Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

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This thread is going to be better than Jesse Helms and Ted Kennedy threads.

And yes, RIP.

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You're a vile pathetic little man, Al, and I hope you yourself die slowly and painfully as you plainly deserve. I'm not a Thatcherite by any stretch, but as far as I know no-one on my side was so low when Wilson or Callaghan died.

Already starting!

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I was no fan of her but my sympathies goes to family and supporters.

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I feel so old watching the characters inhabiting my life fall away. She made a difference, and almost by her sheer force of will, and self discipline, helped to close Britain's standard of living gap vis a vis the Continent (and it was a substantial gap), and change public opinion about public policy.  Few politicians can claim to have done something like that, or even approaching that. Then she allowed her hubris bring her down. RIP.

Hey at least Fidel is still around, right?

Fidel is immortal: scientific fact.

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Wrong board, JJ

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Well, Sir Mortimer Chris was worse PM.

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I am so glad Nelson Mandela outlived the ****.

No.

Margaret Thatcher is a better person than Nelson Mandela?

Nelson Mandela was a communist and terrorists who fought against a fiscally responsible government.

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Do you not understand that Chavez was a thug who forced his policies through as any dictator would? Do you not get the basic fact that Thatcher lost her share of political battles, while Chavez always won because he was the Nixon of South America? Thatcher was a democratic leader, and like her or not, deserves some respect, as does Obama, Jack Layton, or any other democratic leader. You are the hypocrite.

OK, you're not a hypocrite. You just have no idea what you're talking about.

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Will we see another like the Iron Lady, The Gipper or John Paul II? 

I hope not.

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Btw, this thread surprisingly turned out to be less horrible than "Jesse Helms is dead", "Ted Kennedy is dead", "Jerry Falwell is dead" counterparts.

Anyway, I'm truly sorry for her family. Taking care of an Alzheimer patient is something few of us who never experienced it can fully understand. I'm also extending my sympathies for her admirers, while I utterly disagree with them politically. But I also understand her enemies, particularly those directly affected by her policies.

That happens when importany political figures passes away. I'm sorry for an old lady that dies, but I won't pretend by opinion of Thatcher as a politician improved even slightly just because she is no longer among us.

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Appearently, we'll now have Margaret Thatcher Circle in Warsaw.

God, how I hate this f**king country.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtClJYJBj8

I loved the shout "we can't take it" from the Tory bench. Hard to take the truth indeed.

And the Speaker's reaction to fake outrage, priceless.

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Typical celebrity turned politician

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtClJYJBj8

I loved the shout "we can't take it" from the Tory bench. Hard to take the truth indeed.

And the Speaker's reaction to fake outrage, priceless.

Typical celebrity turned politician hypocrite is hypocritical. Maybe when Glenda Jackson moves into a council house and gives her Oscar award to a homeless person I will take her seriously. At least George Galloway and Gerry Adams seem sincere in there thrashings.

So being rich but wanting an equal society is considered hypocritical to you, but a woman who professed to roll back the state (in actuality just subsidies and support for the working class) whilst centralising power and proscribing which videos could be watched and precisely what schools were allowed to (or in this case couldn't) teach on homosexuality isn't. Oh and support authoritarian dictators lol. 

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