[Barrie Yates]

So she is percieved as the archetypal enemy of the working class - however, there are hundreds of thousands of people who have well paid jobs and a good number have freedom and we were not as sub-servient to the European would be dictators due to her efforts.
BAe is a classic example - she was reponsible for Al Yamamah which provided work for hundreds of thousands of people, a large proportion of whom and are in the North West, and still does.
She broke the stranglehold of the Communist led Unions - the miners and car workers in particular. Who gained - well Scargill certainly did, so who was to blame for the demise of coal mining in UK, was it MT or AS?
Traditional car manufacturers went to the wall - why? Could it have been outdated models, working practices and union militancy, but thanks to MT we got the Japanes manufacturers moving in and continuing to prosper.
So, like her or dislike her, surely there is no need to post the ugly, snide comments that have appeared on here. One thing is for sure, she won't give a dam what vitriol is posted about her, but would you wish your friends and relatives to read similar statements about you when you are gone?