What makes a tyrant?

[Dundeegeorge]

Actually it is in the cases where

I guess this isn't a defence of Tony Blair?

he's made the right choices.
The problem with Mr Bliar is that he (might) want(s) to do the right thing but he also wants to be popular (rock and a hard place, anyone), whereas I doubt Thatcher gave a stuff about popularity, one of the traits of the dictator, I suppose.

[Bagpuss]

Yes, it's called sticking to principles. The right thing to do is the right thing to do, whether or not it's perceived as right by those with their own agenda.

I guess this isn't a defence of Tony Blair?

[Dundeegeorge]

unpopular, but she did it anyway

Maggie was a tyrant in the same way Tony Blair is. I.e. she got to a stage where she thought she could do whatever she wanted however unpopular. For example the community charge, many of her own senior collegues tried to persuade her against, telling her that it would be unpopular, but she did it anyway, and ultimately paid the price.

Yes, it's called sticking to principles. The right thing to do is the right thing to do, whether or not it's perceived as right by those with their own agenda.

[Bagpuss]

Maggie was a tyrant in the same way Tony Blair is. I.e. she got to a stage where she thought she could do whatever she wanted however unpopular. For example the community charge, many of her own senior collegues tried to persuade her against, telling her that it would be unpopular, but she did it anyway, and ultimately paid the price.

[Sysman]

Most people would look to the likes of Stalin, Pol Pot or Vlad the Impaler as examples of tyrants, but our very own Benn0 thinks Margaret Thatcher was one, so what tyrannical qualities did she have?

Handbag wielding.

[wendigo100]

Most people would look to the likes of Stalin, Pol Pot or Vlad the Impaler as examples of tyrants, but our very own Benn0 thinks Margaret Thatcher was one, so what tyrannical qualities did she have?