Jon Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thatcher as good as created the living on benefits culture with her policies. And we're all paying more than necessary for our utilities thanks to her too Evil! Burn her with fire! Oh... Wait... A coal fire, preferrably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I didn't realise Cher had been ill All this talk about That Cher Funeral RIP you hairy woman ............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 According to the BBC, they are expecting 2300 people to attend the funeral, with atleast 4000 police officers on duty around the area. How does that work? You don't need more plod than people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Tory commentator Charles Moore has just said on the radio "Thatcher is reviled in parts of the country that are less important” Sometimes the mask slips and the true face of the Tory shines through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) I salute and cheer on all the protesters who have gone to give her the send off she deserves I would have gone myself but unfortunately I'm having to work to pay for the thing... I guess she gets the last laugh after all Edited April 17, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Frankie Boyle says, "This guest list is a damning inditement of the inefficiency of the IRA" Chuckle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2013 Thatcher dubbed all Irish 'liars', Mandelson says Thatcher dubbed all Irish 'liars', Mandelson says Peter Mandelson said today that the only thing Margaret Thatcher ever told him was that the Irish were “all liars” and not to be trusted. The Labour former cabinet minister revealed the 1999 exchange as he explained why he did not want to attend the former premier’s funeral service. “I didn’t feel I knew her well enough” to apply for the tickets offered to peers, he told BBC Radio 4’s Today. “Although I helped to organise the Labour Party’s opposition to her policies throughout the 1980s, I only ever met her once. “It was the day I was appointed Northern Ireland secretary and our paths crossed. “She came up to me and she said, ’I’ve got one thing to say to you, my boy … you can’t trust the Irish, they are all liars’, she said, ’liars, and that’s what you have to remember, so just don’t forget it’. “With that she waltzed off and that was my only personal exposure to her.” Lord Mandelson, one of the central architects of New Labour, has criticised the scale of the funeral but accepted the Iron Lady “reframed British politics”. “I think what she was right to do was to bring home to us the reality that Britain could not afford rampant inflation, that state monopolies needed commercialising, that personal tax rates were too high and that enterprise was too unrewarding,” he said. “She was also right to argue that deregulation can be a valuable spur to innovation and efficiency and of course she tackled what was then a very disruptive and irresponsible trade union culture. “But the truth is also that in cutting back the state necessarily, she overlooked what the state can also do successfully.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Not sure I'd set great store by Mandelson and the reliability of his account of anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Tory commentator Charles Moore has just said on the radio "Thatcher is reviled in parts of the country that are less important” Sometimes the mask slips and the true face of the Tory shines through Did the presenter not pick him up on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Tory commentator Charles Moore has just said on the radio "Thatcher is reviled in parts of the country that are less important” Sometimes the mask slips and the true face of the Tory shines through Did the presenter not pick him up on that? Nope - The BBC are basically afraid to say anything controversial it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The BBC's coverage of the whole thing has massively failed to reflect the attitude of the nation. They even took extra care to avoid giving the protesters any air time during the military procession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The BBC's coverage of the whole thing has massively failed to reflect the attitude of the nation. They even took extra care to avoid giving the protesters any air time during the military procession. probably didn't have their mummy or Daddy with them to give parental consent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 According to one of our "chaps" in that London, there is hardly anyone there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 According to one of our "chaps" in that London, there is hardly anyone there. Charing Cross. Don't know what time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 17, 2013 Moderator Share Posted April 17, 2013 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Power cuts at Scottish Government HQ! Twice! It's a sign! And at Embra airport the electric doors stopped working. Just wait till she starts on the **** Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 And in Whitehall, the crowds were, em...oooh look! A doggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 A member of the public weeps in memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The BBC's coverage of the whole thing has massively failed to reflect the attitude of the nation. They even took extra care to avoid giving the protesters any air time during the military procession. probably didn't have their mummy or Daddy with them to give parental consent Very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 In Leeds, special screens relay the ceremony to an anxious public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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