Margaret Thatcher is dead

[Connzcdf]

I don't understand how in the news you see 20 year old's celebrating her death, when they weren't even born during her time. I mean I understand their parents have told them that, and also possibly in their communities they're still recovering, but still it's not a reason to celebrate it; it does nothing.

 

[rebelsquirrell]

I don't understand how in the news you see 20 year old's celebrating her death, when they weren't even born during her time. I mean I understand their parents have told them that, and also possibly in their communities they're still recovering, but still it's not a reason to celebrate it; it does nothing.

It does do something, it causes riots didn't you see the video

 

[Connzcdf]

I don't understand how in the news you see 20 year old's celebrating her death, when they weren't even born during her time. I mean I understand their parents have told them that, and also possibly in their communities they're still recovering, but still it's not a reason to celebrate it; it does nothing.

It does do something, it causes riots didn't you see the video

But to what avail do they riot? The police are keeping the peace and I reckon many of those people just want to let off steam.

In other news boxing club membership has increased.

 

[rebelsquirrell]

I don't understand how in the news you see 20 year old's celebrating her death, when they weren't even born during her time. I mean I understand their parents have told them that, and also possibly in their communities they're still recovering, but still it's not a reason to celebrate it; it does nothing.

It does do something, it causes riots didn't you see the video

But to what avail do they riot? The police are keeping the peace and I reckon many of those people just want to let off steam.

In other news boxing club membership has increased.

For no other reason so they can shout "WOOOOOOOOOOO ANARCHY!!!111!!"

Do you even need a better reason? 

 

[Connzcdf]

I don't understand how in the news you see 20 year old's celebrating her death, when they weren't even born during her time. I mean I understand their parents have told them that, and also possibly in their communities they're still recovering, but still it's not a reason to celebrate it; it does nothing.

It does do something, it causes riots didn't you see the video

But to what avail do they riot? The police are keeping the peace and I reckon many of those people just want to let off steam.

In other news boxing club membership has increased.

For no other reason so they can shout "WOOOOOOOOOOO ANARCHY!!!111!!"

Do you even need a better reason? 

Realising that's true, has just made me lose my faith in this country.

 

[UlfrTheMighty]

you know its probably been over 20 years since last time anyone said Anarchy in the UK in the United Kingdom and they saw this as a nice oppurtunity too do dumb ****

 

[Kobrag]

...
The summer riots were only a little while ago.

 

[Leifr Eiríksson]

you know its probably been over 20 years since last time anyone said Anarchy in the UK in the United Kingdom and they saw this as a nice oppurtunity too do dumb ****

...
The summer riots were only a little while ago.

This. Look into the summer riots, Ulfr.

 

[UlfrTheMighty]

i kinda ment the old punks that said they wanted too dance on her grave but yeah im totaly aware of all the riots going evan though there is few news reports of it were i live so the information i get is limited

 

[Æthelwulf]

It's not to be cool, or punk,  it's simply because "the pot boileth over". Our Country is in the ****ter and once again the little man is left to drag it back out.

All of thee who do not live in the United Kingdom and for that grew up in a former industry town should really just stop talking because it all comes down to perspective and which side of the fence you grew up on. We had the death of the trade unions, poll tax, privatisation of industry, reducing taxes for the rich, ending government subsidisation of industry and not to mention the Falklands war. All had their good and their bad, left and right, if you were left you got ****ed if you were right you got buck$.

Don't see most people harping on about the **** with Pol Pot, Pinochet, selling arms to Saddam, opposition to apartheid and others racist remarks though.

You want to come visit some of our former mining towns to wonder why people still complain about the old bats decisions. The death of British Industry is a legacy that lives on still, communities are still ruined by the changes and forever will be so any of those harping on about Britain being full of degenerate scum should sit the **** down and wonder why. Quite frankly the more people who chime together to put the ****s up Parliament the happier I am. The fact that it's because some Tory bint finally upped and died after causing untold misery for countless working class areas (and depending on who you talk to laid the foundation for yet another recession) is just a bonus. Jelly and ice cream and all that.

Iron Lady, rust in peace.

Also to be a total hipster with the WoZ thing, I thought all the true 80s Thatcher hating ****ers would of been rocking out to Klaus Nomi's "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" not the original film piece. We did get some ****ing great music out of her misery though didn't we?

