Margaret Thatcher is removed from a list of inspirational women by woke students at Durham University art event - due to the 'impact of her policies'

[Mikeoxenormous]

Margaret Thatcher removed from list of inspirational women by students

Students at Durham University removed Margaret Thatcher from a list of inspirational women. They apologised for her policies impact on the mining town.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Well done to these youngsters. Thatcher belongs on a list of the most disgusting humans ever and should not be held up for admiration. Homophobic, racist and authoritarian she presided over one of the most disgusting governments in our history.

Note how the Daily Heil denigrates the students by using the word "woke". A typically right wing tactic to demonise sensible folk.

10 Major Accomplishments of Margaret Thatcher | Learnodo Newtonic

10 achievements of Margaret Thatcher including her social, foreign and economic policies as British Prime Minister

learnodo-newtonic.com

I suspect you hate her because of #3..........again she was a fantastic leader--

I'll see your "10 major accomplishments" and raise you..

1. She supported the retention of capital punishment

2. She destroyed the country's manufacturing industry

3. She voted against the relaxation of divorce laws

4. She abolished free milk for schoolchildren

5. She supported more freedom for business (and look how that turned out)

6. She gained support from the National Front in the 1979 election by pandering to the fears of immigration (ring any recent bells?)

7. She gerrymandered local authorities by forcing through council house sales, at the same time preventing councils from spending the money they got for selling houses on building new houses (spending on social housing dropped by 67% in her premiership) Homelessness is now a major problem in the UK

8. She was responsible for 3.6 million unemployed - the highest figure and the highest proportion of the workforce in history and three times the previous government. Massaging of the figures means that the figure was closer to 5 million.

9. She ignored intelligence about Argentinian preparations for the invasion of the Falkland Islands and scrapped the only Royal Navy presence in the islands, which had had a deterrant effect previously

10. The poll tax (enough said)

11. She presided over the closure of 150 coal mines; we are now crippled by the cost of energy, having to import expensive coal from abroad.

12. She compared her "fight" against the miners to the Falklands War. She oppressed her own countrymen.

13. She privatised state monopolies and created the corporate greed culture that eventually caused the crash of 2008 in the UK

14. She introduced the gradual privatisation of the NHS, which sadly continued under "new" Labour and subsequent Tory governments cumulating in the latest sell off of GP surgeries to a US company

15. She introduced financial deregulation in a way that turned city institutions into avaricious money pits, see the financial crisis of 2008

16. She pioneered the unfailing adoration and unquestioning support of the USA, That went well in Iraqand Afghanistan (don't mention Iran)

17. She allowed the US to place nuclear missiles on UK soil, under US control.

18. Section 28 (enough said)

19. She opposed anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa and described Nelson Mandela as "that grubby little terrorist"

20. She supported the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and sent the SAS to train their soldiers! (My Pol pot, what a fine fellow he turned out to be)

21. She allowed the US to bomb Libya in 1986, against the wishes of more than 2/3 of the UK population.

22. She opposed the reunification of Germany!

23. She invented Quangos.

24. She increased VAT from 8% to 17.5%

25. She had the lowest approval rating of any post-war Prime Minister

26. Her post-PM job? Consultant to Philip Morris tobacco at $250,000 a year, plus $50,000 per speech

27. The Al Yamamah contract

28. She opposed the indictment of Chile's General Pinochet

29. Social unrest under her leadership was higher than at any time since the General Strike of 1926

30. She presided over interest rates increasing to 15%

31. BSE

32. She presided over 2 million manufacturing job losses in the 79-81 recession

33. She opposed the inclusion of Eire in the Northern Ireland peace process

34. She supported sanctions-busting arms deals with South Africa

35. Cecil Parkinson, Alan Clark, David Mellor, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitkin (enough said)

36. Crime rates doubled under Thatcher

37. Black Wednesday – Britain withdraws from the ERM and the pound is devalued. Cost to Britain - £3.5 billion; profit for George Soros - £1 billion

38. Poverty doubled while she opposed a minimum wage

39. She privatised public services, claiming at the time it would increase public ownership. Most are now owned either by foreign governments (EDF) or major investment houses. The profits don’t now accrue to the taxpayer, but to foreign or institutional shareholders.

40. She cut 75% of funding to museums, galleries and other sources of education

41. In the Thatcher years the top 10% of earners received almost 50% of the tax remissions

42. 21.9% inflation

No wonder people held street parties throughout the UK when the bitch finally died.

How much money should go to Museums, galleries and other sources of education, when people like you and TT are stupid as fuck? Wasteful spending needs to be cut....

 

[Tommy Tainant]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Mate, there were parties all over the UK. Every pub in our village was full of folk having a great night.

