Čiko Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.
jms_uk Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Baroness Thatcher dies aged 87 Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died following a stroke, her spokesman has said.
Gandalf Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 hoce li slaviti u Liverpulu?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFL73byuSHM
koksy Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Argentina će proglasiti sedmodnevnu žalost.irci u komi, srbi nariču... tuga kao takva.
Roger Sanchez Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Thatcher state funeral to be privatisedResponsible department: Cabinet OfficeIn 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.
Prospero Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 TORIES RALLY BEHIND NEW LEADERDate: 1975 February 12, 15:38 (Wednesday)Canonical ID: 1975LONDON02201_bOriginal Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USECurrent Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDHandling Restrictions: -- N/A or Blank --Character Count: 5784Executive Order: -- N/A or Blank --Locator: TEXT ON MICROFILM,TEXT ONLINETAGS: PINT - Political Affairs--Internal Political Affairs | THATCHER, MARGARET | UK - United KingdomConcepts: ELECTIONS | PARTY LEADERS | POLITICAL PARTIESEnclosure: -- N/A or Blank --Type: TEOffice Origin: -- N/A or Blank --Office Action: ACTION EURArchive Status: Electronic TelegramsFrom: United Kingdom LondonMarkings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 05 JUL 2006To: Belgium Brussels | Denmark Copenhagen | Department of State | France Paris | Germany Bonn | Ireland Dublin | Italy Rome | Luxembourg Luxembourg | Netherlands The Hague | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | Northern Ireland Belfast | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris) | U.S. Mission to European Union (formerly EC) (Brussels) | United Kingdom Edinburgh | United Kingdom Liverpool1. SUMMARY. MARGARET THATCHER HAS WON A REMARKABLEPERSONAL VICTORY, AND THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS QUICKLYCLOSING RANKS BEHIND ITS NEW LEADER. AGGRESSIVE ANDABLE, SHE IS EXPECTED TO REVITALIZE THE PARTY ORGANI-ZATION, BRING FRESH YOUNGER BLOOD INTO THE SHADOW CABINETAND MOUNT A VIGOROUS ASSAULT ON THE GOVERNMENT IN THECOMMONS. IF SHE IS EVER TO BECOME BRITAIN'S FIRST WOMANPRIME MINISTER, HOWEVER, SHE WILL HAVE TO HUMANIZE HERPERSONAL IMAGE AND BROADEN HER IDEOLOGICAL BASE. ENDSUMMARY2. IN THE WAKE OF MARGARET THATCHER'S DECISIVE SECONDBALLOT VICTORY YESTERDAY (FEBRUARY LL), THE TORY PARTYIS QUICKLY CLOSING RANKS BEHIND ITS NEW LEADER. TEDHEATH, THE MAN SHE DEPOSED, AND HER FOUR RIVAL CANDI-DATES HAVE ALL SENT MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATION ANDPLEDGES OF SUPPORT, AND SHE IN TURN HAS ASKED THE SHADOWCABINET TO CARRY ON FOR THE TIME BEING. SHE HAS SAIDSHE WILL ASK HEATH TO SERVE ON HER TEAM, BUT IT ISTHOUGHT LIKELY HE WILL PREFER TO REMAIN ON THE BACKBENCHES, AT LEAST FOR AWHILE. THE OTHER CONTENDERS, HOW-EVER, HAVE ALL INDICATED A READINESS TO SERVE IN THE NEWSHADOW CABINET.3. AS THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY NOW BEGINS TO TAKE STOCK,ITS MOOD IS A CURIOUS MIXTURE OF RELIEF, EXCITEMENT,GUILT, AND MISGIVINGS. RELIEF THAT THE PROLONGED ANDCOMPLICATED ELECTORAL PROCESS WITH ALL ITS ATTENDANTHIJINKS IS FINALLY OVER. EXCITEMENT AT THE PROSPECT OFA NEW, DYNAMIC BRAND OF LEADERSHIP. RESIDUAL GUILT OVERTHE UNGRATEFUL DISPATCH OF TED HEATH. AND MISGIVINGSTHAT THE CANDIDATE MOST POPULAR WITH TRUE-BLUE TORIESMAY NOT PROVE ALL THAT POPULAR WITH THE ELECTORATE.4. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANALYZE WITH ANY PRECISION WHYTHE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP RACE ENDED AS IT DID --MAINLY BECAUSE SO MANY INDIVIDUAL MPS WERE BESET BYDOUBTS AND RESERVATIONS AND EVENTUALLY CAST THEIR BALLOTSFOR AN ODD MIXTURE OF REASONS. THEIR MOTIVATIONS INDUMPING HEATH WERE AN ACCUMULATION OF IDEOLOGICAL RESENT-MENT FROM RIGHT-WING TORIES, PERSONAL GRIEVANCE BY THOSEWHO HAD SUFFERED UNDER HIS ARROGANT AND IMPERIOUS MANNER,AND COLD CALCULATION THAT HEATH HAD GAMBLED, LOST, ANDHAD TO PAY. THE DECISION TO REMOVE HIM WAS TAKEN IN THEFACE OF WIDESPREAD EVIDENCE THAT THE PARTY WORKERS ATLARGE STILL SUPPORTED HIM.5. THE COLLECTIVE MOTIVATIONS OF CONSERVATIVE