Margaret thatcher dead

[Martin Ward]

Wonder if she will get a State funeral??

[WatWatWat]

Though she was iron. . .

[Sexy Sandy 69]

Who knows? I wasn't an avid fan of hers, she done some good work however she also made some very bad decisions, she dangled the carrot, we all bit, then she whipped it away & left the country in tatters. Cannot fault her for being a stubborn, hard nosed policitian though.

Sandy x

[livewire]

Not a very popular woman on this island after she let 10 men die on hunger strike in 1981.

[Westsidex]

Not a very popular woman on this island after she let 10 men die on hunger strike in 1981.

She looked after her own unlike Irish.

Westside.

[2timesin30]

that's bizzare, i was reading a piece on her in the sunday times last night about her relationship with mandela and i couldn't for the life of me remember if she was still alive.. and now she's not.
she was always pretty dispised in this country but i lived in london during the last few years of her reign and while her power was beginning to wain she was still very popular with white working class english people which i couldn't understand when you think back to her stance with the miners in the '80s.
i've no doubt she'll get a state funeral, whatever you may think of her politics, what she achieved as a woman was ground breaking.

[Martin Ward]

that's bizzare, i was reading a piece on her in the sunday times last night about her relationship with mandela and i couldn't for the life of me remember if she was still alive.. and now she's not.
she was always pretty dispised in this country but i lived in london during the last few years of her reign and while her power was beginning to wain she was still very popular with white working class english people which i couldn't understand when you think back to her stance with the miners in the '80s.
i've no doubt she'll get a state funeral, whatever you may think of her politics, what she achieved as a woman was ground breaking.

Coal mining is a northern enterprise. Londoners won't care because they think anyone above the Watford Gap is a peasant

[p.l.]

I thought she was dead already!

[UB40]

Whether right or wrong I have only negative pro Irish views of Maggie Thatcher.

She was the best recruiter the IRA ever had because of her stance with the hunger strikers etc.

She also was against all southern Ireland influence on the North and in seeking a peaceful resolution.

She treated Garret Fitzgerald with contempt with her out out out comments etc.

Charlie Haughey famously stood her up for a meeting in Brussels once. He also gave her a present of a tea pot!

In fairness she did an about turn and signed the Anglo Irish agreement which led to the peace process and she was a strong leader. ( we could do with strong leaders in Ireland these days)

Anyways these are my recollections of Thatcher whether fully accurate or not.

[very shy guy]

Whether right or wrong I have only negative pro Irish views of Maggie Thatcher.

She was the best recruiter the IRA ever had because of her stance with the hunger strikers etc.

She also was against all southern Ireland influence on the North and in seeking a peaceful resolution.

She treated Garret Fitzgerald with contempt with her out out out comments etc.

Charlie Haughey famously stood her up for a meeting in Brussels once. He also gave her a present of a tea pot!

In fairness she did an about turn and signed the Anglo Irish agreement which led to the peace process and she was a strong leader. ( we could do with strong leaders in Ireland these days)

Anyways these are my recollections of Thatcher whether fully accurate or not.

Spot on Ub40,it lead to a semblance of normality for the people of Northern Ireland which we all should be thankful for.