I can hear the mindless rhetoric of the Twitterverse already, denigrating and ridiculing "The Iron Lady"! Sad - so, so sad!
Personally, I happen to think Margaret Thatcher was the greatest post-World War 2 leader Great Britain ever had, and the second greatest Prime Minister, after the great ol' bulldog himself, Winston! So put that in your pipes and smoke it!
Yes, I can hear the grinding of teeth and fits of mindless rage from the bovver boys in the great North-East of England, my homeland. They will be saying the same old BS - she destroyed the shipyards, she destroyed the steelworks, and, worst of all, she destroyed the mines. All those people out of work. Whine, whine, whine! But, let me tell you - I was there - and she didn't have to do that, because the Trade Unions had already made those industries so unprofitable with their outrageous practices and malicious and, let's face it, purely greedy demands, they were doomed anyway. And, if the North-East couldn't see that, through their far-left socialist conditioning, then they deserve as much of the blame over what happened to them as any Conservative government. And they will never recover, because there's just not enough "service industry" available in those small towns to replace those heavy industries.
Of course, when it was time to save the Falklands from the invading Argentinians, she was the greatest leader and admired beyond reason then, even by the North-East! Our nationalist jingoism couldn't have been stronger, nor the entire country prouder of our Iron Lady then, could they? How fickle their beliefs and fervour were!
Such is the life of a politician and world class leader. Maggie could hold her own with the biggest and best of them, and was a damn sight more intelligent and capable than most! And, once they'd unceremoniously bundled her off into so-called retirement, she held her head up high, and continued to advise and assist leaders all over the world. Now that's class!
So, Rest In Peace, Margaret Thatcher - you deserve it.
At least until the bovver boys and vandals deface your tombstone and destroy your epitaphs!
UPDATE - April 9, 2013:
Alas to be proven right already! It was saddening and sickening to watch the news last night and see the thickies celebrating Margaret Thatcher's death with champagne and parties. How absolutely demeaning to Britain, and what a perfect example of the pathetic, peurile socialist proletarian behaviour I have come to expect from the British Working Classes!
UPDATE - April 9, 2013:
Alas to be proven right already! It was saddening and sickening to watch the news last night and see the thickies celebrating Margaret Thatcher's death with champagne and parties. How absolutely demeaning to Britain, and what a perfect example of the pathetic, peurile socialist proletarian behaviour I have come to expect from the British Working Classes!
