Margaret: The Death of a Revolutionary

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Margaret: The Death of a Revolutionary

I've just watched Channel Four's documentary of the above title and at last feel that I now know something about The Iron Lady.
I have to admit that I was angered by the vitriolic sentiment shown by some members of this incredible writing community in a very well posted thread entitled 'Thatcher: Dead', and it's only now that the facts of this extraordinary woman's lifeworks have been made clear in 'Margaret: The Death of a Revolutionary'.
As a reactionary liberal under the guidance of her hardworking, working-class father, this fearless woman infiltrated the party that she abhorred most (because it was run by the establishment), although she also knew only too well that Labour were just as bad in their own hierarchically moronic way, and revolutionised the country through the empowerment of the working-classes to decide their future for the very first time in our history.
Yes, there were losers (I was one because I was hooked on self-pity, drugs, parties and hangovers, which was no fault of my own) but there were also many winners, almost entirely made up of those who would have remained pitifully poor had she never risen to power.
Yes, greed took over, but that's what happens when wealth is redistributed (for the first time ever) and those who have never had it before receive a slice. They want to keep hold of it and damn right too! I couldn't even keep hold of my rent before the month was up.
This may seem an untimely post for all those who are misguided in celebrating Margaret Thatcher's death, but the truth will catch up with you one day so I see no harm in it.
In her eleven year reign, she singlehandedly halved the national deficit and took Britain from being the poor man of Europe to being the enlightened one, and it was the wets (the establishment elite) who ousted her from her rightful place and not the working classes, who had mostly turned to her after finally seeing the tyrannical, shameful performance of past Labour and Tory governments for what it was; man as slave to the state.
I have only just started to take life seriously without stimulants to blank out my fears and guilt, and I fully intend to celebrate this woman's life for what it was.
I don't expect anyone to respect my views. I am not right wing at all but I am a realist.
I will definitely argue my case so long as posts are respectful and honest.

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Oh! Shock!
No more about Maggie Pleeeeeze. She's dead 'n' gone. Forget about her .... That's what she really deserves. Time to move on. Yawn ('Ô') ZZZZZZZ.

 

I detect a note of intended dis ingenuity here you Blighter! Tut tut tut, very naughty, now go and stand in the corner while I find my Elgar LP's

 

the redistribution of wealth Richard is a process. It did not start and end with Margaret Thatcher. The gap between the poorest and richest was shortening when Thatcher came to power. As an ex-gambler you should know about odds, to be born poor now [put your own odds in here and keep lengthening them] is to remain poor. Read anythng by the Joseph Rowntree trust/foundation. Read that old classic The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. The front page of The Observer today is millions will starve. For Thatcherites that would I imagine be read as millions deserve to starve. Obviously those whom most of the wealth flows to think they deserve it. I'm surprised anybody that can read and takes time to think about such matters thinks the same way. But I am poor and I'm biased.

 

I went out with two friends last night and talked for the first time properly about Thatcher. As a kid she frightened me, but I intend to watch the Question Time debate which my friends recommended. I'll also try and see the documentary. I was watching synth 80s music on BBC4, 'they don't write lyrics like they used to!'
hi Bexley I hear your indignation and I'm as shocked at my views as anyone else but I stand by what I believe in. It was the elite that sacked her once she was of no more use to them, replacing her with another yesman in the form of John Major who would happily return to old Tory policy. Thatcher's closest allies and confidants were working class people just like her. Watch C4'S DOCUMENTARY, THEN COMMENT. SORRY FOR CPITALS. PHONE'S SCREWED AND CANT ACCESS WEB ON COMPUTER SINCE LAST NIGHT. SCRATCH AND STAN. I THERE'S NO IRONY HERE BUT I WONT BE STANDING IN ANY CORNERS NOW I KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. JUST WATCH THE DOC AND CHECK KINNOCK WHEN ASKED IF HE THOUGHT BRITAIN WAS A BETTER PLACE AFTER THATCHER. LIKE I SAY' WHEN TRUE SOCIALISM ARRIVES AS A REAL OPTION, I'LL VOTE

 

hi pixie and stan If you dont feel a weight lifted after seeing the documentary, i'll eat my hat. It's a natty little patchwork woollen one from ireland (cancer research bargain) so i'm already eating my words. hi celticman I read rtp twice and it was a revelation for me. Socialism in laymans terms. I recently found out that my grand uncle, as jasper, wrote a similar sort of novel (it was an account of his and my gran's upbringing in east london) I will be republishing it with the consent of his son and all profits will go to railway children. Its called 'a hoxton childhood' not to be confused with bryan magee's book(he's an old mp who nicked the title) When it was published it was compared to rtp, down and out in paris and london and one by jack london It should be out by august. It's a harrowing story

 

Just watched. A very interesting documentary indeed. Hardly Che Guevara, but still :) Quite illuminating, as I had already left the UK when she came to power... http://www.ukauthors.com(link is external)
No worries, Stan. Celticman, I found your comment interesting on second reading. I've been wrestling with technology all day and didn't give it thought as I should have. The Observer says millions will starve. It doesn't surprise me the way the moneymen exploit third world farmers. Free market economics will continue to strangle the poor and regulation needs to be tightened to secure truthful, morally correct social responsibility. The govt of today seems to be more interested in fixing interest rates than anything else in order to keep the middle-classes in their houses. What seems horribly, surreally true is that while half the population is starving, the other half is killing itself by eating too much of the wrong food. Britain is the obesity capital of Europe and it's an illness that will cost us dear in the long run, but so long as the junk food manufacturers pay their taxes and encourage people to shop, the govt will do nothing about it apart from offer gastric operations much like antibuse for the drug addict/alcoholic. We can't very well blame that on Thatcher, or can we? People need to take responsibility for their own lives but if the amount we spend on alcohol, junk food, drugs and cigarettes is anything to go by, there's only one way to go and that's down the tube. I'm quickly discovering that it's far too easy to blame the ills of society on whoever's in power and for me, it's way past time that I took responsibility for my own life instead of blaming the govt for my problems. If I want to be a happier, more rounded (but not obese) person, then I have to stop passing the blame-buck and begin each day by being grateful for everything I have today. Political debate is a dead end, just like drugs and forums. I loved what Littleditty said about forums and it's time I threw in the towel and started writing again. Adieu forum topics. If you see me posting on them, please tell me to get lost.