I suspect that a lot of that cash was on security. After all, she wasn't exactly popular with some people.
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostThatcher bestrode UK politics like a collosus. In any other era, Neil Kinnock would have been a great leader, prime minister and statesman.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by v8gaz View PostI suspect that a lot of that cash was on security. After all, she wasn't exactly popular with some people.
Tony Blair costs British taxpayers £6m a year to protect - Telegraph
(money wasted IMO)
And the article says it was to :
reward former prime ministers for work including answering letters and attending public events.Comment
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Originally posted by Alf W View PostBBC News - Margaret Thatcher claims £535,000 for ex-PM duties
So, how many nurses and teachers have had to be made redundant to fund the senile, evil old witch's dotage?
Makes my p1ss boil.Comment
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Mrs T deserves every penny. The country should be grateful for her breaking of union power. If only she'd managed to finish off the Tube unions.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by Alf W View PostBBC News - Margaret Thatcher claims £535,000 for ex-PM duties
So, how many nurses and teachers have had to be made redundant to fund the senile, evil old witch's dotage?
Makes my p1ss boil.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostMrs T deserves every penny. The country should be grateful for her breaking of union power. If only she'd managed to finish off the Tube unions.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostShe is worth every penny, particularly as she made undeserving hypocrites like you rich.Originally posted by Support Monkey View PostMrs Thatch was a wonder woman workaolic and i will not have another word said against herComment
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Nobody ever mentions the real reason to hate Thatcher, the way that porn magazines all got much less rude during her prudish governance.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostSurely the money could be better spent on bankers' bonuses?Comment
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