Death of the Iron Lady...UK Friends I have a questions
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Dano Sverige
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Hmm i don't think there is one mate. She's not the Nation's favourite woman of all time lol. If you read the comments in the BBC news section on her below, you'll get an idea of the dislike and even hatred from the working class side of the fence.
BBC News - Margaret Thatcher funeral set for next week
BBC News - Margaret Thatcher funeral set for next week
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Dano is probably right. She was trying to avert the riots and degradation of Europe into the Socialist morass it was devolving into. The BBC and the rest of the propaganda machine has been ridiculing and undermining her for years.
Some highlights for us all! From- Margaret Thatcher Quotes (Author of The Downing Street Years)
[h=2]Margaret Thatcher quotes (showing 1-30 of 38)[/h] “In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: gender-roles, gender-stereotypes, men, women
2,229 people liked it
like
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: entitlement, government
249 people liked it
like
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: appearances, power
247 people liked it
like
“Watch your thoughts for they become words.
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.
My father always said that... and I think I am fine.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: actions, character, destiny, habits, thoughts, words
159 people liked it
like
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: accomplishment, achievement, challenge
155 people liked it
like
“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: approval-of-others
132 people liked it
like
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: perseverance, rewriting-history
130 people liked it
like
“Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”
― Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher
tags: democracy, inspirational, leadership, reality
110 people liked it
like
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: patience, perseverance
106 people liked it
like
“Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: leadership
104 people liked it
like
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: humor, inspirational, politics, slander, wisdom
91 people liked it
like
“When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: humor, politics
90 people liked it
like
“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
― Margaret Thatcher
84 people liked it
like
“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”
― Margaret Thatcher
76 people liked it
like
“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: definitions, democracy, leadership, politics
63 people liked it
like
“I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
61 people liked it
like
“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: inspirational, love
60 people liked it
like
“I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation
Socialism”
― Margaret Thatcher
57 people liked it
like
“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: inspirational
51 people liked it
like
“Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: democracy, freedom, law, liberty, respect, right, wrong
32 people liked it
like
“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: stories, story
32 people liked it
like
“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
32 people liked it
like
“No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.”
― Margaret Thatcher
31 people liked it
like
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: work-ethic
30 people liked it
like
“If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.”
― Margaret Thatcher
29 people liked it
like
“To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say, ‘You turn if you want; the lady’s not for turning.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: play-on-words, stubbornness
28 people liked it
like
“I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: humor, politics
26 people liked it
like
“There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulations, low taxes and maximum labour-market flexibility. Its success has been shown above all in the ability to create new jobs, in which it is consistently more successful than Europe.”
― Margaret Thatcher, The Path To Power
25 people liked it
like
“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."
~ (1925- ), English political leader. ”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: christmas
24 people liked it
like
“I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.” - Margaret Thatcher”
― Margaret Thatcher
Some highlights for us all! From- Margaret Thatcher Quotes (Author of The Downing Street Years)
[h=2]Margaret Thatcher quotes (showing 1-30 of 38)[/h] “In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: gender-roles, gender-stereotypes, men, women
2,229 people liked it
like
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: entitlement, government
249 people liked it
like
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: appearances, power
247 people liked it
like
“Watch your thoughts for they become words.
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.
My father always said that... and I think I am fine.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: actions, character, destiny, habits, thoughts, words
159 people liked it
like
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: accomplishment, achievement, challenge
155 people liked it
like
“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: approval-of-others
132 people liked it
like
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: perseverance, rewriting-history
130 people liked it
like
“Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”
― Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher
tags: democracy, inspirational, leadership, reality
110 people liked it
like
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: patience, perseverance
106 people liked it
like
“Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: leadership
104 people liked it
like
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: humor, inspirational, politics, slander, wisdom
91 people liked it
like
“When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: humor, politics
90 people liked it
like
“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
― Margaret Thatcher
84 people liked it
like
“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”
― Margaret Thatcher
76 people liked it
like
“Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: definitions, democracy, leadership, politics
63 people liked it
like
“I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.”
― Margaret Thatcher
61 people liked it
like
“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: inspirational, love
60 people liked it
like
“I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation
Socialism”
― Margaret Thatcher
57 people liked it
like
“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: inspirational
51 people liked it
like
“Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: democracy, freedom, law, liberty, respect, right, wrong
32 people liked it
like
“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: stories, story
32 people liked it
like
“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
32 people liked it
like
“No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.”
― Margaret Thatcher
31 people liked it
like
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: work-ethic
30 people liked it
like
“If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.”
― Margaret Thatcher
29 people liked it
like
“To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say, ‘You turn if you want; the lady’s not for turning.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: play-on-words, stubbornness
28 people liked it
like
“I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: humor, politics
26 people liked it
like
“There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulations, low taxes and maximum labour-market flexibility. Its success has been shown above all in the ability to create new jobs, in which it is consistently more successful than Europe.”
― Margaret Thatcher, The Path To Power
25 people liked it
like
“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."
~ (1925- ), English political leader. ”
― Margaret Thatcher
tags: christmas
24 people liked it
like
“I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.” - Margaret Thatcher”
― Margaret Thatcher
Frankn
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Hay, she was a conservative, When you are a conservative you have to walk around in a suit of armor. She tried to steer the country out of socialism which is hard when people get use to free lunch. She tried to trim government, she tried to put controls on excessive union domination and they fought her all the way. I tell you, I would rather of had her for president than BO! The ones that hate her are the free lunch crowd! England is going to have to change. You can only suck so much out of the working people. Just as I see it. Frank...
Dano Sverige
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Here's one you can all sign:
http://www.change.org/petitions/the...utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
http://www.change.org/petitions/the...utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
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Change . org,, lol . Progressives never get it.
Silver Searcher
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Well the truth is, she destroyed the unions that protected the working class, buy them fighting for fair wages and conditions, and lined the pockets of the middle, and upper classes...the truth hurts.
SS
Silver Searcher
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Well you are right there, she sucked everthing out of the working class, destroyed the mining villages of the north, and sold all the pubic sector services of to foreign companies.
SS
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Yep...the final stab in the back for the tax payer...Here's one you can all sign:
http://www.change.org/petitions/the...utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
SS
LOL First I saw this Post. if non listed above
here is the Guest book Margaret Thatcher Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at Republican & Herald
here is the Guest book Margaret Thatcher Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at Republican & Herald
Frankn
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Things are a bit different here in the states. The middle class is the working class. The free lunch class is down below and the upper 'rich' class is cruising around somewhere up above.
I guess you mean the government agencies when you say the public sector and I guess your reference to foreign companies means advancing capitalism. Yes I think the English and Americans do have different points of view. The middle class in the United States is shrinking do to the man in power now who was installed by the free lunch crowd. The middle class take pride in there work. Frank...
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Applause. I didn't think I wanted to get into the socialist Euoropean utopia argument. That was a good breakdown.
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A UK band named The Exploited have a few interesting songs about old "Maggie". The band was formed in 1980 by a Scottish ex-soldier.
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