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:joker::joker::joker:I was looking for your answer Cherie,while rubbing the dot of my screen and realised it was a bloody full stop:joker::joker::joker:

Whatever else may be true of her, Thatcher engaged in incredibly consequential acts that affected millions of people around the world. She played a key role not only in bringing about the first Gulf War but also using her influence to publicly advocate for the 2003 attack on Iraq. She denounced Nelson Mandela and his ANC as "terrorists", something even David Cameron ultimately admitted was wrong. She was a steadfast friend to brutal tyrants such as Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein and Indonesian dictator General Suharto ("One of our very best and most valuable friends"). And as my Guardian colleague Seumas Milne detailed last year, "across Britain Thatcher is still hated for the damage she inflicted – and for her political legacy of rampant inequality and greed, privatisation and social breakdown.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfre...eath-etiquette

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It's true,:joker::joker::joker:I am such an airhead sometimes:hugesmile:

I'm very surprised they managed to find supporters of hers that were scottish.

I didn't think such people existed :laugh:

Privatise Thatchers Funeral

...And give it to the lowest bidder. Its what she stood for and probably what she would have wanted.

Yes but its all slotted in place now
for Next Weds (I will have to Scan the news Channels all 21 of them
to get away from the boring event so NHKWorldHD and RTHD for
that time)


Gangs will have a chance to get their Paint Bombs ready

WTF, Saddam Hussein brought about the Iraq war by INVADING KUWAIT and trying to steal their oil. Are you F-ing kidding me? How the F can you blame Thatcher for that??

I find it hilarious that the same people that condemned Americans for celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden, are the same people happily celebrating in the streets that Margaret Thatcher is dead.

Such hypocrites.

Whos celebrating in the streets? Certainly no one on this forum.

Quite so, Alex. Actually Thatcher, as far as conflict is concerned, is mostly remembered for the Falklands conflict, which saw almost the whole country supporting the action. Conversely, people took to the streets to voice their protest about the invasion of Iraq and Tony Blair ignored them and took us to war on a lie.

Some people are just making stuff up to suit their agenda.

Well there is plenty of celebration going on in the Guardian comments sections. And plenty of people took to the streets yesterday in the UK to celebrate her death.

Please don't misquote me alex, that was a quote from the Guardian not me, and I would suppose there is more to this that you or I are aware of.. and that was the reasoning behind that comment?
You don't get your point over more effectively if you start effing and jeffing either you know..

Ding dong the witch is dead ! Hooray - i had a double vodka to celebrate !
Just how much (millions) is this gonna cost the tax payer - Its disgraceful

There are always a few idiots.

Whereas Thatcher took us to war in the Falklands on principle. I'm sure that was cold comfort to any mother whose son was fighting?
However that was not the issue raised by alex was it, could the part we played be in selling weapons to tyrants?
Some people have to accept that there is no merit in silly posturing, facts are facts and they like the truth will out.

A lot less than the diamond jubilee cost the tax payers, and unlike the Queen, Thatcher was CHOSEN by the PEOPLE of Britain in a democratic election.

She was chosen three times. I dont see the point you're trying to make here. Are you saying we deserved what she did cuz we elected her? I might point firstly, not me cuz I wasnt old enough and secondly, she left office over 20 years ago and the world has changed a great deal since then. The world has changed so much in the last 5 years never mind 20.

because they were even worse
she lead us in the worng direction and they just continued to march on blindly until the whole economy fell off a cliff.

no, i'm saying she deserves a burial. you can have whatever opinion you like about her policies, but she served the Uk far more than the Queen ever has, and she was at least elected. So to bitch about the cost of her funeral seems stupid compared to the cost of other UNDEMOCRATIC institutions (like the royal family) in the UK which receive far more public funding.

She is ONLY getting a state funeral because she was a servant of the very rich...The single greatest politician in british possibly world history, is David Lloyd george....He got no state funeral , because he was a servant of the poor.

She did not serve the UK at all. She served herself, her friends and people she liked cuz they had loads of money.

I think the idea of privatising her funeral has got to be the way forward. Then give it to the lowest bidder so they cut costs to the bone and give her the best funeral for the lowest price. Its what she would have wanted. In fact its what she would have done and indeed did do.

*chosen by the people of ENGLAND

Scotland do not vote Tory and never will

They wanted to cremate her, but the lady's not for burning.