The Late Margaret Thatcher

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To be fair, maybe he's just sad that it's now too late to order his limited edition [i]In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher[/i] EP.

Chumbawamba wrote:

Margaret Thatcher is going to pop her clogs sometime soon, and there’ll be a country-wide media and political blitz on her wonderful legacy. And that would be so wrong.

So we decided to record an EP called In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher which is available to buy – but even though you pay your £5, you don’t get the EP until the day she dies. It’s recorded, pressed, sleeved and ready to ship. In amongst the predicted BBC obituaries and the pompous, gushing state funeral, it’s something to look forward to.

David Wearing on Twitter: "People praising Thatcher's legacy should show some respect for her victims. Tasteless."

ETA: Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle on eventuality of costly State Funeral: "For 3 million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person."

Ken Loach: 'Let’s privatise her funeral. Put it out to competitive tender and accept the cheapest bid. It’s what she would have wanted.'

Privatizing Thatcher's funeral would be a fitting tribute to her legacy

Heh.

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Neither Thatcher nor Reagan were enamoured with the state and its role in society. They wanted private companies to be able to reach into every party of our lives. So why not extend this privatisation experiment into the after-life?

Now someone by the name of Scott Morgan has launched this e-petition:

"In keeping with the great lady's legacy, Margaret Thatcher's state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders. The undersigned believe that the legacy of the former PM deserves nothing less and that offering this unique opportunity is an ideal way to cut government expense and further prove the merits of liberalised economics Baroness Thatcher spearheaded."

This is a brilliant idea, and surely one even Thatcher will approve of. It can be a fitting tribute to her ideological legacy.

This is pretty funny too - from the same article:

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If it's anything like the privatisation of the railways, none of the funeral services would run on time and you'd end up with 500 people in a church meant for 200.

janfromthebruce wrote:

Is the light blue thin wedge, Babble? joking joking but I just couldn't resist even though during the Thatcher's years, resistence was futile.

That made me literally laugh out loud :D

Another quote by Frankie Boyle: "Give her a state funeral because a lot of people will want to pay their last respects, and a lot more people will want proof that she's really dead.  It'll be the first time that the 21 gun salute shoots the coffin."

And his twitter feed today is a scream:

"Thatcher is the reason that the tweets saying you shouldn't joke about her death are riddled with spelling mistakes."

"Looking forward to hearing who found all the horcruxes."

Also (not by Frankie Boyle, but he retweeted it):

Music Video: "The Day That Margaret Thatcher Dies"

Now you've got me laughing uncontrollably, RR! TWICE!

They even started making jokes. One texted: “Thatcher has only been in hell for 20 minutes, and she has already shut down 20 furnaces.” (...)

Terry Carter, 81, the oldest member of the Empire, recalled when Thatcher repeated the words of St Francis of Assisi on the steps of Downing Street, saying: “It’s a wonder that a bolt didn’t come down and hit her.

But Francesco broke with his wealthy merchant family and spoke up for the poor, and all creatures of nature. Thatcher would have seen him as a "loser", as she did "any man of 26 or older who still rides a bus"...

21 Incredibly Angry Songs About Margaret Thatcher

Let's all hope they kept a pit in hell hot enough for her.

I will say one thing in praise of Margaret Thatcher...(there will be hundreds of years in which to discuss all the horrible things she did). I do think she did the right thing by going to war against the fascist dictatorship in Argentina after it invaded the Falkland Islands. An indirect by-product of her defending the Falklands from invasion was the collapse of the military dictatorship in Buonos Aires and the restoration of democracy in Argentina. The fascist regime in Argentina was actually far more brutal and murderous than even Pinochet was and had they been allowed to get away with wantonly invading and annexing the Falklands it would have cemented their control over Argentina for a generation. In fact, if Thatcher had not defeated the fascists in Argentina - there is a good chance that the generals would still control Argentina to this day and the "Dirty War" would have gone on for 30 more years. I am well aware that liberating Argentina from fascism was the least of Thatcher's reasons for going to war - but in the end she did what she had to do under international law when British territory was blatantly attacked without any provocation by a foreign power. Argentinians should be grateful to Thatcher for being the catalyst that led to the collapse of their evil government.

lagatta wrote:

Thatcher's tea and sympathy friendship with Pinochet is a clear indication that her quarrel with Argentina had nothing to do with it also being a murderous fascist dictatorship.

