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I blame Roberto Martinez..
Anyway, I just posted this on Facebook:-
Well, that’s a guaranteed few days of Thatcher baiting and jokes coming up.
Whatever you thought of her, she was one of the most important and influential political figures the world has ever seen.
RIP
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I think that echoes your sentiment, Jason
I’ve never been one to show disrespect to anyone or anything but if there is, and I hope there isn’t a minuits silence, I will not sit there in silence even if it means me gettint clod out because my principals and own moral standards will not allow me to remain silent.
And to echo others DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD. And I have just got home after an evening of celebration with other like minded Latics fans.I’ve never been one to show disrespect to anyone or anything but if there is, and I hope there isn’t a minuits silence, I will not sit there in silence even if it means me gettint clod out because my principals and own moral standards will not allow me to remain silent.
And to echo others DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD. And I have just got home after an evening of celebration with other like minded Latics fans.Regardless of political persuasion, grow up!!
Shame to see your “principals” don’t extend to spelling
After watching the reaction on the news yesterday and in today’s papers , all I’ll say is that anyone who has The Socialist Workers Party , George Galloway , Gerry Adams , the Trade Union dinosaurs and Bickymon queueing up to celebrate their death – must have done something right. goodpost goodpost
As it happens Griff I am “grown up” and did part of my growing up during the Thatcher years. I’ve seen first hand what she did to communities in Britain and what the policies she introduced are still doing today, her belief that greed is good is what as got us in this financial mess were in now the same policies that are seeing thousands of public sector jobs being lost, while the wealthy get richer.
And on the spelling I’v asked about spellcheque before.
But I forget we don’t need one cos we’ve got a Griff.As it happens Griff I am “grown up” and did part of my growing up during the Thatcher years. I’ve seen first hand what she did to communities in Britain and what the policies she introduced are still doing today, her belief that greed is good is what as got us in this financial mess were in now the same policies that are seeing thousands of public sector jobs being lost, while the wealthy get richer.And on the spelling I’v asked about spellcheque before.
But I forget we don’t need one cos we’ve got a Griff.No intention of getting into politics, but you are willing to get thrown out of your football club’s first ever cup semi final before it even starts just to act like a spoilt little child? Then I’ll say it again, grow up.
You will probably be expecting this reply
but football isn’t everything
and like I said I am grown up and have been for a while
Bit pretentious, why would anyone be thrown out of anywhere, for a peaceful protest? Surely this country still has a modicum of free speech, which we should all be proud of. As along as it is not racist, cannot see why anyone would be ejected..unless you know otherwise?
1. Was it not a deteriorating sector that had it’s end coming long before Thatcher got to power?
2. Is it not a good thing that we don’t send our kids down the mines anymore?
1. It was not a deteriorating sector. At the beginning of 1984 there were approximately 250 pits employing approximately 250,000 miners. They produced the coal to generate the nations electricity. The tory government ensured it was a deteriorating sector as they created the ‘dash for gas’, constructing new power stations that did not require coal. Although productivity increased dramatically (pence per tonne) they could not compete with gas or imported (but heavily subsidised) opencast coal from abroad.
So where has those policies left us? Offshore gas from the North and Irish seas produce the majority (up to 90%) of UK gas, but these supplies are rapidly declining. Gas is also imported from Norway and via a pipeline between Britain and Belgium. This pipeline links the UK to the European gas network. So its not ours unlike the estimated 300 years supply we are currently sitting on.
So, it’s OK to give money to other states as long as we don’t give it to greedy UK miners? Wages paid to miners was generally spent in the local community.
2. We didn’t send kids down mines during the Thatcher years, you had to be 18 i.e. an adult, to work underground. The coal industry created employment for a lot of communities. Yes, it was a dangerous and dirty occupation but so were, and still are, a lot of other ‘dangerous’ industries e.g. construction.
Sorry my mistake, you had to be 16 and although not an adult, a young person, i.e. not a child, to work underground.
…and another thing. I don’t remember the Tories using the reason for closing the pits because ‘it would be a good thing not to send our kids (or anybody else) down the mines anymore’.
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