My response was to your summation of Blair as Prime Minister which opinions you are of course perfectly entitled to have. From that I merely requested that you inform us of your opinion of MT which I rightly guessed. I was I admit amused to read the glowing appraisal of her leadership but then I accept that's just my view. I doubt another thread on the relative merits or otherwise of Thatcherism would be productive.
how does my opinion on Thatcher have anything to do with my opinion on Blair? Like Chirpy Red said, it is possible to be an admirer of both, or even a hater of both. I find it puzzling on this board that in every discussion about politics thatcher is brought up by a board member as a non answer. It's like that unwritten rule that if you start to talk about hitler in an arguement on the internet, you've lost. I think the same could be said about thatcher on this board.
Sorry. Maybe it's just me but I'm now losing the thread of this. For that reason I'm out.
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cheers mate! People like you bring this forum down, bye bye!
"picking on Islam" FFS-------------i dont remember to many Muslims from Bradford /Luton etc getting on a bus/ boat etc to defend their "brothers" when in was going off in the Balkan conflict. Of course their so tolerant of other faiths arnt they.
" Maggie Thatcher voted one of the best PMs ever"-------------- i must have missed that vote ! mind you looking at what we have had in the last 50 years --Wilson/Heath/ Callahan/ Blair/Brown etc its a piss poor bunch.
I detest Thatcher, I loathe Blair. Against my better judgement I admit to a grudging respect (no pun) for Galloway for the way he pisses off the Establishment and riles the reactionary man on the street. However I dislike the fact that he gained his victory, seemingly, by targeting the Muslim community and not a all inclusive, socially united campaign.
But most of all I hate the fact that reading threads like this remind me that this nation, this world has so many, to my mind, purile reasons for hating each other, for staying divided that it just makes me sad.
"picking on Islam" FFS-------------i dont remember to many Muslims from Bradford /Luton etc getting on a bus/ boat etc to defend their "brothers" when in was going off in the Balkan conflict. Of course their so tolerant of other faiths arnt they.
" Maggie Thatcher voted one of the best PMs ever"-------------- i must have missed that vote ! mind you looking at what we have had in the last 50 years --Wilson/Heath/ Callahan/ Blair/Brown etc its a piss poor bunch.
Or are they respect party members saying we've won? All depends on your perspective I suppose.
Still an incredible result. 50% turnout is pretty high but if people were so opposed to GG they should've got off their arses and voted for someone else. Maybe some people 'care' more than others?
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and Blair was a self confessed thatcherite. So you can like them both.
cheers mate! People like you bring this forum down, bye bye!
"picking on Islam" FFS-------------i dont remember to many Muslims from Bradford /Luton etc getting on a bus/ boat etc to defend their "brothers" when in was going off in the Balkan conflict. Of course their so tolerant of other faiths arnt they.
" Maggie Thatcher voted one of the best PMs ever"-------------- i must have missed that vote ! mind you looking at what we have had in the last 50 years --Wilson/Heath/ Callahan/ Blair/Brown etc its a piss poor bunch.
But most of all I hate the fact that reading threads like this remind me that this nation, this world has so many, to my mind, purile reasons for hating each other, for staying divided that it just makes me sad.
I'm off to watch kittens on YouTube
Feel even more sorry for the people of Bradistan.
Fair play to this lad.
Listen to those 'peacefull muslims', "We've won". Says it all tbh.
Still an incredible result. 50% turnout is pretty high but if people were so opposed to GG they should've got off their arses and voted for someone else. Maybe some people 'care' more than others?
What a crazy place we live in at the moment.