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yeah we get it neilh, you didn't like her but you like to write poetry, how about something nice on another subject to show us what an all rounder you are at writing
keep the minute silence if you want to - don't keep it if you don't want to, no-one can make you do it either way, it is your own free and personal choice - end of story
I certainly won't be watching her funeral but only because I shall be at work all day earning a living to pay my bills and I've also done my best to avoid the news on the TV this last week too (actually I do that a lot of weeks and I've stopped buying anything other than a local paper because it is same old same old over and over again). It is a shame that despite my hopes the first post in reply ...
BREAKING NEWS!!!!! Some people liked Margaret Thatcher Some people didn't Some people agreed with some or all of the things she did and said Some people disagreed with some or all of the things she did and said Those that liked her, won't change their opinions Those that didn't like her, won't change their opinions We all see this from our own ...
This thread was originally a posting by Brazilnut about a letter sent by someone in today's Govt to Glenda Jackson, it was not about Margaret Thatcher AT ALL. So how come this has become yet another thread attacking someone who has just died? Paul, did you actually bother to read the thread or did you just presume what it was about?
@leatash seriously, all you think she did was sit there and watch????!!! are you for real? do you have comprehension of what actually happened? SHE spoke up for the people of the Falklands, many even on her own cabinet were against military action to reclaim the islands, the ONLY reason it happened the way it did was because SHE made it happen, which is why the Falkland Islanders were so ...
Interesting link Brazilnut. I was in full time employment so I wasn't sure about what happened if your were not, but it states that employed people paid 100% of their charge, registered unemployed (and others) paid 20% of their charge. So presumably your partner, when registered unemployed, only had to pay the 20% and they would have had their unemployment benefit as income. Still don't see why ...
Poll Tax was not charged against the property, but against those aged 18 or over who lived in each household. So the amount charged per person was the same no matter where you lived or how many lived in a house. It was not a property charge divided by the numbers living there.
@goldenlad Have we really become a country where anyone who does well in this generation by working hard and creating wealth for themselves, may as well leave their children and future generations nothing at all because heaven help the future generations if they inherit any money. And on that basis, presumably you will make sure you inherit not one penny from anyone, because that would mean you ...
@neilh Gorbachev was shown on TV on Monday night being interviewed some years ago about the ending of the Cold War. He stated that without Mrs Thatcher bringing the USA and the USSR together at the negotiating table then it would not have happened. So yes, it needed a USSR leader who was prepared to do a deal, and a USA leader also prepared to meet them half way, but the one who brought the ...
