Thatcher, the worst Prime Minister Britain ever had.

agree smallwhitecat, that the media does play them up as quasi-saints. Norman Tebbitt will never receive the same media treatment.

And everyone knows that the Falklands War was a publicity stunt invented by Thatcher to rekindle interest in her flagging career-started by sinking an "enemy" ship in its own territory

'I always wonder about those who claim they're going to dance on her grave'

You should listen to phone-in talk shows about Thatcher. You would be shocked by how many progressives ring up baying for blood and talking about dancing on her grave. It gives a fascinating, if sickening, insight into the progressive mind. You never, ever hear any conservatives saying similar things about any left wing leader such as Michael Foot or anyone else.

She destroyed what we always thought of as "society". She sancioned the selling off of property which was in public ie OUR hands, such as water, energy etc. She also sancioned the selling of social housing cheaply and did not replace it, thus destroying the notion of the "respectable" working class and leaving the underclass to fester in sink estates no one wants to buy. And everyone knows that the Falklands War was a publicity stunt invented by Thatcher to rekindle interest in her flagging career-started by sinking an "enemy" ship in its own territory. And we want to honour this harridan with a state funeral!

I'm going to have to disagree. If Thatcher was such a evil old cow, how come every prime minister following her always invites her to No10 as soon as they get into power? And that includes his Tonyness and el Gordo?

Thatcher didn't wreck manufacturing, it was already wrecked. Destroyed by the unions with their ridiculous pay demands and working practices. All she did was withdraw the huge unsustainable state subsidies propping up uncompetitive businesses. In other words she just stopped delaying the inevitable.

The NHS? Actually during her time funding increased year on year. The arguments against were basically along the lines of "its not enough". Well wind on to New Labour's reign and despite a MASSIVE increase in real terms of expenditure, little has changed. What happened was they all gave themselves payrises and wasted billions on new IT equipment and a project which noone wanted. What Thatcher realised is that simply giving more money was not the answer. So much of her reforms revolved around making the NHS into smaller units and more competitive. Traits which have served the rest of the economy well.

She was the best prime minister of our time and many of her lessons have been adopted to the point now where there's little difference between the Tories & Labour. The only differences nowadays are on presentation. The last 13 years of New Labour did not reverse any of the trade union laws, nor did they revitalise the manufacturing sector. In many ways they carried on with her legacy. The only thing Labour completely failed to do was to live within our means.

If you want to go and live in a socialist utopia, then feel free to emigrate to the likes of Cuba and North Korea. The last remaining true socialist countries. Even the socialist giants like Russia & China have seen the light. Whilst capitalism isn't fantastic, its a lot better than the alternatives.

I know it was a terrible time. My mother worked full time for the NHS. She also looked after all of her children and a mother with dementia and never claimed any benefit. Nevertheless, Thatcher made our lives a misery, her job was hell and we had nothing. People spat on her in the street for being a "single mum" thanks to the hatred Thatcher spread. Worse happened but I won't post it here. I have a terrible fear of that hatred returning.

I will never forget having to wear a hat and my coat in lessons at school because the rain came in. I can remember one of my teachers sobbing with their head in their hands during the teaching strikes. Life was hell for the majority. It is a shame people have such short memories. Before we know it we will have returned to those days.

I was agreeing with you. I was at the poll tax demonstrations. I was the child of a single mother during the 80s we had barely any food or heat. She was evil. I never once thought she lacked intelligence though, just a heart and soul, unlike Cameron. There was no need to be so rude.

Yes ?

what is your problem /////sheeeeeesh//////

What is with the ///// anyway. I don't really understand why you were rude to me TBH

ivanhoe, I am with you on everything you say, except (without the /////)
Have you got a bottle of champagne ready for celebrating when she drops off this mortal coil? I have (ok, it's fizzy wine, not champange, but it's the thought that counts, right?)

ivanhoe i don't understand your comment to me.

I remember the Thatcher era for the BSE crisis in particular, I remember our ministers telling us that beef was safe to eat and it was not possible for mad cow disease to pass onto humans. I now know that Thathcer & her ministers were lying to us. It is indeed the case that mad cow disease can be passed from animals to humans and today we still see the legacy of Thatcher decisions today, people in 2010 are dying from vCJD the human form of mad cow disease. This is what one journalist has said about Thatcher & her ministers

"BSE IS PROBABLY THE MOST CYNICAL ACT OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE EVER WAGED AGAINST A CIVILIAN POPULATION BY A WESTERN GOVERNMENT, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PUT THE NARROW BUSINESS INTERESTS OF ITS FARMING INDUSTRIES BEFORE THE HEALTH OF ITS OWN POPULATION, AND THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES"

who would have thought that 25 years on we would still be reading about people dying from this horrendous brain wasting disease, I think of Andrew Black who at 24 years of age died in 2007, why? what had he consumed, what vaccines was he given, someone was responsible for his death, he was'nt born with mad cow disease, look up www.justiceforandy.com, many families are silenced and do not speak out when a loved one dies from vCJD, but bravely Christine Lord (Andrews mum) is speaking out and telling the truth.