RIP

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/world/europe/uk-margaret-thatcher-dead/index.html

She certainly defined modern Britain - what the UK was before her rise (1978, 1979?) seems like another universe.

Edited April 8, 201312 yr by CarlD2

End of an era. She may have been head of the Conservative party but she was in a lot of ways a true radical in the policies she pushed through. More than the Labour party ever did, these policies changed the face of the British working class forever (for better... and for worse). Plus she was one of the few politicians who really had the courage of her convictions (regardless of whether you agreed with them or not). Nowadays PMs just do what their spin doctors tell them to do. The Iron Lady had an overriding vision, and an understanding of the longer-term.

She was divisive. She was loved. She was hated. She had a vision and kept on with it, even as support turned against her. She won and lost by her convictions. She actually had convictions.

She will never be forgotten.

Her economic policies were not something I agree with, but her leadership style was admirable, as already stated, she had conviction and stuck to them.

Can't say that I'm heartbroken by her passing one bit...

I remember once she was addressing these protestors who did not want to lose perpetual unemployment benefits (at the time your benefits if unemployed ran forever). They were yelling and she just said "why don't you just go get jobs!". I love that because it is so simple. She was hated as much as people liked her, and sometimes with good reason, but she was a patriot who was determined to keep Britain significant. Her husband was often portrayed as a drunk but that added to the charm.

Cher fans got confused...lol

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/04/08/margaret-thatcher-hashtag-confuses-cher-fans/

Such a polarizing figure whose stamp is still felt in Britain even today. Nonetheless, RIP.

Can't say that I'm heartbroken by her passing one bit...

+1.

I'm sick of all the "she was such a great role model for woman".. Like, really? She said and I quote: "I owe nothing to women's lib. The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison."

Not to mention all the other crap she did...

+1.

I'm sick of all the "she was such a great role model for woman".. Like, really? She said and I quote: "I owe nothing to women's lib. The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison."

Not to mention all the other crap she did...

Not to mention her virulent refusal to turn her back on supporting apartheid rule in South Africa. So, yeah, I'm saving my condolences for a public figure that is worthy of such.

Not to mention her virulent refusal to turn her back on supporting apartheid rule in South Africa. So, yeah, I'm saving my condolences for a public figure that is worthy of such.

And the milk ban in schools...

And covering up Hillsborough tragedy...

And the list goes on and on...

Not to mention her virulent refusal to turn her back on supporting apartheid rule in South Africa. So, yeah, I'm saving my condolences for a public figure that is worthy of such.

And the U.S. refuses to turn its back on apartheid in Israel. No moral high ground for us.

Baroness Thatcher's death is propelling the song Dong The Witch Is Dead towards the top of the charts.

Those who consider the former prime minister's demise a cause of celebration have launched a campaign to get the song to Number One.

The Judy Garland version of the song is already at the top of the Amazon download chart, with Ella Fitzgerald's take on it at number four.

Garland's is also currently number two in the iTunes chart.

A Facebook group set up to encourage people to buy the song and take it all the way now has almost 5,000 members

Margaret Thatcher: Ding Dong Climbs Charts

Glenda Jackson sums of Thatcherism

 

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Edited April 11, 201312 yr by ReddFoxx

I think it is very funny that "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" is climbing up the UK charts threatening to go to the top spot.