Margaret Thatcher has died
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Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
You'll both be interested to know it was quietly killed in the night through enough confusing words the media chose not to report on it, and its powers spread across hundreds of independent bodies and "commissioning groups" all susceptible to profit seeking.
not_so_special
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im not gonna celebrate her death,but i dont have any respect for this despicable woman,she was a cancer to the world
peanutbutterlatte
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I don't understand this, health-care's still free.
That same scheme put a lot of low-income households on the property ladder that wouldn't have been able to afford their own houses otherwise.
It was a bit daft selling 'em at less than the replacement cost and not building more social housing though, indeed.
Indrid Cold1
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MacKenzie on Sky News. Fuck this slimy cunt.
CNN on the ball with an appropriate image :
She fucked more miners than Saville could have ever hoped too.
Let's give her the same respect she gave the 96,their families and Liverpool.
I find it distasteful to celebrate any ones death. But I am not going to shed no tears about it though.
I thought private health care in the UK just plugged the gaps of the NHS rather than offer a complete health care solution in parallel?
I could very well be wrong but that was my impression. Will have to read up further.
digoutyoursoul
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Detestable human being along with Kelvin McKenzie
EdibleExplosives
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The same bell-end who said on ITV that feminists should weep over Thatcher is now on Sky.
Yes young Conservative chairman
pitcairn55
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Cheers mate - this comment provided a literal laugh-out-loud-while-eating-a-banana-and-subsequently-almost-choke moment at my desk at work.
Acheteedo
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It just seems odd to go as far a "glad she's dead" attitude, even though she has been powerless for years, and most of these people have only ever felt the echoes of her influence.
Exterminieren
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Yes, I think you're going to have to.
Psychotext
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Thatcher was more of a man than most men could dream of being.
If this is an original gag, you win 3 virtual pints.
frankie_baby
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the good it did to some people once can't account in any way for the harm its caused since though
the basic idea of a right to buy is fairly sound, but its implementation was horrible, each house sold should've been replaced (at least on a 1 for 1 basis, preferably more though) and decent safeguards put in place against profiteering
Little Old Man
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We have a private healthcare system too.
In fact the only thing private health care doesn't provide is accident and emergency services, which remain with the NHS. Pretty much any planned surgery or procedure can be done privately.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Oh so your insane opinion was born of ignorance then. Well thats okay then, go educate yourself!
You are completely wrong, so yes, you will have to read up further.
So what exactly is your cut off point for when people should stop caring what a leader does in their country?
5 years? 10? 20?
Does this pre-determined period of amnesty extend to all leaders or just the really naughty ones? Maybe Hitler should have just kept his head down for a few years?
Still lagging behind other countries in terms of health care outcomes according to an OECD report.
The NHS is still an expensive, over bureaucratic system that needs to be streamlined.
Some of you really need to grow up. Celebrating the death of someone because they led the political party opposite to the one you vote for is immature and shortsighted. You people do realise that ANY person elected to lead a country will appease some and anger others. That's the whole point of democracy, the freedom to chose a leader, and as a result there will be opposing views. Let's not kid ourselves that any leader in any nation has been perfect. Every decision will please someone and anger someone else.
There is no such thing as a universally approved leader, so should we celebrate every death in politics? Get over yourselves and have some respect. She wasn't just a prime minister, she was a mother, she had friends and neighbours. She was a person, a Briton. She didn't butcher millions or run a rule of tyranny, she led the country as she was elected to do so. She didn't murder her opponents, she axed free milk in schools. Whether you personally wanted her in charge doesn't warrant vile gravedancing.
Lmao they probably would too. Faking not having a pulse pfft that's an old one.
maverick40
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CHEEZMO
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No the cvnts have sold it off to their mates. You won't see the disastrous results of this in the short term. Long term....
EdibleExplosives
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I never knew she was actually publicly against feminism, wow. It just makes it even more ridiculous.
I don't know... His willingness to demonize a distinct section of the population (the unemployed and those on welfare) shows a leaning towards fascism that I'm not sure even Thatcher was capable of.
Then again, I was barely alive in Thatchers time... so I don't know exactly what it was like.
"The ANC and its members were officially removed from the United States terrorism watch list in 2008"
From ANC article in Wikipedia.
Arsenal2022
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Noone (apart from the very well off) ever really bothers to go completely private for absolutely everything. Completely private healthcare does exist (apart from A&E/ER), its just it make financial sense to use a mixture.
Bear in mind that the vast majority of consultant British doctors work a mixture of NHS and private work, so all you're effectively paying for nicer facilities, better drugs in some occasional cases but not most, etc. the doctors treating you are no better - which is an inherent strength of the NHS
EDIT: beaten.
Also, the NHS perhaps could do with some streamlining in terms of bureaucracy, but in terms of what it does, the vast majority of the British population wants it to be bigger rather than smaller.
Yep its more or less why we are seeing this fucking unreal bedroom tax, also all those houses they sold for buttons in my city they have had to buy most of the back and knock them down to build new ones, what utter waste.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Forgive me if I won't continue the debate on my country's health service with someone who didn't even understand Bupa and similars exist.
What's this about?
Acheteedo
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I think you're missing my point. Everyone has an opinion on her, but to be glad someone is dead who is no longer in power surely requires some real animosity, and to attain that level of animosity I think you had to have been there, as an adult, feeling the effects. Otherwise... being glad she's dead... really? I don't see it.
Sapphire Dreams
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RIP, what an iconic woman.
You actually think people are glad she is dead because she was a Tory?
Fucking lol.
She directly ruined millions of lives with her rule of tyranny.
Keep digging.
Arsenal2022
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The demonization of the poor is one of the Tories' greatest achievements over the past few years.
The initial outcry when Kenneth Clarke referred to the "feral underclass" a few years ago would not be repeated today I fear.
In certain communities, the effects are still being felt, and will continue to be felt for generations.
The Librarian
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Anywhere I can read up on this?
Depends on what side of the fence you are on. The UK unions would tend to call a strike if they didn't like the bog roll that was being supplied to them when she came into power. It was a bit of a mess...
mmm, I will be glad when Blair dies as it is unpalatable to me that he is allowed to walk around free after causing so many deaths even though he is no longer in power.
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