MPS TOINSTALL MRS. THATCHER IN HEATH'S PLACE ARE NO LESS MIXED.FOR RIGHT-WING TORIES, HER PRAISE OF FREE ENTERPRISE,HARD WORK, AND OLD CONSERVATIVE VALUES COMMENDED HERGREATLY, BUT THEIR VOTES ALONE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DE-CISIVE. THE CRITICAL FACTOR FOR MANY OTHER MPS WAS THEDESIRE TO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE, HARD-HITTING LEADER IN THECOMMONS, AND ON THAT SCORE, WILLIE WHITELAW DIDN'T FILLTHE BILL. FINALLY, OF COURSE, SOME MPS WEREN'T PARTI-LIMITED OFFICIAL USECULARLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ANY OF THE CANDIDATES ANDSIMPLY WANTED TO PUT AN END TO WHAT THEY REGARDED AS ANUNSEEMLY CAMPAIGN.6. THAT SAID, HOWEVER, THERE ARE FEW WHO WOULD DISPARAGEMARGARET THATCHER'S REMARKABLE PERSONAL TRIUMPH. THEFIRST WOMAN TO LEAD A POLITICAL PARTY IN BRITAIN, SHE ISABLE, INTELLIGENT, ARTICULATE, HARD-WORKING, AND CLEARLYREADY TO TAKE CHARGE. SHE WILL BRING BADLY NEEDED FRESHBLOOD INTO THE SHADOW CABINET, AND REVITALIZE A DEMORA-LIZED PARTY. A FORMIDABLE DEBATER, SHE WILL RALLY HERBACKBENCHERS AND HARRY THE GOVERNMENT WITH VIGOR.7. IF, HOWEVER, SHE IS TO DO MORE THAN DELIGHT TORYHEARTS, IF SHE IS EVER TO BECOME BRITAIN'S FIRST WOMANPRIME MINISTER, SHE WILL HAVE TO BROADEN HER POPULARAPPEAL. HER VOICE, HER DRESS, HER MANNER ALL BEAR THEUNMISTAKEABLE STAMP OF THE SUBURBAN TORY MATRON. IN THELAST GENERAL ELECTION THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY WON LESSTHAN 36 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VOTE. TO EXPAND THATNARROW BASE, SHE WILL HAVE TO ADOPT MORE PROGRESSIVEPOLICIES THAN THOSE CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HER, TOOVERCOME HER IMAGE AS THATCHER THE MILK SNATCHER, THEEDUCATION MINISTER WHO ABOLISHED FREE MILK FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN, AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT SHE IS COMPASSIONATEAND CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE AS WELL AS ISSUES. IT WASSAID OF TED HEATH THAT HE WAS TREMENDOUSLY ABLE AND THATHE INSPIRED RESPECT, BUT LITTLE AFFECTION. MUTATISMUTANDIS, MUCH THE SAME IS TRUE OF MARGARET THATCHER.SPIERSLIMITED OFFICIAL USENNN
Roger Sanchez Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 China's leading party paper, the People's Daily, says: "Faced with the weak economy, she launched a series of broad reforms from which the British are still benefiting today... Mrs Thatcher, the most distinguished female politician of the 20th century, has left the world with glory and controversy. An era has ended." :D
Takeshi Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) 2008:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmmomV-ax-s Edited April 8, 2013 by Takeshi
Bane5 Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) Moz: Every move she made was charged by negativity; she destroyed the British manufacturing industry, she hated the miners, she hated the arts, she hated the Irish Freedom Fighters and allowed them to die, she hated the English poor and did nothing at all to help them, she hated Greenpeace and environmental protectionists, she was the only European political leader who opposed a ban on the ivory trade, she had no wit and no warmth and even her own cabinet booted her out. She gave the order to blow up The Belgrano even though it was outside of the Malvinas Exclusion Zone—and was sailing AWAY from the islands! When the young Argentinean boys aboard The Belgrano had suffered a most appalling and unjust death, Thatcher gave the thumbs-up sign for the British press. Iron? No. Barbaric? Yes. She hated feminists even though it was largely due to the progression of the women's movement that the British people allowed themselves to accept that a prime minister could actually be female. But because of Thatcher, there will never again be another woman in power in British politics, and rather than opening that particular door for other women, she closed it.Thatcher will only be fondly remembered by sentimentalists who did not suffer under her leadership, but the majority of British working people have forgotten her already, and the people of Argentina will be celebrating her death. As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror without an atom of humanity.MORRISSEY. Edited April 8, 2013 by Bane5
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