I agree, but sometimes bad people do good things for the wrong reasons - but they still did something good. Winston Churchill was a rightwing racist plutocrat and I'm sure he didn't give a hoot about saving the Jews of Europe when he fought Hitler. In the end I don't care about whether or not Churchill had the right motives for going to war against Hitler over Poland and i also don't care if Thatcher's motives for going to war with the fascists in Argentina weren't the "right motives" - in the end evil was defeated...and the junta in Argentina was evil!

Stockholm, the Chilean fascist régime was just as evil, and depite their phony wars, the Chileans, Argentines and Uruguayans, at least, turned their refugees and political prisoners over to one another.  There were fewer dead in Chile for the same reason Pol Pot killed fewer people than STALIN did, though I'm sure the death rate per overall population was higher in Kampuchea.

I just want to thank Stockholm for doing his part to increase babble's traffic.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Margaret Thatcher for The Clash, This Is England, Ken Loach, Our Friends in the North, The Stone Roses, Joy Division, Trainspotting, Liverpool F.C. (1983-1989), Elton John and Brooklyn & Romeo Beckham.

The best epitaph for Margaret Thatcher was delivered by Neil Kinnoch a day or two before her most sweeping electoral triumph in 1983. It is one of the very greatest political speeches of all time.

If Margaret Thatcher is re-elected as prime minister on Thursday, I warn you.

I warn you that you will have pain–when healing and relief depend upon payment.

I warn you that you will have ignorance–when talents are untended and wits are wasted, when learning is a privilege and not a right.

I warn you that you will have poverty–when pensions slip and benefits are whittled away by a government that won’t pay in an economy that can’t pay.

I warn you that you will be cold–when fuel charges are used as a tax system that the rich don’t notice and the poor can’t afford.

I warn you that you must not expect work–when many cannot spend, more will not be able to earn. When they don’t earn, they don’t spend. When they don’t spend, work dies.

I warn you not to go into the streets alone after dark or into the streets in large crowds of protest in the light.

I warn you that you will be quiet–when the curfew of fear and the gibbet of unemployment make you obedient.

I warn you that you will have defence of a sort–with a risk and at a price that passes all understanding.

I warn you that you will be home-bound–when fares and transport bills kill leisure and lock you up.

I warn you that you will borrow less–when credit, loans, mortgages and easy payments are refused to people on your melting income.

If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday–

- I warn you not to be ordinary

- I warn you not to be young

- I warn you not to fall ill

- I warn you not to get old.

Here is a video extract.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QPhMVbleU0

That was horrible. All those young conscripts - under a fascist dictatorship with no hope of conscientious objection - killed and mocked in the gutter press.

Thatcher was also rabidly pro-Israel. So much so that even  Foreign Office officials were alarmed and wanted her to break off links with such groups as the Anglo-Israel Friendship League, of which she was a founding member, or the Conservative Friends of Israel, because she was increasingly seen by Arab countries as captured by Zionists.

Arrests at Thatcher Death Celebrations as Shop Windows Smashed, Police Injured

http://rt.com/news/thatcher-death-demonstrations-parties-561/

"Hundreds have taken to the streets in British cities to celebrate the death of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, injuring six police. Shop windows were smashed and paint bombs thrown..."

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What would Britain be like if Thatcher had never been?

Having indulged in that myself I really think something along the lines of the Nazis would have appeared regardless since at its inception, the Nazis were merely one of many alike parties agitiating there. The Versailles treaty was a model of one sided blaming when all were culpable. It set the stage for the next conflict just like its lack in the next make a WW3 in Europe not a foregone conclusion

Just like I think a  thatcher-like person would have appeared as well at some point. Whether it would have been as brutal as quick remains to be seen but I agree with some of the articles conclusions

A surprisingly reflective piece by Russell Brand...

"I suppose, that if you opposed Thatcher's ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher

mark_alfred wrote:

Ken Loach cant punctuate, pass it on