I doubt any of us were alive during the War, but we all still respect and admire Winston Churchill. I've got a respect and sort of admiration for the blokes who were shipped overseas to fight, but not for Churchill. He was a very naughty boy. Pretty sure Ben Thatcher is still evil mate. Is he still evil? He may have calmed down a bit. Bad to the bone.
acooling08 Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 She won 3 consecutive general elections so she can't have been that unpopular? I'm too young to have an opinion, but my older family and the majority of my work collegues say she was a brilliant PM. Unbelievable how much she polarises opinion. Also, it's interesting that none of her laws have been repealed (even by the cvnt Blair) so even Labour must recognise that her policies on trade unions were beneficial for the country.
The Doctor Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I've coursework to do in for the morning, but **** it, I'm off to a party.
The Guvnor Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 You appear to assume I am of a particular political persuasion. I remember the savage beatings thousands of Miners and their families received whilst trying to protect their basic rights. I couldn't give a flying fvck about Tony Blair And being goaded by the police waving fistfuls of tenners at them.. The police were making a fortune on overtime, goading the Miners as you say with their overtime money, and giving the miners a good kicking.
Webbo Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 He`s FT`s top Thatcherite, she could do no wrong in his eyes He probably wouldn`t remember the power cuts during the Thatcher years when the Tory government turned the power off to millions of homes because of the lack of coal being produced due to the miners strike..... even though they`d stockpiled about 12 months worth supply in the few years previous It was all planned years before it happened and Scargill knew it. I demand a recount. Marvellous woman, best PM we've ever had. PS The 3 day week was under Ted Heath.
broughtonblue Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Second best pm we have had. Wish we had someone like her now to pull this country out of the shit again. Oh and if she was leader now north korea wouldnt be threatning us thats for sure. Doubt we woukd have given in to the eu like we have in the last 20 years either. RIP Maggie. You were the Great in 'Great Britain'
breadandcheese Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I like the way Thatcher is presented by the left as an evil witch who was hated by the majority of the country when the facts are rather different: - She was elected three times, on consistently higher turnouts and votes than we see today. In fact, in her final third term, she increased her total number of votes, which if she was as unpopular as suggested, would be unlikely. - Very few of her policies have been reversed, despite her leaving office 23 years ago. You would expect that if the country hated her policies towards the unions, mines, privatisation, right to buy, etc, you would have expected these to be reversed and people voting for parties promising to repeal them. The chance of any party winning a general election on a manifesto of nationalisation, opening up the mines, etc, are slim to non-existent.
MrSpaM Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I've coursework to do in for the morning, but **** it, I'm off to a party. Whats it like on the bandwagon? You wernt even a twitch in your dads nads when she left office, what have you got to celebrate? The death of an old lady, yeh great. This is exactly what i mean, your generation is in danger of screwing our country up way more than she ever did.
Guest MattP Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I've coursework to do in for the morning, but **** it, I'm off to a party. If the left ever call the right the nasty side of politics again after today you have some nerve.
I am Rod Hull Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 I demand a recount. Marvellous woman, best PM we've ever had. PS The 3 day week was under Ted Heath. Knew it was a tory I was young but I remember being sent to the shop for candles, my old mam making tea and toast on the coal fire, tasted delicious, it was like camping indoors
The Doctor Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 Whats it like on the bandwagon? You wernt even a twitch in your dads nads when she left office, what have you got to celebrate? The death of an old lady, yeh great. This is exactly what i mean, your generation is in danger of screwing our country up way more than she ever did. The death of a cold, heartless bitch who helped fund massacres, who put 96 families through hell by covering up Hillsborough, who destroyed entire communities by closing the mines and leaving the towns to rot...
MrSpaM Posted 8 April 2013 Posted 8 April 2013 The death of a cold, heartless bitch who helped fund massacres, who put 96 families through hell by covering up Hillsborough, who destroyed entire communities by closing the mines and leaving the towns to rot... You haven't got a clue mate
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