General Chat

Lyndi, I'm inclined to agree with your analysis,

Roy

In my opinion , Margaret Thatcher was the last PM who actually did what a Prime Minister is supposed to do. She did what she believed was best for the country. Rather than spending her time setting her family up for the future and worrying about how popular she might be.

Tonypandy Riots (1910)
Three days of rioting in Tonypandy during a mining dispute resulted in one death. Armed English troops and police reinforcements were sent in by Winston Churchill to quell the trouble. Churchill's name has been mud in South Wales ever since.

[from Wikpedia]

Labour lead us to our darkest hour, when Thatcher came to power, . Inflation was 20%, basic rate of income tax was 33%, mortgage rate was 15%, we had big loans from the IMF, money was be taken abroad because the top rate income tax was 98%. The tax payer was subsidising the car industry to make cars we couldn't sell, and they we subsidising the steal industry to produce steal that nobody wanted, the unions were destroying democracy in this country. 10% of the work force were unemployed and our credit rating with the rest of the world was Junk. Wilsons government closed 290 mines were thatchers government only closed 160, so it was labour that put the majority of miners out of work WE WERE THE SICK NATION OF THE WORLD, THIS ALL HAPPENED UNDER LABOUR

ITS ABOUT TIME THE SOCIALIST OF THE COUNTRY TOOK RESPOSIBLITY FOR THERE ACTIONS AND STOP BLAMING THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THERE MESS RIGHT.......LABOUR HAS PROVED THERE ARE THE PARTY OF THUGS , AND THE PARTY OF DISRESPECT AND THE PARTY OF THE LAZY

I am appalled that some of the rabble for rioting (probably this weekend) in trafalgar Square etc have been encouraged by at least two teachers. One of vulnerable children. OK he no longer teaches but when he was, what was he teaching those children?

Most of those who will be rioting are anarchists, nothing, or very little to dao with Baroness Thatcher and celebrating her death, it is just a good chance to cause mayhem and attack the police. One of those teachers was pictured with a placard of a hammer and sickle. Maybe she would like to experience life under strict communist rule.

Absolutely, Robert, well said.

It is a shame that the real facts get distorted time and time again. And there was the almost petrol rationing too.

Labour were glad they lost the election as it meant they could lay the blame for having to sort it out on someone else.

I've voted Labour a few times and I kind of resent being called a lazy thug.

Much the same as the last election too I suspect InspectorGreenPen.

I have always supported any man/women's right to withdraw his/her labour and go on strike for what ever reason,

I also support a persons right to go to work

The difference between their right to strike and what historically has been the position of striking miners is that when the miners go on strike they turn to violence and intimidation when ever another worker tries to exercise his/her right to work

Tonypandy Riots (1910) was no different the violence broke out when others where brought in to do work to keep pumps and ventilation going, without such maintenance work being done any miner will tell you the cost of getting the mine going again after the strike would have been very expensive


Roy

Absolutely Robert

I suggest that anyone who reveres the 'hammer and sickle' emigrate to North Korea. I'm sure they would really appreciate the commusist ethos of starving people to death sending them and their families to gulags for the slightest misdemeanour, ie waving a foreign flag!!! no freedom to travel abroad or indeed in your own country without permission - crikey what a wonderful way of life! what are we all missing!!!!!

I see the OP has been reinstated - quite right too - whether you like it or not, it's a fact

AnninGlos In the 1970/80's labour used to "fly the Red flag" I think have people forgotten

Roy

The Tonypandy Riot came about because the miners rebelled and their grievence was.

They wanted a pay per day wage,,,,,,,not a pay per load of coal wage they got paid by how much coal was brought up,,,,,,so a bad seam could mean a living or not.It often meant working in dangerous conditions to make the day pay.

Funny because its been on TV about it today.!

Back on topic .................

The record is now at number one and the BBC are considering whether to ban it,
rather than having to play it on their chart show.

I expect the BBC will play it.

Don't quite know how I feel about it though. I don't like censorship so for that reason if people have bought it then I guess it should be played.

On the other hand I think it's sick making.

agree Muffy

Saw a great comment in the media - Why is the taxpayer paying for the funeral - it should be put out to tender, after all Margaret Thatcher herself would have wanted that !

Seriously, I daresay she would!!!!

I have just heard on the radio, a group of "activists" have been campaigning for six years on facebook urging everyone to buy or download this record when Mrs Thatcher died, their aim is to make it Number One. How sick can these people be?

StaffyKnot, Love the comment but who ever said it needs a lesson in WHO pays the bill to the company who won the bid

Yes I think she would approve

Roy