She obviously got the majority of approval from the masses, as they re elected her twice.

Breaking the backs of the Trade Unions was the best thing that ever happened to the UK.

Great shame Blair lat them back in.
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You never paid much attention to politics did you??

She never recieved 50% of the vote, our dreadful electoral system is so biased to the Conservatives/Labour we're forced to pretend they did.

She illegally broke the backs of the Unions, alongside the media printing false lies about Scargill and co.

Blair didn't bring the unions back in, in fact he turned labour further away from them with 'The Third Way' and dropping Clause 4.

But not quite as great as Tony Blair?

I think he got re elected 3 or 4 times...
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Clueless.

Now boys dont you dare chase those nice Germans all the away across France they are heading away from us .. D days is a sucess we have our beach back
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No even applicable! France was a war zone! The Belgrano was outside the 'exclusion zone', hence was not in a battlefield.

I can see the logic behind your idea of "it's a war, anything goes". But that's just a step or two away from war crimes, inhumanity and totalitarianism.

It is a sad state of affairs that we have soldiers dying every day in Afghanistan, protcting the freedom of the likes of you, to talk utter sh ite.

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Protecting 'freedom'?

Do you watch Fox News? I have nothing against soldiers and they're a brave bunch but they're in Afghanistan to protect poppy fields and keep soldiers battle hardened to fight future wars for oil and other instances of hegemony.

Nothing to do with 'freedom'.

Thatcher had balls "pardon the pun" and the backbone to stand by her decisions, she wasn't bossed about by lefties and pocket dictators in the unions.

The best prime minister since Churchill.

She illegally broke the backs of the Unions, alongside the media printing false lies about Scargill and co.

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Another idiot who has been force fed propaganda.

Exclusion Zone
On the 12 April 1982[22] Britain declared a Maritime Exclusion Zone of 200 miles around the Falkland Islands within which any Argentine warship or naval auxiliary entering the MEZ could have been attacked by British nuclear-powered submarines (SSN).
On 23 April, the British Government clarified that any Argentine ship or aircraft that was considered to pose a threat to British forces would be attacked in a message that was passed via the Swiss Embassy in Buenos Aires to the Argentine government.[23]
On 30 April this was upgraded to a Total Exclusion Zone within which any sea vessel or aircraft from any country entering the zone may have been fired upon without further warning.[24] The zone was stated to be "...without prejudice to the right of the United Kingdom to take whatever additional measures may be needed in exercise of its right of self-defence, under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter." The concept of a Total Exclusion Zone was a novelty in maritime law; the Law of the Sea Convention had no provision for such an instrument. The purpose of it seems to have been to reduce the amount of time needed to ascertain whether any vessel in the zone was hostile or not. The zone was widely respected by the shipping of neutral nations, possibly more out of prudence than respect for the United Kingdom's legal position.[25]

Robb's right, I respect the soldiers for doing their job, it's something I know I couldn't do. But that doesn't mean what they're fighting for is right.

Clueless.
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With victories in 1997, 2001, and 2005, Blair was the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister, the only person to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories.

It appears you are the clueless one.

What else should I expect from a Thatcher fan boy though, next I suppose you will tell me how privatisation was such a good move.

Another idiot who has been force fed propaganda.
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Propaganda?!?! It's literally been proved to be true you absolute cretin.

can see the logic behind your idea of "it's a war, anything goes". But that's just a step or two away from war crimes, inhumanity and totalitarianism.




My Grandad would turn in his grave to think he died so lilly livered idiots like you could walk this earth, never valuing the freedom that our guys lay down their lives for, you just sit on your nice comfy sofa and put the kettle on mate

God help us if you ever get called up to fight for this country ,

If our troops weren't in Afghanistan pre-occupying all of these islamic extremists then they'd be busy plotting further 7/7 and 9/11 atrocitites whilst training in camps in Afghanistan. These are facts because it is a fact that these camps existed when we invaded. This is a war on terrorism. The Taliban harboured terrorists and were rightly booted out as a threat to the security of innocent people in the western world. The army in Afghanistan are defending our right to life, our freedom to walk the streets without the threat of death. To deny such a threat has been diminished by our actions in the middle east is naive.

7_The-Arab, you claimed Blair was voted in more times than Thatcher. This is not true. And Thatcher was PM for longer...

My Grandad would turn in his grave to think he died so lilly livered idiots like you could walk this earth, never valuing the freedom that our guys lay down their lives for, you just sit on your nice comfy sofa and put the kettle on mate

God help us if you ever get called up to fight for this country
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God help us indeed. I wouldn't kill or maim anyone just because they're "the enemy".

With victories in 1997, 2001, and 2005, Blair was the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister, the only person to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories.

It appears you are the clueless one

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No, it is you. You can't count.

How many times was he re elected?

Tony Blair has brought this country to its knees, let in millions to get their votes without a worry what its done to comunities and left us bankrupt with more going out every day in benefits than the country earns .. Yeh he did a great job

If our troops weren't in Afghanistan pre-occupying all of these islamic extremists then they'd be busy plotting further 7/7 and 9/11 atrocitites whilst training in camps in Afghanistan. These are facts because it is a fact that these camps existed when we invaded. This is a war on terrorism. The Taliban harboured terrorists and were rightly booted out as a threat to the security of innocent people in the western world. The army in Afghanistan are defending our right to life, our freedom to walk the streets without the threat of death. To deny such a threat has been diminished by our actions in the middle east is naive.
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So where next in our chase of this stateless enemy?? Somalia? Iran? Maybe hit the finances that they've got secreted all around the world?

God help us indeed. I wouldn't kill or maim anyone just because they're "the enemy".



Would be quite funny to see you try and make friends just before their blow your head off

God help us indeed. I wouldn't kill or maim anyone just because they're "the enemy".

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We know.

That is why we are glad you hide behind the safety of your keyboard, instead of serving your country.

Park Ji Sun
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So if you were being shot at, you wouldn't shoot back? If not then you're a bit of an idiot.

7_The-Arab, you claimed Blair was voted in more times than Thatcher. This is not true. And Thatcher was PM for longer...
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No I didn't. What I did do was misread the word re elected in VC's post but nowhere did I claim what you say.

I guess that still leaves you as the idiot.

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If our troops weren't in Afghanistan pre-occupying all of these islamic extremists then they'd be busy plotting further 7/7 and 9/11 atrocitites whilst training in camps in Afghanistan.
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Yes because killing people is a good way to get them to like us and stop blowing themselves up...

Of course nobody has ever tried killing and wars in response to terrorism before so we are not sure but we think it might work

We know.

That is why we are glad you hide behind the safety of your keyboard, instead of serving your country.






hes prob locked himself under the stairs just thinking about it all

WeAreTheFamous

Just because people have a legitimate beef with Thatcher doesn't mean to have to bring a strawman argument in with Blair.
The truth is, he's just as bad and should have been tried as a war criminal. Maybe one day we'll get our wish.

If there was ever anything to show how forums encourage childish, cowardly behaviour, then it's this.

Some of the comments on this forum - and others, I'm sure - about Thatcher's passing are nothing short of a disgrace.

Politics is a complex subject and one, in my opinion, where conflicting opinions (and actions over time) are healthy. No one should be so arrogant to believe that their political beliefs are the only valid, fair ones.

Talk of parties, or the use of insults, is wholly inappropriate and those people should be ashamed of themselves.

Apparently, moral standards don't apply when you're using the Internet.