I am certain that
part of the massive antipathy towards Thatcher is sexism - people cannot believe that she was that harsh even though she was a woman - cos women are supposed to be 'nice'. Pathetic really - she was merely the frontman (I'm not going to say frontperson: it's not a fucking word) of her legitimately voted-in party.

People find it easier to cope with, focussing in on the figurehead and blaming them as if they are some kind of lone-acting maverick, rather than the reality which is that her policies were the ones people wanted. 'Oooh I blame Margaret Thatcher - she was evil'.

No she wasn't*. She represented the majority of the people of Britain: they're the cunts you need to worry about, not the person who reads out the speeches. This is equally true of Bush. He was not the problem - just the mouthpiece of the problem.


*or at least no worse than any of the Dail Mail readership.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 30 Dec 2009, 17:02, 2 replies)

Mouthpiece of the arsehole
known as Dick Cheney. It's pretty well known that Bush was essentially Cheney's sock puppet for the first part of his presidency, until two feeble neurons connected and he realized what was going on.

That being said, he's a cunt of the first order who was clearly massively incompetent on his own, and was therefore merely doing as he was told. Had he a fucking clue, we wouldn't be in half the mess we're in now.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 30 Dec 2009, 18:13, closed)

THATCHER!!
I don't want to be a pedant, but she and her evil shit stain of a party were only ever elected by 40% of the total vote, and a far smaller minority of the vote in Scotland and Wales. Britain isn't a Democracy, its an elected Dictatorship.
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 1:34, closed)

Despite the fact that I agree with the gist of what you're saying,
"elected dictatorship" sounds like an oxymoron to me. :|
(idle insomniac enjoys listening to Sigur Rós at stupid hours, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 6:45, closed)

People clearly aren't that bothered
about how our electoral system works or it would be changed. You are right re % of vote - but that is still fucking millions and millions of people who thought she was great and voted for her time and time again.

When Labour got in, loads of people I know seemed to think overnight all the middle England Hitlers were going to get beamed up into space and replaced by Guardian reading right-on groovers. Fucking stupid. The people with the real power in Britain still had it the day after the election, just as they did the day before.

Same shit, different smell.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 31 Dec 2009, 9:05, closed)