Margaret Thatcher dies

[Northender]

But surely some people here DO speak German, don't they?

Das versteht sich von selbst! Besser Deutsch als tot.

[Beef Oven]

You put em there I'll read between em....

Hey you with the black eye ....play the piano
But, I aint got no black eye
Bop!!!!
Ching ding Ching....rinkydink

Read between the lines, just don't read too much. there's a good chap.

[John Wright]

Originally Posted by John Wright View Post

Well, GG, I'm just trying to take things one at a time here, so you don't deny then that she and the nation showed guts to deal with the Argentinian aggressors so many thousands of miles away?

I really don't go along with that narrative at all
which (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) is not to say (AGAIN ) that it's ok to invade another country (and that includes Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan etc etc etc )

So, my conclusion is that GG does not deny that Mrs Thatcher and the nation showed guts to deal with the Argentinian aggressors so many thousands of miles away.

Thanks

[Mr Pee]

Tell us a little more about how your mind works.

I'm really not sure I want to know.....

[MrGongGong]

British society.

No such thing

[MrGongGong]

So, my conclusion is that GG does not deny that Mrs Thatcher and the nation showed guts to deal with the Argentinian aggressors so many thousands of miles away.

Thanks

You seem to have a problem with English
I don't think it showed "Guts" at all
I don't think "Guts" is a characteristic a "nation" can show
and
I don't think that it's the right question
as I don't go along with the narrative as presented

(is the problem with Apples is that they don't taste loud enough ? )

[Serial_Apologist]

Das versteht sich von selbst! Besser Deutsch als tot.

Shouldn't that be "Besser tot als rot"???

[Beef Oven]

You seem to have a problem with English
I don't think it showed "Guts" at all
I don't think "Guts" is a characteristic a "nation" can show
and
I don't think that it's the right question
as I don't go along with the narrative as presented

(is the problem with Apples is that they don't taste loud enough ? )

I'm getting bloody confused here. No British society, most of us speak German and it's not just the French that don't have guts, as a nation so as to speak.

MrGG and your other leftie mates, please tell me what I'm supposed to be thinking. I rather stupidly thought that I'd be alright thinking for meself

[amateur51]

The comment by Peter Morris here http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...t-8564674.html is spot on as far as I am concerned. Today's benefits culture started under Mrs Thatcher.

Including MPs' expenses, of course

[Mr Pee]

Stephen Fry on Twitter this afternoon:-

Mostly twitter makes me believe in the general goodness of humanity but some people are so vile, rude & self-righteous it’s hard to stay…

God knows what he would make of this thread.

[Mr Pee]

Mr GG often writes incomprehensible gibberish. Don't worry if you're having difficulty understanding. You're not missing anthing worthwhile.

[MrGongGong]

I rather stupidly thought that I'd be alright thinking for meself

Don't be daft
you are supposed to follow the script
(ask yer Trollmates)

[Beef Oven]

The comment by Peter Morris here http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...t-8564674.html is spot on as far as I am concerned. Today's benefits culture started under Mrs Thatcher.

The article is actually very positive about the Iron Lady and his comment about benefits is a bit lazy to say the least.

I think the benefits culture started when New Labour made it a plausible life style choice.

[eighthobstruction]

Today's benefits culture started under Mrs Thatcher.

....yes spot on....Incapacity Benefit and the Enterprise Allowance and many YTS schemes were just quick fixes to keep the unemployment figures down....

[John Wright]

As someone who lived through union-ravaged years of power cuts and Red-Robbo I believe the Thatcher years certainly brought sanity to the trade union managers.

Hey it's a bad thing to quote your own original message, but among all the foolishness on this thread I can't find a coherent response from anyone.

My conclusion is the clowns on this thread might be younger than me, I'm able to recall pre-Thatcher years, I was at university during the power cuts of 1972 and the three-day-week of 1974 and was a young graduate worker during the winter of discontent prolonged by feeble trade union management.

When I got into employment I worked with a client of Rover (then British Leyland) if you know what Red Robbo did at BL then I'm sure you can imagine what effect Red Robbo had on the business of BL's customers. Quite unbelievable what was going on. Thankfully Nissan, Honda and Toyota arrived on the scene and built efficient motor plants here in the UK, still here today employing thousands of British workers, building more cars than Robbo's BL. Wish I could take Red Robbo on a tour, and to attend team quality meetings.

Anyway I believe the Thatcher years certainly brought sanity to the trade union managers. Poor Tony Benn never agreed, but he might and not say so