 

[DrLove]

Has anyone ever seen Marge and Anita in the same room?

 

[TheParser]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Mate, there were parties all over the UK. Every pub in our village was full of folk having a great night.

I do not wish to sound snobbish, but I read (and believe) that people of the upper classes did not publicly rejoice in her death, regardless of what they thought of her politics. Such unseemly conduct was simply out of the question.

 

[Meathead]

Margaret Thatcher removed from list of inspirational women by students

Students at Durham University removed Margaret Thatcher from a list of inspirational women. They apologised for her policies impact on the mining town.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Well done to these youngsters. Thatcher belongs on a list of the most disgusting humans ever and should not be held up for admiration. Homophobic, racist and authoritarian she presided over one of the most disgusting governments in our history.

Note how the Daily Heil denigrates the students by using the word "woke". A typically right wing tactic to demonise sensible folk.

Very woke and more than a little gay.

 

[Meathead]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

 

[Vagabond63]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Mate, there were parties all over the UK. Every pub in our village was full of folk having a great night.

I do not wish to sound snobbish, but I read (and believe) that people of the upper classes did not publicly rejoice in her death, regardless of what they thought of her politics. Such unseemly conduct was simply out of the question.

Those of the "upper classes" who agreed with the "peasantry" may not have attended street parties, as being "beneath" them, old boy, but I suspect more than a few Champagne bottles were popped in the privacy of their salons and drawing rooms... even at the Tory party HQ; remember she was booted out by her own kind at the end.

 

[Vagabond63]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

 

[Meathead]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

 

[Vagabond63]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

 

[Correll]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

I was pretty young, and overseas at teh time, ie not british.

BUT, that war, Argentina attacked the Falklands in a pretty naked and unprovoked war of conquest.


I would not call be happy about winning such a war, "jingoism".

Seems to me being happy at protecting your fellow citizens from conquest is a healthy response.

 

[Meathead]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

42.2% of the vote is more than enough to win parliamentary elections, and that was by far the lowest she garnered. The other two were outright majorities, unheard of. All were landslides.

The Iron Lady literally crushed Labour and ruled the 80s. She was wildly popular, and for good reason having saved Britain from the misery of socialism.

 

[Vagabond63]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

I was pretty young, and overseas at teh time, ie not british.

BUT, that war, Argentina attacked the Falklands in a pretty naked and unprovoked war of conquest.


I would not call be happy about winning such a war, "jingoism".

Seems to me being happy at protecting your fellow citizens from conquest is a healthy response.

Thatcher created the crisis by sending unmistakable signals that the UK was willing to abandon the islands. The British Nationality Act of 1981, reduced the citizenship status of the islanders and by withdrawing all British naval vessels in the South Atlantic. The invasion was an act of desperation by the unpopular Argentine Junta trying to court popularity by recovering the islans for Argentina. The Falklands war was effectively the last colonial conflict and the victory had the effect of boosting the populatity of a growingly unpopular Thatcher government. I was a serving soldier at the time and can attest to the surge in patriotic jingoism that followed. Although I never fought there, if I was ever out in public in uniform, (not often I grant you because of the problem with the PIRA at the time) I'd get total strangers coming up and shaking my hand and/or offering to buy me a drink. It was embarrasing. The war created a "fashion" for wearing camoflage jackets and militaria, "jingoism" incarnate.

 

[Vagabond63]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

42.2% of the vote is more than enough to win parliamentary elections, and that was by far the lowest she garnered. The other two were outright majorities, unheard of. All were landslides.

The Iron Lady literally crushed Labour and ruled the 80s. She was wildly popular, and for good reason having saved Britain from the misery of socialism.

Clearly you were never here during the Thatcher years. She destroyed British industry created mass unemployment and inequality. Parts of the UK resembled Soviet Russia under Thatcher. Thanks for pointing out that our electoral system is undemocratic as most people in the UK prefered anyone but the Tories.

 

[Meathead]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

42.2% of the vote is more than enough to win parliamentary elections, and that was by far the lowest she garnered. The other two were outright majorities, unheard of. All were landslides.

The Iron Lady literally crushed Labour and ruled the 80s. She was wildly popular, and for good reason having saved Britain from the misery of socialism.

Clearly you were never here during the Thatcher years. She destroyed British industry created mass unemployment and inequality. Parts of the UK resembled Soviet Russia under Thatcher. Thanks for pointing out that our electoral system is undemocratic as most people in the UK prefered anyone but the Tories.

No, but I watched from afar as Arthur Scargill and his Labour cronies tried to turn the UK into a socialist state akin to the one I live in now once was.

