Why we should respect Thatcher

[ZARDOZ]

Just watched Return Of The Jedi. Disgusted by the distasteful scenes at the end where everyone is celebrating the death of Emperor Palpatine. He may have been divisive, but he was strong and he made decisions and stuck to them, and I think he should get a bit of respect. He was, after all, a little old man who died, when you remove any other context whatsoever.

[GB9]

Another reason to be grateful is that she got us to a state of relative peace with the Russians, thus dramatically reducing the risk of us ending up as charcoal. That tends to be missed.

[NotAllThere]

Just watched Return Of The Jedi. Disgusted by the distasteful scenes at the end where everyone is celebrating the death of Emperor Palpatine. He may have been divisive, but he was strong and he made decisions and stuck to them, and I think he should get a bit of respect. He was, after all, a little old man who died, when you remove any other context whatsoever.

If Palpatine had died 22 years after being deposed you'd have a point.

I don't recall "celebrations" when Thatcher fell from power on the same kind of scale as what is happening now, which leads me to believe this has **** all to do with Thatcher, per se, but rather shows what a nasty society the UK has become after years of "new labour" rule.

[Halo Jones]

If Palpatine had died 22 years after being deposed you'd have a point.

I don't recall "celebrations" when Thatcher fell from power on the same kind of scale as what is happening now, which leads me to believe this has **** all to do with Thatcher, per se, but rather shows what a nasty society the UK has become after years of blinding following any muppet on social media “coz it’s a laugh”.

FTFY

[BlasterBates]

I don't recall "celebrations" when Thatcher fell from power on the same kind of scale as what is happening now, which leads me to believe this has **** all to do with Thatcher, per se, but rather shows what a nasty society the UK has become after years of "new labour" rule.

When Margaret Thatcher reappeared in the house of commons to make her first speech from the back benches some time after her resignation, the whole house including the opposition cheered when the speaker announced it.

and anyone who remembers prime minister´s question when she was prime minister was that it was always good humoured, robust but good humoured.

[SimonMac]

FTFY

WHJS

[stek]

Why we should respect Thatcher

Another reason to be grateful is that she got us to a state of relative peace with the Russians, thus dramatically reducing the risk of us ending up as charcoal. That tends to be missed.

As a Russophile I think this has more to do with the Soviets finally realising their system wasn't working.

Pretty sure Mrs T had little to do with it other than being in power at the time. Didn't she famously say to Gorbachëv, 'I hate Communism'?

[DodgyAgent]

As a Russophile I think this has more to do with the Soviets finally realising their system wasn't working.

Pretty sure Mrs T had little to do with it other than being in power at the time. Didn't she famously say to Gorbachëv, 'I hate Communism'?

I think you are probably right but I do not think it was about the soviets realising anything, they just simply went bust.

[doodab]

I personally thought her leadership on the Falklands was marvelous.

[DodgyAgent]

I personally thought her leadership on the Falklands was marvelous.

Are you going soft? or is that sarcasm?