 

[Duh]

All of thee who do not live in the United Kingdom and for that grew up in a former industry town should really just stop talking because it all comes down to perspective and which side of the fence you grew up on.

Because only people living in the UK can educate themselves on this matter and non-english opinions are a waste of time anyways.

 

[Æthelwulf]

Because only people living in the UK can educate themselves on this matter and non-english opinions are a waste of time anyways.

My views would of been less harsh if they had bothered to educate themselves on the matter first and foremost, to be fair I don't think most English people do either. I'm just grumpy today. Not because they are spending 10 million quid on burying a bastard politician.

Also if any of this seems jingoistic, it's not meant to be. I just wouldn't chime in on something I hadn't experienced and put it all down to people being "punk".

 

[Duh]

View it as a stimulus package. That is if they only use english firms to do the digging.

 

[Mage246]

I'm sure they hired some Poles to do it.

 

[kenski1]

Very event peaceful saw a lot more people clapping and paying respects, don’t think I saw any idiots protesters, and only heard a very little amount of shouting and abuse at very few points or if there was it was drowned out by applauds (so much for the predictions of mass protests), very symbolic a great lady who love her or hate her she deserved a lot of respect, she know what needed to be done even if the people didn’t know or want it.

Think I saw far more young people paying respects than protesting, once again it’s the very few making a entire generation look bad.

 

[tommylaw]

Very event peaceful saw a lot more people clapping and paying respects, don’t think I saw any idiots protesters, and only heard a very little amount of shouting and abuse at very few points or if there was it was drowned out by applauds (so much for the predictions of mass protests), very symbolic a great lady who love her or hate her she deserved a lot of respect, she know what needed to be done even if the people didn’t know or want it.

Think I saw far more young people paying respects than protesting, once again it’s the very few making a entire generation look bad.

Hold that funeral anywhere outside of the southeast and see what happens.

She looked after her own and ****ed everyone else, Thatcherism at its core.

 

[kenski1]

Very event peaceful saw a lot more people clapping and paying respects, don’t think I saw any idiots protesters, and only heard a very little amount of shouting and abuse at very few points or if there was it was drowned out by applauds (so much for the predictions of mass protests), very symbolic a great lady who love her or hate her she deserved a lot of respect, she know what needed to be done even if the people didn’t know or want it.

Think I saw far more young people paying respects than protesting, once again it’s the very few making a entire generation look bad.

Hold that funeral anywhere outside of the southeast and see what happens.

She looked after her own and ****ed everyone else, Thatcherism at its core.

Well considering the only other organised events took place in two towns nobody has ever heard of in the far North East with very little participation, I think people overestimate her hatred in some parts. Unfortunately what she done was not popular, but was needed, she know what needed to be done and performed it knowing full well the hatred it would cause, but she made the hard choice and did what had to be done for Britain.

 

[Kobrag]

She did what she did for the money, not out of any sense of hard hearted patriotism.
She had stock in leaded petrol don't you know, and supported those businesses in parliament despite warnings from health and environmental agencies.
Also, she privatised public transport, making the high rates and long waiting times her fault alone. <-pet peeve.
She also turned our financial sector to what it is today, a pit of corrupt and morally diseased old men throwing their customers money at each other. 

At least she wasn't buried, the country is poisoned enough without spreading her rot into the soil.

 

[tommylaw]

Well considering the only other organised events took place in two towns nobody has ever heard of in the far North East with very little participation, I think people overestimate her hatred in some parts. Unfortunately what she done was not popular, but was needed, she know what needed to be done and performed it knowing full well the hatred it would cause, but she made the hard choice and did what had to be done for Britain.

It's small news in actuality, her mortal body is dead but her taint remains. There's really not all that much to rejoice about. Her legacy of greed and inequality have only grown since she was turfed out by her own party.

And at no point did she do what was needed for the country, since she had no concern for anyone outside the tory fiefdoms. They did well under her. But outside that? Record unemployment, degradation of their communities and demonising of all those she deemed 'the enemy within'. If anything, it was the easy choice for her to pull the rug from under the working class.

 

[Mage246]

If mining in the UK is so lucrative, surely it would have revived in today's period of historically high commodity prices... Or would you prefer that they take funding from education and NHS to subsidize mining?