Thatcher literally saved Britain and even the government that succeeded Major adopted the "Third Way" policies where very little of Thatcher's astonishing accomplishments were reversed and totally abandoned the socialism which Labour championed so proudly and lost so badly.

I probably know a lot more about British politics than a chav like yourself.

 

[Correll]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

I was pretty young, and overseas at teh time, ie not british.

BUT, that war, Argentina attacked the Falklands in a pretty naked and unprovoked war of conquest.


I would not call be happy about winning such a war, "jingoism".

Seems to me being happy at protecting your fellow citizens from conquest is a healthy response.

Thatcher created the crisis by sending unmistakable signals that the UK was willing to abandon the islands. The British Nationality Act of 1981, reduced the citizenship status of the islanders and by withdrawing all British naval vessels in the South Atlantic. The invasion was an act of desperation by the unpopular Argentine Junta trying to court popularity by recovering the islans for Argentina. The Falklands war was effectively the last colonial conflict and the victory had the effect of boosting the populatity of a growingly unpopular Thatcher government. I was a serving soldier at the time and can attest to the surge in patriotic jingoism that followed. Although I never fought there, if I was ever out in public in uniform, (not often I grant you because of the problem with the PIRA at the time) I'd get total strangers coming up and shaking my hand and/or offering to buy me a drink. It was embarrasing. The war created a "fashion" for wearing camoflage jackets and militaria, "jingoism" incarnate.

Weakness can invite aggression. The responsibility for the aggression is still on the aggressor.


If the height of jingoism under Thatcher was people shaking your hand or buying you drinks, I would call that quite a testimony to the calm nature of the British people.

 

[Vagabond63]

When Lady Thatcher died, the English people showed their best side.

That is to say, no one of consequence said anything negative about her.

Even her bitterest political enemies simply maintained the proverbial English "stiff upper lip."

Of course, this is 2021, and the country is a-changing (to say the least!), so I guess that it is not that surprising to see those university "students" take that stance.

Chavs like Tammy celebrated her death. It really is a class society heartily demonstrated by their lack of class.

So we can't celebrate the death of an unpopular regime/ruler/government, but it's OK for Czechs to celebrate the Velvet Revolution? I smell hypocrisy.

Thatcher was hugely popular. She won the general election with 53.4% in 79, 61.1% in 83 and 42.2% in 87. All unheard of numbers in a parliamentary system that typically had 20 parties running.

In the Czechoslovakia the Communist party typically won 95% of the votes cast. As your hero Stalin once said, it's not who votes that counts,

I smell a chav.

I smell a chav. it's who counts the votes that count.

ROFL! Thatcher rode a wave of discontent because of power cuts and strikes caused by the then Labour Government trying to keep inflation under control in 1979, we actually won a war against Argentina in 1982 and she rode a wave of jingoism that followed, as for 1987, yes the Conservatives got 42.2%, which means 57.8% of the electorate that voted couldn't stand her but couldn't unite behind one opposition party. By 1987 most Britons had had enough of the bitch and her "popularity" dropped the longer she remained in power, even amongst her own supporters; one reason amongst many why the Tories stabbed her in the back to get rid of her. Still, I suppose she's nice and warm in Hell, where she belongs.

42.2% of the vote is more than enough to win parliamentary elections, and that was by far the lowest she garnered. The other two were outright majorities, unheard of. All were landslides.

The Iron Lady literally crushed Labour and ruled the 80s. She was wildly popular, and for good reason having saved Britain from the misery of socialism.

Clearly you were never here during the Thatcher years. She destroyed British industry created mass unemployment and inequality. Parts of the UK resembled Soviet Russia under Thatcher. Thanks for pointing out that our electoral system is undemocratic as most people in the UK prefered anyone but the Tories.

No, but I watched from afar as Arthur Scargill and his Labour cronies tried to turn the UK into a socialist state akin to the one I live in now once was.

Thatcher literally saved Britain and even the government that succeeded Major adopted the "Third Way" policies where very little of Thatcher's astonishing accomplishments were reversed and totally abandoned the socialism which Labour championed so proudly and lost so badly.

I probably know a lot more about British politics than a chav like yourself.

Scargill was an idiot. I thought so at the time and still do. He presided over the complete destruction of the UK's coal mining industry, even the Labour party was against his strike at the time. Thatcher's privatisations destroyed much more, they gave a temporary "boost" to the economy which soon dissipated and left large areas of this country in abject poverty and decay that they've still not recovered from to this day. Thatcher is the UK's "Marmite"; either loved or loathed. Her legacy is that of a divided "United Kingdom" that's getting more and more divided as time goes by. Regardless of any so called "astonishing" accomplishments she remains the most hated Prime Minister in our history.

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