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to think you can have an opinion on Maragret Thatcher regardless of when you were born?

166 replies

NewStartInSpring · 15/04/2013 02:59

Sorry I know people are sick of MT threads. However this one isn't about whether you are happy/sad she died or whether she did have good/bad policies etc.

I have seen quite a few people say that your opinion (regardless of what it is) isn't valid if you were not born during the time MT was Prime Minister.

Aibu to think this is ridiculous?

Surely if you believe that then the majority of us wouldn't be able to express an opinion on Hitler for example.

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LaVolcan · 15/04/2013 15:57

And frugal is a relative term when you retire to Belgravia Grin Grin

Moominsarehippos · 15/04/2013 15:58

I wonder how many people actually bother to vote these days.

I did wonder at the very young (teenager) on the telly yelling "she stole my milk". No, she stole my milk (and I am old enoiugh to remember that) and it was revoltig stuff that most of us kids threw away anyway.

ParadiseChick · 15/04/2013 15:58

Speak for yourself Miranda - could you be any more insulting? She had no support in Scotland, we were held to ransom, still are, by the voting system.

Little darlings indeed, it's been a long time since I was drescribed as little or darling, trot on.

ParadiseChick · 15/04/2013 16:00

Let's not forget those 12 months her friends in Scotland were subjected to the Poll Tax before she dared introduce it to the rest of the UK. Thanks for that.

LaVolcan · 15/04/2013 16:00

School milk, ah yes. Invariably kept in a crate by the radiator.

ParadiseChick · 15/04/2013 16:04

Can you imagine how infuriating it is for a nation (Scotland) to be on their knees, so utterly against this one party, one leader, inflicting them to yet another term of subjugation no one wanted.

handcream · 15/04/2013 16:07

Dont believe she stole our milk tbh - wasnt she over ruled by her ministers - and even if she did - could you see that still going on?

When Jamie Oliver tried to introduce healthy eating some of the parents rebelled and starting delivering junk food to their kids. I remember the warm milk which we were forced to drink.....

She certainly didnt have villa's in Spain, millions in the bank like Blair when she retired I do think she was a frugal person, and at least you knew where you stood.

Dawndonna · 15/04/2013 16:14

Ahh, so it was okay because 'they' did stuff too! Hmm

LaVolcan · 15/04/2013 16:17

at least you knew where you stood

But if you didn't like where it was, tough!

Dawndonna · 15/04/2013 16:25

She did have millions in the bank. She married a millionaire. She had a house in Belgravia and stayed in the Ritz for the last few months of her life, with care. Who the fuck do you think paind for that, handcream?

grovel · 15/04/2013 16:28

The Ritz was paid for by the Barclay brothers who own the place.

Dawndonna · 15/04/2013 16:35

But presumably the care was paid for by the family. 24 hour nursing care doesn't come cheap, trust me, I know!
Having said that, she did still have millions in the bank. She certainly wasn't short and she had claimed half a million in expenses AFTER she'd left Downing Street.

Owllady · 15/04/2013 16:37

did nobody like my dream? i feel like I have personally met her now and JM and DH obviously. I was surprised Douglas Hurd could still get on the top bunk at his age tbh

grovel · 15/04/2013 16:38

She was, of course, well off. She got her husband's money and made a packet from speaking and from her autobiographies.

LaVolcan · 15/04/2013 16:38

Was that a dream or a nightmare?

Dawndonna · 15/04/2013 16:50

Grin Owllady

WhoWhatWhereWhen · 15/04/2013 16:54

Yes, people can have an opinion on MT even if they weren't born when she was PM. I have opinions on Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee, Adolf Hitler, Julius Caesar and I really wasn't born when they were in power.

nogreythatmatters · 15/04/2013 17:27

Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson as the Trade Convenor at Longbridge caused 523 walkouts at British Leyland, costing an estimated £200 million in lost production in 1978 and 1979.

That one example among many, many others highlighted the chaos of the Britain that MT inherited. A country run by Scanlon, Bassnet, Scargill and Jack Jones.

handcream · 15/04/2013 17:33

Scargill has kept very very quiet dont you think about his role in the strikes....

Owllady · 15/04/2013 17:38

he is at the ritz too, he was on a fold out sofa bed

Moominsarehippos · 15/04/2013 17:40

Scargill is a fraud. Funny how so many of Maggies 'enemies' of the time said that when they heard she had died replied 'Scargill's still alive...' (and not in a nice way)

Moominsarehippos · 15/04/2013 17:40

Owllady, you do know that's a dream don't you? As a matter of interest, who's the chambermaid?

Owllady · 15/04/2013 17:42

It had Neil Kinnocks head but Tony Blair's body

handcream · 15/04/2013 17:44

The unions were run like the old boys network. They had SO much power and ego. A woman then came into power and took them on.

We only have one union really like the old days - Bob Crow anyone!! Apparently he is looking for strike again...

Moominsarehippos · 15/04/2013 17:46

Please don't mention that crow person. There's a face you just want to kiss, not.