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Well put. Let's recognise the truth here - some of us were not only alive through that period, but were cognisant of the social situation. The coal mines were virtually empty, the Unions were screwing the country for more money for doing less work, and the UK was heading for a big, big fall. MT did some hard, hard things - a lot of people lost their cosy, overpaid sinecure type jobs. It was a rough, rough time.

But every issue and drug problem in every ex-mining town is not directly attributable to Margaret Thatcher's actions, as many bitter and twisted ex-NUM shop steward would have you believe. To publicly celebrate her death is not only distastful, but also childish.

Those that protested by turning their back on the funeral cortege made their point with great human dignity and get my respect.
(Colonel Blink is now officially a pretentious prick, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 8:30, 1 reply)

Hahahahahah.
The mines were virtually empty? Bollocks, it was simply cheaper AT THE TIME to import coal from Poland. Once the mines were shut the price of importing it skyrocketed, much the same as getting our gas from the Russians and our electricity from the French.
The unions were screwing the country for more money for less work? Well, now it's bankers, politicians and 'consultants' doing the same, and they've cost the country one fuck of a lot more than the unions ever did.
The plain fact is that in destroying our industries she DID fuck over every industrial town and city in Britain, because when you close a mine or a factory there is a knock on effect to ALL the businesses in that area. And turning practically an entire generation from being tax-payers to a tax burden is hardly a sound economic policy, and led directly to the massive welfare bill that we're still picking up today.
I note that you've kept schtumm about her glorious policies of privatisation of the railways, water, gas and electricity, because they've saved the taxpayer/consumer so much money over the years, haven't they? Oh, wait.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sun 28 Apr 2013, 11:13, closed)

Damn Straight
(TheManHimself Beer Drinkin', Breath Stinkin', Sniffing Glue, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 12:34, closed)

....and Russia is such a great place to grow up in and live. No social problems at all.
(Colonel Blink is now officially a pretentious prick, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 15:57, closed)

Sheesh. Russia hasn't even pretended to be Communist since the late 1980's.
In fact with the oligarchs and mafiyaniks under Yeltsin and now Putin you could say that the Russians whole-heartedly embraced Thatcherism.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sun 28 Apr 2013, 16:59, closed)

But hey, as long as some vastly overpaid clerical workers in London are happy, everyone else can go hang.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 20:47, closed)