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RIP Maggie Thatcher.

Should there be a day-off work to mark this?


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  • Poll closed .
Thatcher did a lot of damage to this country and to be fair she did some good. One thing that changed when she came to power was the community of people. I can say this having been there pre Thatcher.

Before she came to power there was always still a sense of community, maybe it was lasting over from WW2 but there was. She destroyed that in one full swoop. Her ideas that there was no society and that everybody needed to look after number one turned this country into selfish people that only thought of themselves. There are far to many examples of this today with current politics and how the Banks and tax evading companies work on a high scale and the general attitude of people these days.

I think it is a shame she killed that as beforehand we were all one and in it together, sadly that isn't the case anymore.
 
So you use more street lighting the more people live in your house ?

Trust you to pick that one. The street lighting is available to more people in my house.

What difference does the size of the property make? You can only sit in one chair.
Unless I am completely mis reading this, surely the more people in your house, the more services you will use.

In fact a Duke as has been put as an example, is hardly likely to use the local library, or the school.
 
Trust you to pick that one. The street lighting is available to more people in my house.

What difference does the size of the property make? You can only sit in one chair.
Unless I am completely mis reading this, surely the more people in your house, the more services you will use.

In fact a Duke as has been put as an example, is hardly likely to use the local library, or the school.


A house of 4 adults wont use the school any more than a house of 2 adults. In fact its more likely that the house with 2 adults will then have school age children yet would pay less.
 
I live by two simple doctrines;

'Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.' - Gordon Gekko

'**** Bitches, get money' - Lil' Wayne


What poets!!!
 
What makes one person better than the next? If you base it on Money and title you are very sad indeed.

My point was that it all existed long before Thatcher. Ever since people started owning land there has been a have/have not culture.
 
My point was that it all existed long before Thatcher. Ever since people started owning land there has been a have/have not culture.

I doubt it meant they were all happy, probably the opposite.In general it seems to me the more people get, the more they are frightened of losing it...it makes for a very sad country and world.
 
If he was a mate of yours, I'm not surprised he was a little 'challenged'.

He's as as bright as they come.Just not very political.

And I'd be suprised, as another bean counter, if you've earned more than him in your working life, or indeed my younger brother, (not Shrimpero, the other one), who's a venture capitalist.
 
He's as as bright as they come.Just not very political.

And I'd be suprised, as another bean counter, if you've earned more than him in your working life, or indeed my younger brother, (not Shrimpero, the other one), who's a venture capitalist.

I would imagine I've probably put more up my nose than the pair of them have ever earned or are ever likely to earn.
 
Thatcher did a lot of damage to this country and to be fair she did some good. One thing that changed when she came to power was the community of people. I can say this having been there pre Thatcher.

Before she came to power there was always still a sense of community, maybe it was lasting over from WW2 but there was. She destroyed that in one full swoop. Her ideas that there was no society and that everybody needed to look after number one turned this country into selfish people that only thought of themselves. There are far to many examples of this today with current politics and how the Banks and tax evading companies work on a high scale and the general attitude of people these days.

I think it is a shame she killed that as beforehand we were all one and in it together, sadly that isn't the case anymore.

Jackanory jackanory jackanory.
 
Quality of life is sadly not only connected to hard work or talent it is often gifted by privilege of birth, just take a look at the House of Commons or Lords, the upper echelons of Government Offices or high ranking positions in commerce. The poll tax protected the status quo and ensured the wealthiest paid the least. Fair it wasn't.
I believe Polly Toynbee trousers over £100k a year writing for The Guardian despite having only one A level. and no degree

It just goes to show that anyone can achieve if they work hard.
 

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