Margaret Thatcher

Alex · March 18, 2024, 01:29:52 PM

Have you read about Maggie ? The V & A museum has placed her alongside Hitler, Bin Laden and other "villains" in an exhibition. Apparently the place is run by a former Labour MP one Tristram Hunt, I can honestly say I've never heard of any Labour supporters called 'Tristram '.

Anyway, love her or loathe her, she doesn't deserve to be alongside mass murderers. Perhaps there should be a rethink on the 60 odd million £s the V & A receives from Government ?

klondike · March 18, 2024, 01:59:37 PM

Crabby would probably give you an argument on that one

I think it's pretty disgraceful. She was divisive but she pulled us out of being the basket case we had become. It wasn't painless though and she has many detractors.

JBR · March 18, 2024, 04:04:16 PM

Quote from: Alex on March 18, 2024, 01:29:52 PMHave you read about Maggie ? The V & A museum has placed her alongside Hitler, Bin Laden and other "villains" in an exhibition. Apparently the place is run by a former Labour MP

Completely self-explanatory.
This is left-wing Londonistan, remember.
They hate Maggie, probably because she did so much to improve the country in the face of all the problems created over the years by Labour.

I'm afraid that many people today seem to look toward a new Labour government to lift us out of all the mess we are now in!
All will become clear in a few years' time, but even then those same people will still support that party.

We desperately need a new 'Maggie', but that will not come from the Conservative party.

Scrumpy · March 18, 2024, 05:12:26 PM

Unfortunately the men running this country do not have the balls that Maggie had..

klondike · March 18, 2024, 05:14:57 PM

Unfortunately the men ~~running~~ ruining this country do not have the balls that Maggie had..

There. Fixed that for you.

GrannyMac · March 18, 2024, 06:16:39 PM

She did a lot for the UK. The left still trot out one line from an interview she gave to Women's Own, 'There is no such thing as society'. Put in context I agree with what she said! I believe being as self reliant as possible is why I've nearly always voted Conservative.

https://newlearningonline.com/new-learning/chapter-4/neoliberalism-more-recent-times/margaret-thatcher-theres-no-such-thing-as-society

Diasi · March 18, 2024, 06:52:39 PM

Tristram Julian William Hunt was educated at University College School, an all-boys' private school in Hampstead, north London.

Ashy · March 18, 2024, 07:01:57 PM

Tristram Julian William Hunt was born in 1974 and that explains quite a lot. His father was a labour councillor and he was a labour MP himself and yet he seems to have very little in common with ordinary working people. A bit like his party leaders.

JBR · March 18, 2024, 07:19:35 PM

Quote from: Ashy on March 18, 2024, 07:01:57 PMTristram Julian William Hunt was born in 1974 and that explains quite a lot. His father was a labour councillor and he was a labour MP himself and yet he seems to have very little in common with ordinary working people. A bit like his party leaders.

That's probably why Labour lost a lot of support in the 'red wall' areas.
I think it's a myth that Labour represents the working class people.

Cassandra · March 18, 2024, 09:44:18 PM

More left wing, woke garbage!

muddy · March 19, 2024, 07:27:54 AM

Who names their child Tristram ?

Diasi · March 19, 2024, 07:50:22 AM

There are no socialist MPs, even Rayner became capitalist as soon as she 'flipped' her ex-council house & made £48,000.

Silver Tabby · March 19, 2024, 08:12:14 AM

Love her or loathe her - Maggie was the best Prime Minister this country has had in eons. She believed in the good of the country, not her own aggrandisement. She came from a relatively humble background, and knew the meaning of hard work. If she made mistakes - she acknowledged them and put them right. If she promised to do something - she did it. Above all - she was a leader.

Can this be said about any of the pathetic lot around today?

JBR · March 19, 2024, 10:02:55 AM

Quote from: Silver Tabby on March 19, 2024, 08:12:14 AMLove her or loathe her - Maggie was the best Prime Minister this country has had in eons. She believed in the good of the country, not her own aggrandisement. She came from a relatively humble background, and knew the meaning of hard work. If she made mistakes - she acknowledged them and put them right. If she promised to do something - she did it. Above all - she was a leader.

Can this be said about any of the pathetic lot around today?

She was indeed, and as you say she was from a normal working-class background.

When you hear the ex-miners complaining about her, I think they should have another look at the figures. Harold Wilson closed more pits than Maggie, but they seem to forget about him for some reason.

Ashy · March 19, 2024, 10:06:35 AM

Quote from: JBR on March 18, 2024, 07:19:35 PMThat's probably why Labour lost a lot of support in the 'red wall' areas.
I think it's a myth that Labour represents the working class people.

There's something in that. How did this man ever purport to represent Stoke on Trent as a labour MP? There are two things wrong with our present system, career politicians and safe seats. Term limits may be the answer, but that would inhibit the few worthy politicians.

Margaret Thatcher working class? I would say middle class. Her father was a successful shopkeeper at a time when shopkeepers were respectable. A graduate, far less common then, her careers included industrial chemist, teacher, and lawyer, before she entered politics. Middle class.