Margaret Thatcher would've been 94 today.

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  1. joh

    john coucom Well-Known Member

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    Wonder how many of these thatcher haters manage to buy their council house at a knock down price and make a tidy sum when they sold it
     
  2. wombwell-red

    wombwell-red Well-Known Member

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    Is that the best you have when defending Thatcher?
    How many would’ve liked to have bought their houses but couldn’t because they lost their jobs?

    Scrap how many people...how many communities were ravaged because Thatcher decided to ruin an entire industry? Instead of worrying about buying their houses they were worrying about feeding their kids and actually being homeless.

    What about Hillsborough where she actively took part in a government cover up to shift the blame from the authorities onto the supporters?

    Those are two topics I feel confident in talking about so those are the only two I’ll fetch up. There were plenty more but I shall only stick to what I’m educated in.
     
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    pompey_red Well-Known Member

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    probably millions less than struggled to afford somewhere to live, found they couldn't go to the council because they'd sold their houses and failed to build any replacements. they instead ended up stuck paying over the top rents to private landlords to live in slum housing that the government failed to pass sufficient legislation to protect them.
     
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    Trickster Two Six Well-Known Member

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    My Grandad landed at Salerno, went in to fight at Anzio and Monte Casino. Hated the Italians more than the germans, it’s easy for us who didnt go through it to say ‘move on’ but I suppose genuine hatred is too heavy a burden to ever shake off. Shame like, I do wonder how folk must perceive our town when they read threads like this.
     
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    Despite what her actions did to my family, specifically my grandparents, I still find it hard to wish death on someone.

    Deon Burton on the other hand...
     
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    Aye, it's all about money and making a quick buck without thinking about other consequences. Communities don't matter, only economic individuals do. No such thing as society. I wonder who said that.
     
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    Blame that bitch for that.
     
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    Don't forget her association with her mate Jimmy and the milk snatching from school kids
     
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    Amen to that.
     
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    A mean amen to that.
     
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    & that.
     
  12. joh

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    Would their be the same animosity if thatcher was a male PM
     
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    Yes.
     
  14. joh

    john coucom Well-Known Member

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    So why is then the previous labour PMs doesn’t get slated for closing more pits than Maggie
     
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  15. pompey_red

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    fot goodness sake this has been done to death. Labour closed more pits fact. They also retrained or redeployed workers, looked after the communities and the people that were affected.

    genuine question are you actually from Barnsley?
     
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  16. joh

    john coucom Well-Known Member

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    No from Donny originally
     
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    Saved me answering him.....would have just asked if he was for real though ;)
     
  18. pompey_red

    pompey_red Well-Known Member

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    close enough. You should still recognise the way closures were done even if you weren’t in the industry. It’s been discussed often enough on here
     
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    Save thi breath pal, tha can't knock a nail into knot.
     
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    That’s the problem with the world in general sometimes mate, people feel like they can comment about things they don’t have knowledge on and they expect it to be treated as fact.

    Get educated on the subject John mate and come back to us.
     

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