Not going to celebrate someone's death, even when her children are a crook and a racist, but as George Clooney says in Oceans 13 "it sure as sh/t ain't sad"

These weren't scabs, they were miners who had stood alongside each other on picket lines who then found that their sea pit would not re-open and so were bussed to another on a daily basis as the offered alternative to redundancy, only to find that their "brothers" suddenly weren't acting like "brothers" anymore.

Its understandable in a way, the pits were judged on their efficiency and closed if they became too expensive to operate, if you're suddenly incurring a big increase in your wages bill because you're bringing in five busloads of colliers from the north every day then your pit isn't going to be as efficient as it was - and more importantly your own overtime and your production bonuses go with it.

Its all about money, the brotherhood of the union was just a sham.

Lets face it. this was the one subject that the sin bin has been built on since the day rlfans went live, Thatchers demise would have always had this thread, it's had enough starters in the past to know where it would go.

Brilliant. 'I ask questions - and then I eff off before anyone can challenge the points I raise, and I say that I'm not coming back.'

Or 'cowardice', as most people would call it.

You imagine wrongly then

Liar.

I was. What about you?

As I said it was a flawed system but it was showing light coming from the days of medicated and many other deeper and disturbing controls, however the wholesale plunder of every valuable asset to be cloaked under the guise of CiC is still by far any away the biggest reason I have to hate the woman, hate virtually everything she stood for, and deride those who went along with her for the financial gains available, then and subsequently, regardless of whatever colour of politics are supposedly adhered to. Yes this comes from personal experience both within and outside the asylum system of that period.

Probably very few.

But this is The Sin Bin, where Tory = bad.

Many on here have been awaiting this day for years. And are now wetting their panties with excitement.

Thatcher was 'Marmite', you either loved her or hated her and many people have very personal reasons on which they base their opinion. Unfortunately, many others will base their opinion not on experience or understanding having weighed up the arguements. Rather they will jump on bandwagons, fire up the outrage buses and say what they think others want to hear.

Personally, I'll stick with the quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

The "Iron Lady", gone but not forgotten (by anyone).

If my 'loved ones' had been so sociopathic and ruined so many peoples' lives, I'd have spat on their grave myself.

Absolutely. Loved by many.

As both have sailed on the coat tails of her fame and had opportunities that were only afforded to them because of who their mother was I think they should be able to cope.

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NuLabour are the b*stard offspring of Thatcher and her core policies. For nigh on a quarter of a century, they've been a centre-right party, in bed with big business, pro-privatisation, pro-wealthy, anti-ordinary working people.

Why you think that pointing out the disgusting forelock-tugging sell-out of the Labour Party to the British plutocracy should justify your sycophantic Thatcher love-in is beyond me.

Coddy

Why you still sober?

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I think you'll find you are very, very wrong.

I know many (if not most) of those who are not mourning her death and the vast majority were living and working under Thatcher's rule. Let's not forget that it was very much Thatcher's rule as well. She surrounded herself with clleagues who had talent but were also cowed or simply overawed by her.

So the "didn't know what she was like" argument can be put safely to bed. It is mostly her supporters on here who if they weren;t still swimming in their dad's sac, were still drinking from the teat.

I'm making sure this is a night to remember mate

Trying to decide on my mourning suit. Black, with black tie or Black with blue tie. Trying to work out the most respectful funeral wear for this momentous occasion and celebration of the good lady's life. Unfortunately i can't be there but i will observe as much as i can from my office - my entrepreneurial base - for which Margaret was so much responsible for creating with her excellent economic policies. An inspiration for the go getters and workaholics, an enemy to the lazy work shy fops that blight our country today. The only pity is the science of Cryopreservation has not yet advanced far enough.

Saving the lash up for the funeral then?

I think its fair to say she splits opinion then

I'm genuinely surprised at how much pro-Thatcher sentiment on here. As a Southerner and public sector worker who lived through the 80s, all I can thank her for was for politicising me. Although not directly involved I cannot forgive her for destroying the manufacturing base of the UK and consequently the communities dependent on them, and for an encore she opened up the city for the spivs to turn the stock exchange into a bloody casino! She was a bigoted, nasty Little Englander and all this talk of her being so 'marvellous' frankly makes me want to vomit! Anyone whose first response to the deaths if severAl hundred young men on the Belgrano was 'rejoice' doesn't deserve any sympathy . Sadly New Labour didn't have the balls to repeal any of her divisive laws,and with the current mob in charge we'll sadly see her nasty legacy live on. Wish I could feel anything but loathing right now but I can't I'm afraid!

I was just thinking similar about Thatcher in she got people thinking and a heck of alot of good music, comedy, filmaking, writing etc came out of people being "politicised" by the way the country was going under her. Sadly I can never seeing young people taking such an interest in whats going on around them in the future as apathy is probably the best way to describe the general view of politics since she quit.