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gynn · 27-12-2011, 11:25

There would be problems with giving Margaret Thatcher a state funeral, because there is such divided opinion about her "achievements" in power.

Yes she took over at a time that the country was on its knees financially, but were her solutions socially fair? I'm sure that there are plenty of ex miners and public sector workers who feel they were made to bear a disproportionate burden of the measures that brought about the economic improvements in the early 1990s. The Loadsamoney culture of the 1980s benefitted only a few, and the disastrous privatisation of the railways and bus services are hardly achievements she can be proud of. And the poll tax was one of the most divisive pieces of legislation in history. Just ask the Scots!

By all means mark her passing with the respect it deserves, but keep state funerals for leaders who worked in the interests of EVERYONE.

27-12-2011, 11:25	#12
gynn Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,136 Liked: 10 times Rep Power: 4980	Re: Ooooh, I like a good funeral. There would be problems with giving Margaret Thatcher a state funeral, because there is such divided opinion about her "achievements" in power. Yes she took over at a time that the country was on its knees financially, but were her solutions socially fair? I'm sure that there are plenty of ex miners and public sector workers who feel they were made to bear a disproportionate burden of the measures that brought about the economic improvements in the early 1990s. The Loadsamoney culture of the 1980s benefitted only a few, and the disastrous privatisation of the railways and bus services are hardly achievements she can be proud of. And the poll tax was one of the most divisive pieces of legislation in history. Just ask the Scots! By all means mark her passing with the respect it deserves, but keep state funerals for leaders who worked in the interests of EVERYONE. Last edited by gynn; 27-12-2011 at 11:28.