renton Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 People greatly overestimate the impact of Thatcher. The industrial centres of Britain would have crumbled regardless, they weren't competitive enough and had significant labour problems. nah, not really. you can argue long and hard about how the industires affected should have done more to modernise, more to realise that rationalisation was inevitable, more to future proof their own industries. No one is saying that Arthur Scargill wasn't an idiot who doomed his own industry to a fight they couldn't win. The salient point though is, that for whatever problems the industries had, Thatcher's solutions were worse. If she was a doctor, and you had a problem with an ingrown toenail, her solution would be to amputate at the ankle. ... and that's before you get onto the whole poltiical ideology and culture she helped advance in this country, the one we are living with today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliche Guevara Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 In English? Preferably 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Breaking news, ATOS have passed her fit to work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbineTon Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Just another glorified slagging match between Newco and Celtic supporters. Nothing to see here. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarkyTon Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I would find it hilarious if they tried a minute's silence at the fitba games on Saturday all round the country. In reality it would be the whole ground screaming F**k off Thatcher F**k off Thatcher for the whole minute 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) One way or another, I don't care but I am enjoying watching the moral police out in force, just because people are happy there is one less predominantly hated political figure in the world. Take your hypocritical virtues and ram them. Edited April 8, 2013 by the jambo-rocker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supras Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Yep, must be hard to accept there are some normal people out there. You must all be so proud of yourselves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaffenThinMint Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Cremation eh? Could probably wipe out the national debt if people were allowed to buy a spot with a matchI reckon they could have trouble here - I thought shit doesn't burn? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenHibee Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Just like you won't ever hear me singing about Mercer despite me thinking (even though it was before my time) that he was a p***k. I'm just saying out of respect. Wouldn't wish death on my worst enemy...seems people on here are far too bitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliche Guevara Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Some of the uneducated morons on here discuss me. An old lady has died and you celebrate? Get a fucking grip. Show some respect. So what do we think - is AberdeenHibee a prescious little twat incapable of objective reasoning? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkyblue2 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Rejoice, the wicked bitch is dead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I remember waving a red card at her before the 1988 Scottish Cup Final. Even as an 8 year old boy I kent the score. About the only thing I fondly remember on an otherwise tragic afternoon for Arabs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotbawmad Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Anyone remember British Leyland? Huge changes were required to many of our industries which was uncompetitive. Riddled with ineffiencties and had unions who and still largely are too powerful. I know people who privately thought it was great, but wouldn't dare admit it openly. If she died 6-7 years ago she probably would have been remembered much more soundly, but we now know how trualy destructive many of our policies were in terms of aggressively offloading public assets. No doubt the media with their south coast bias will try to portray how great and glorious her reign was. Like everyone else in this thread I have to say good ridance. Lets move on with our lives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadasdillinger Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenockRover Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I would find it hilarious if they tried a minute's silence at the fitba games on Saturday all round the country. In reality it would be the whole ground screaming F**k off Thatcher F**k off Thatcher for the whole minute Two choruses of "Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead"! takes approx 1 minute 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 THere seems to be a spring in everyone's step this afternoon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 It's a tragedy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Remarkable the seethe at Thatcher on here on the day she passed when our current leaders are outdoing her. There may be more employment but the wages have not been increasing to match inflation. If wages had increased unemployment would be as bad or worse now. Savings have lost 20% of their value in the last few years because interest rates are being held at a false low while prices are shooting up. Correct. Let's kill them now! Why wait for the Grim Reaper? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm just saying out of respect. Wouldn't wish death on my worst enemy...seems people on here are far too bitter.We're not wishing death on anyone, its already happened. We're celebrating it! Plus, out of respect? She's dead! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Everything that went wrong in Scotland in the last thirty years is down to Thatcher. Who are we going to blame now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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