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arista 06-02-2019 12:58 AM

Thatcher Statue will not go in London
 
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cp...495818_gu6.jpg


It goes to Grantham
I am sure if someone wants to Smash her head off
they will go to her home town.


And maybe film it.

Livia 06-02-2019 11:50 AM

Put it up in London and stop pandering to people's threats. If someone vandalises it, arrest them.

I bet if people were asked and they answered truthfully, not as many people have a problem with it. It's the noisy minority willing to smash down what it doesn't agree with.

Niamh. 06-02-2019 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 10432892)
Put it up in London and stop pandering to people's threats. If someone vandalises it, arrest them.

I bet if people were asked and they answered truthfully, not as many people have a problem with it. It's the noisy minority willing to smash down what it doesn't agree with.

Did you admire that xenophobic old ****? Ew

Livia 06-02-2019 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10432902)
Did you admire that xenophobic old ****? Ew

Not particularly, no. But she was the first female PM and had bigger balls than any of the men in her cabinet. We have a statue of Oliver Cromwell outside Parliament that no Irish people seem to have complained about .

Watched that film, more on that later! x

Niamh. 06-02-2019 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 10432904)
Not particularly, no. But she was the first female PM and had bigger balls than any of the men in her cabinet. We have a statue of Oliver Cromwell outside Parliament that no Irish people seem to have complained about .

Watched that film, more on that later! x

I'm not complaining about any of your statues? I just asked a question.

Crimson Dynamo 06-02-2019 12:00 PM

Grantham's gain

what a lovely statue to a great PM


:clap1:

Livia 06-02-2019 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10432907)
I'm not complaining about any of your statues? I just asked a question.

So no, I don't agree with loads of the stuff she did, but I wouldn't call myself a supporter. I mention Oliver Cromwell just to show we have statues of all kinds of odious people, I can't believe Thatcher was the worst of the lot.

Kazanne 06-02-2019 12:10 PM

It should go up in London,she was the first woman PM and did a lot of good aswell as stuff some don't agree with,but every statue ever erected will have someone who was never perfect, people need to stop being so faux upset about everything,it wont ruin anyones life if her statue is there,she deserves it as much as anyone, and if the immature in society want to vandalise it that says so much more about them,Maggie was trail blazer and she should be remembered as such, as Livia said she had bigger balls than any man that's been in power.

AnnieK 06-02-2019 12:12 PM

Like or hate her - Thatcher (as Livia said) had balls. She made decisions and pretty much stood by them - far more than the shower of politicians we have now.

Niamh. 06-02-2019 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 10432928)
Like or hate her - Thatcher (as Livia said) had balls. She made decisions and pretty much stood by them - far more than the shower of politicians we have now.

Bit like Trump then :p

Cherie 06-02-2019 12:30 PM

Whatever her legacy, as the first female Prime Minister her statue should be in Westminster and Grantham

Marsh. 06-02-2019 12:36 PM

Burn it! Like the witch she is!

Crimson Dynamo 06-02-2019 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 10432952)
Burn it! Like the witch she is!

its made of stone, it wont burn you scouse plonker

:fist:

Marsh. 06-02-2019 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 10432954)
its made of stone, it wont burn you scouse plonker

:fist:

Won't burn! Wow, she really is a witch. :idc:

Niamh. 06-02-2019 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 10432956)
Won't burn! Wow, she really is a witch. :idc:

:hehe:

bots 06-02-2019 01:15 PM

Thatcher was one of the best prime ministers ever, and a woman, hence why she got a state funeral. Not everyone agreed with her for sure, but she single handedly brought this country back from general strikes. Yes, she went too far, thats always the way in these things, but no-one has deserved a statue more than her in my life time.

Tom4784 06-02-2019 02:41 PM

They should put it in her resting place, the deepest pits of Hell.

Matthew. 06-02-2019 02:43 PM

Probably for the best

GiRTh 06-02-2019 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 10433099)
They should put it in her resting place, the deepest pits of Hell.

:thumbs:

RileyH 06-02-2019 02:45 PM

Is she the milk lady

Underscore 06-02-2019 02:54 PM

Am defo not a fan of Thatcher but she was the first woman PM and therefore should be in Westminster Square

Marsh. 06-02-2019 03:03 PM

The fact that the only thing people can say about her is "she was a woman" speaks volumes.

Glenda Jackson spoke the truth about that.

UserSince2005 06-02-2019 05:06 PM

put it up in doncaster hehe. a giant one, like a Buddha statue

arista 06-02-2019 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 10433099)
They should put it in her resting place, the deepest pits of Hell.


