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maggie thatcher. yes or no

96 replies

southeastastra · 19/01/2008 21:21

no myself

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rantinghousewife · 19/01/2008 21:57

No thinking about it, I would have been too young in 1987.

LynetteScavo · 19/01/2008 21:57

No.... I'm, suprised it's a question that's even being asked.

Rowlers · 19/01/2008 21:58

Remember Stand Down Margaret by the Beat?
Great song.

LynetteScavo · 19/01/2008 21:58

About Maggie, not that I wasn't old enough to vote in 1987.

bigmouthstrikesagain · 19/01/2008 21:58

Oh Policy, Ranting where is the pretention poerty in your souls??!

Quattrocento · 19/01/2008 21:59

I don't think I'd want to eat her.

MegBusset · 19/01/2008 21:59

No.

My parents (lower-middle-class and kinda liberal otherwise) voted for her, because at the time they were terrified by Labour and thought that Mrs T would help them become more secure financially. They were wrong about that, though.

bigmouthstrikesagain · 19/01/2008 21:59

poetry spelling and wine don't go well together and i am a bit pished...

random · 19/01/2008 21:59

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

rantinghousewife · 19/01/2008 22:00

Couldn't quote the divine Stephen BMSA, thought you already had dibs on his work.

WendyWeber · 19/01/2008 22:00

The answer depends on the question, surely? ("Maggie Thatcher" isn't a question)

DumbledoresGirl · 19/01/2008 22:00

I voted in the 1983 election!

I wonder what we will be saying about Blair (or god help us Brown if he lasts long enough) in 20 years time?

bigmouthstrikesagain · 19/01/2008 22:01

My first vote in a general election was '97 - I was soo happy that night - how things change

ScienceTeacher · 19/01/2008 22:01

Loved her

serenity · 19/01/2008 22:01

I'll admit to being excited when she got in, but I was only 8 at the time, so can be forgiven I just thought it was cool to have a woman in charge, well more fool me Sadly I wasn't eligible to vote during any election she stood in.

Piffle · 19/01/2008 22:01

I would say no but there has to be a better word in the language that represents my feelings more accurately...
I think the phrases over my dead body(or preferable hers), when hell freezes over (with her in it), when pigs fly (if only she could), when the Pope becomes an Atheist and when bears no longer shit in the woods (but on her) might cover it... although you all know there are swear words I really needed to put in, but ... you know...

Heated · 19/01/2008 22:02

Here's something to get your teeth into - Mrs T voted best PM:

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Heated · 19/01/2008 22:03

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bigmouthstrikesagain · 19/01/2008 22:03

This is true Policy I have marked my territory

rantinghousewife · 19/01/2008 22:03

Excited when she got in, no I remember watching the miners strike coverage on the news and thinking she was the daughter of Satan.

BigGitDad · 19/01/2008 22:05

Mrs T was a product of the times, there was a polarisation in politics in the 70's and her popularity was a response the the growing strngth of Trade Unionism and discontent with weak government.
Ironically it can be argued that her Govt's spending cuts in the South Atlantic gave the signals to Argentina that the British were not interested in The Falklands anymore. That encouraged Argentina to invade (remember her Govt minister who resigned- Lord Carrington) and so came the Falklands war which boosted her popularity. At the time just before the war her popularity was very low and there was a good chance she would have lost the next General Election.
Funny old thing politics

bigmouthstrikesagain · 19/01/2008 22:05

Sorry Rantinghousewife I think I really am pished I feel a bit woozy...tmi I am sure

princessosyth · 19/01/2008 22:06

No. But no worse than Tony Blair or Gordon Brown.

rantinghousewife · 19/01/2008 22:06

That wine nice then, BMSA