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To wonder who is more hated, Blair or Thatcher?

309 replies

WetAugust · 20/05/2012 20:19

Seems that Blair is planning a return to UK politics.

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Softlysoftly · 20/05/2012 20:20

By me? Blair.

MissAnnersley · 20/05/2012 20:20

Good question. Am genuinely struggling to answer that one. Hate them both. Grin

lolajane2009 · 20/05/2012 20:20

i'm indifferent to both

TheVermiciousKnid · 20/05/2012 20:21

I certainly feel 'more strongly' about one of them ...

Offred · 20/05/2012 20:21

cameron! ha!

Spidermama · 20/05/2012 20:21

Thatcher. By far.

alphabite · 20/05/2012 20:22

Thatcher.

RetroMom · 20/05/2012 20:24

I wasn't in this country during the Thatcher years, so paid little attention.

Blair on the other hand. Iraq. Need I say more. Now peace envoy.

As for the measly £350 000 tax he paid last year. Pah! Pull the other one Tony!

cantspel · 20/05/2012 20:24

Blair

chrome · 20/05/2012 20:25

Thatcher.

EdlessAllenPoe · 20/05/2012 20:29

it is Thatcher, because she was a woman, and her time in power was a much more difficult one. Blair was pretty lucky, and is therefore forgiven/forgotten almost already....

he managed to get Brown to carry the can for the debt problems too (who was chancellor then pm, but still....)

Greythorne · 20/05/2012 20:31

On an emotional level, Thatcher because I think she waged a class war and never suppoed women. She also made bonkers statements like "there's no such thing as society".

On a rational level, Blair. Because of Iraq. Totally unjustifiable.

bogwobbit · 20/05/2012 20:31

Would definitely say Thatcher especially where I come from but that might just have been because Blair was fortunate enough to be PM in the 'lucky decade'

catgirl1976 · 20/05/2012 20:31

Thatcher by a mile. And not because she was a woman.

chrome · 20/05/2012 20:32

It is Thatcher because she was a woman? What a load of nonsense, I loathe Thatcher because she destroyed communities, her being the first female PM was the only good/ inspiring thing about her.

usualsuspect · 20/05/2012 20:33

Thatcher

LineRunner · 20/05/2012 20:34

Thatcher is a war criminal. So is Blair.

Thatcher destroyed Britain as well.

valiumredhead · 20/05/2012 20:34

Thatcher.

CremeEggThief · 20/05/2012 20:34

I would say Thatcher. Blair is a tosser, which isn't a word I use lightly. If I say what I really think about Thatcher, I'll be banned, so I won't.

VikingVagine · 20/05/2012 20:36

Thatcher was evil.
Blair was misguided.

Thatcher, by a mile.

EdlessAllenPoe · 20/05/2012 20:36

no one ever mentions Callaghan on these... or Major

ThatVikRinA22 · 20/05/2012 20:36

thatcher. no contest for me.

cutegorilla · 20/05/2012 20:36

Thatcher.

I'm wondering if there's an age divide in the replies here!

FreudianSlipper · 20/05/2012 20:36

Thatcher. by far. were you not around in the 80's? the hatred toward blair, cameron and brown is nothing by comparision. she changed this country for the worse and we are still picking up the pieces.

and it was nothing to do with her being a woman it was her policies why people really do truly hate her

CremeEggThief · 20/05/2012 20:39

Cutegorilla, I don't know about age divide, as I was only 1 when Thatcher came to power, and yet she is one of a handful of people I really and truly hate.