There Locked UP

LaLaLand 06-02-2019 05:41 PM

What's the point? It's gonna get trashed wherever it goes.

user104658 06-02-2019 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10432980)
Thatcher was one of the best prime ministers ever, and a woman, hence why she got a state funeral. Not everyone agreed with her for sure, but she single handedly brought this country back from general strikes. Yes, she went too far, thats always the way in these things, but no-one has deserved a statue more than her in my life time.

She didn't "bring the country back", she ushered in the neoliberal Tory capitalism that is still autocannibalising us to this day. It just isn't finished yet.

joeysteele 06-02-2019 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazanne (Post 10432925)
It should go up in London,she was the first woman PM and did a lot of good aswell as stuff some don't agree with,but every statue ever erected will have someone who was never perfect, people need to stop being so faux upset about everything,it wont ruin anyones life if her statue is there,she deserves it as much as anyone, and if the immature in society want to vandalise it that says so much more about them,Maggie was trail blazer and she should be remembered as such, as Livia said she had bigger balls than any man that's been in power.

Here's a near first on political matters recently.

I actually agree with every word of your post above.

Marsh. 06-02-2019 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazanne (Post 10432925)
but every statue ever erected will have someone who was never perfect

Who asked for perfection?

Kazanne 06-02-2019 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by joeysteele (Post 10433664)
Here's a near first on political matters recently.

I actually agree with every word of your post above.

Is it a first Joey :wavey:

Livia 07-02-2019 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RileyH (Post 10433105)
Is she the milk lady



Yes... in the 1970s. Strange that of all the things she's responsible for, good and bad, people still bring up the milk thing.

Cherie 07-02-2019 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 10434509)
Yes... in the 1970s. Strange that of all the things she's responsible for, good and bad, people still bring up the milk thing.

I know, those poor kids were probably delighted, who liked to drink milk as a child ...not me

Livia 07-02-2019 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10434510)
I know, those poor kids were probably delighted, who liked to drink milk as a child ...not me

Nor me. I still don't like it much. Can't imagine having to drink luke-warm milk on a hot day.

Alf 07-02-2019 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10434510)
I know, those poor kids were probably delighted, who liked to drink milk as a child ...not me

One of the best times of the day was Milk time, usually with a dry biscuit.

Niamh. 07-02-2019 10:19 AM

I hate milk but when I was in primary school alot of the kids got those little glass bottles at lunchtime delivered and it seemed to be the best thing ever for them. I always wished I liked milk it looks really nice

Livia 07-02-2019 10:20 AM

I never understood the milk thing. I mean, it was introduced in the early forties when food was rationed and poor families were struggling. By the time milk was removed around 1970, we were doing rather better.

Alf 07-02-2019 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 10434573)
I never understood the milk thing. I mean, it was introduced in the early forties when food was rationed and poor families were struggling. By the time milk was removed around 1970, we were doing rather better.

If I didn't drink my milk, I'd have only been good enough to play for Accrington Stanley.

Livia 07-02-2019 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alf (Post 10434579)
If I didn't drink my milk, I'd have only been good enough to play for Accrington Stanley.

Accrington Stanley...? Who are they?

:-)

Cherie 07-02-2019 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alf (Post 10434564)
One of the best times of the day was Milk time, usually with a dry biscuit.

Well I went to a rural Irish school, we brought our own milk or in my case Cocoa in the cold weather in a flask if my Mom ran out of cocoa she sent us with hot milk, and never told us as she knew we would moan, I can still see the shock on my brothers face when he was pouring it out :laugh:

Beso 07-02-2019 11:06 AM

Well she defo deserves a statue...does it matter where it goes though? Unless it is being moved due to threats that is....then that matters...a lot.

joeysteele 07-02-2019 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kazanne (Post 10433783)
Is it a first Joey :wavey:

You and I would have some ding dongs on politics Kazanne.:joker:
However that's what makes politics interesting to debate.

You're an adorable member and we agree on much more important topics.

I rated Margaret Thatcher for her strength .she looked the statesperson all through.
She never took a sledgehammer to the most vulnerable sick and disabled.
She came to power when the UK was near ungovernable.
The Unions far too extreme, even against Labour their own Party in government.

No government or PM does all right or wrong.
What she did was make the UK look strong and she always fought determinedly the UKs corner.

She made bad decisions too of course but she must go down as one of the most formidable leaders ever, a strong PM and her debating skills were second to none.


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