What ever is said about her she divided the country. It is clear from these blogs one either likes or loathes her.
Winners and losers. Horses for courses. So much nostalgia. In the news we are told she listened to arguments and knew and was well informed about everything. Nothing of the sort. She was a self opinionated lady who became convinced of her own views on all things and seldom listened to advice. That's why her most established elderly statesmen started leaving the party.
That's why she got the boot because she listened to no one - for goodness sake! Remember Westland helicopter fiasco. Let's ditch it and buy from US. Why not ditch nuclear and buy protection from the US? Would have made more sense imo.
We are told she restored pride and greatness and belief in the work ethic of this country by kicking the unions. REALLY? She put in place a regime and institutionalised big management for really BIG mess-ups.
Which of the privatised industries are world leaders able to compete in other countries?
BT - phone line franchise is a matter of who bills you.
RAIL - biggest mess and compares most unfavourably with our competitors
GAS - prices in no way relate to cost and once again matter of who bills you
WATER - who thinks they have choice
ELECTRICITY - bring in the French
Do we have integrated national public transport? NO. Is this objective any easier to achieve now than before? Categorically NO!
How is defence doing? Not much. Nuclear weapons wasted. Ark Royal scrapped.
How is the reputation of the City? In tatters. Nothing unique about it other than time zone.
Who did she impress? The Yanks - by pulling together with Raegan. Well there is a surprise.
She got some rebate back from Europe. Wooohhoooo. Norman Lamont lost 7bn in fiasco created by her.
May she RIP as she did try hard by in all accounts - factually she did not much at all.
Changed perception we are told. Well the Berlin wall would have fallen anyhow. Raegan will have carried same policies and Russia and China's revolution had nothing to do with her either. US bled Russia in Afghanistan. 80s were great with hair do and music but after shock of oil and stagflation infested 70s the whole world leapt forward.
She ripped the heart out of many so communities and for what? PSBR went up, deeper recession than any other European country but hey she made us great again. She was a strong leader. Hitler and Stalin and Saddam were strong leaders too. No virtue in that. If she could she could I'm not sure she wouldn't have sent them to the gallows or the dungeons.
What she couldn't negotiate or manage she tore down and destroyed. Look at the GLC. Red Ken she said. Well he came back because they realised - hey we need a London council to take care of London. Shock horror!
I wouldn't be surprised if some bright spark Tory in the near future will re-natioanalise the natural monopolies including rail and we may start building everyday simple machines like bikes, cars and simple electronics again. We live in hope.
What has this lady done for the UK? No different to any other party imo. Blair and labour party emulated her lead and the tory party. All pomp and do with lot of hot air.
I'm shocked and stunned by all the sentimental rubbish put out. I lived through her years and they were bleeding hard. I started my career in McDonalds with an economics degree. 3m+ unemployed. Shocking.
We are in the same league and situ as our European neighbours. Big national debt with little earning potential. Over sized service sector with little or no manufacturing and small agriculture.
