Evening all, just wondered what folks thoughts on the passing of Mrs Thatcher, i'm too young to know all that much about what she done but from what i'm reading on some forums she's getting the worst word in some folks gut, was she that bad

She had her faults, but was as British and tough as they come, not the nancy pants PM's that followed her

She was what this country needed at that time. She laid the building blocks that should have been built on by later governments but they failed to act. Rip Maggie 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Love her or hate her - there will be many in either camp, she was loved and hated at the same time , but as VA said , she was in many ways what was needed at the time and its a pity that no one has matched her resolve since. She told us all to ' get on your Bike' and find work ..... wise words which many hard working people amongst us heeded and many now do not ..........

Best quote from her ?? Funniest anyway .....

Said of William Whitelaw.... ' Every Prime Minister needs a Willie....' .....

I admire her stance against the Argentinian dictators....... although there was loss of life she made the decision....

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I didn't agree with many of her views but still admired her strength, presence and resolve.
I don't think we have had a leader who represented the UK so powerfully on the world stage since.
She certainly left her mark on this country, and my view is for the better.
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She caused untold misery to many communities throughout the country with her divisive policies and decimated our manufacturing base to put all of the country's eggs in the financial basket which unravelled spectacularly five year ago.

I was not a supporter but she stood by her beliefs unlike those that came after her and was not in it for the money or fiddling expenses

The partying and rioting is a disgrace whatever you think of her - she was still a human being and her last years were not in good health

As far as the miners strike goes I blame Scargill for the suffering - he did not suffer and like MP's today was in it for the money and expenses - poor guy lost his London flat recently http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-22...union.html what a shame - unlike the miners who lost everything 25 years ago but he is a hero  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

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I left school in 1974 to a country where you couldn't take more than £50 abroad if you went overseas because we were so in hock to the IMF, to a country where management couldn't manage because of the power of a handful of Trade's Union leaders and to a country that didn't make anything because the workforce were always out on strike (not because the government had allowed unprofitable companies to fold but because Trades' Unions wouldn't allow management invest in the latest technology). We had a change in 1977 to an even worse government than the Callaghan/Healey/TUC government and things got worse. Then we got Mrs Thatcher and her team (she didn't fix the country singlehanded but you would think she did reading some of the things in the media today) and suddenly in 1979 we elected in a government that allowed those that wanted to work work, they could buy their social housing if they wanted to, they had enough cash to buy shares, they could have the choice of whether they wanted a mortgage from a bank or a building society (remember before Thatcher you couldn't get a mortgage from a bank and you had to join a queue for a rationed mortgage). What people should never forget (and this is what I find hard to bear in mind when voting) is the state of the nation that she inherited........... a situation repeated not long later created by Mr Brown.
I'm a trade union member, not because I have to be but because I want to be, they now have something other than endless strikes to offer - I am free to make that choice which in 1974 I was not - it was compulsory then in many industries that operated a closed shop policy and that was due to successive Thatcher led governments changing Trades Union law. Never forget that she was also one of the UK's greatest supporters of the EU, what she didn't accept was what has happened - government of a European superstate by a handful of fat, overpaid, unelected socialists, she wanted it to be a proper free trading market place. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Well said Tim. She also did not charge the British taxpayer for her third house in the Cotswolds, or to clean out her swimming pool.
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She caused untold misery to many communities throughout the country with her divisive policies and decimated our manufacturing base to put all of the country's eggs in the financial basket which unravelled spectacularly five year ago.

Fact of the matter is that if we hadn't had a PM like her when the "Argies" invaded The Falklands then they wouldn't have been having a vote a month or so ago about did they want to stay under British rule! I for one was a lover of her style, she didn't make everyone happy but you never can please everyone. She encouraged people to get off their arse and do something instead of this give money away state we seem to be nowadays. RIP Thatcher  10 TDV8 Santorini

I found the footage of celebrations in the streets by the never employed, sponging, educationally sub normal, disrespectful filth to be abhorrent. A little respect surely?

I worked with Maggie during two election campaigns flying her around the UK. She showed respect, remembered family names and always went out of her way to greet the emergency services who provided coverage for our take offs and landings. We always got invites to a post election drink at Number 10. Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
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I met her a few times and she was great. Been digging in my archives and found this picture that my father took in 1959 and one I took a few years back.






I know the old picture is better!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Great shots, but you should have paid more attention to your dads photography lessons VA

I know I know - Mrs T was very old and was only permitted a couple of quick shots! 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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