Originally Posted by Greeny (Post 1052069)

Thatcher took the free milk from our school children . Labour reversed this by putting free fresh fruit and veg in schools for every pupil.

Originally Posted by Shurm (Post 1052246)

A picture here of her during her visit in 1983, I'm the one in the centre to the left at the back watching out for the flying eggs :eek: My girlfriend at the time is in the centre of the picture thats why I kept it (honest :D).

Originally Posted by JIMSLAD (Post 1052412)

How can they call for a minute's silence after she tried to blame the fans for Hillsbrough to support the lie's of her private army A.K.A South Yorkshire Police

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1052544)

We used to make more cars than anywhere else but the USA-they were built by British owned companies. .......... factories had a strike on.
Result- people with a choice bought foreign(Japanese mainly at first) which were the opposite of everything above.
.

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1053352)

It didn't happen wi me late missus 2 years after either, have to say i was too gutted to bother about anyone else.

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1053355)

Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not occur until almost a century later in 1690, and the first settlement (French) was not established until 1764. The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina. The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that landed seven weeks later and after fierce fighting forced an Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. With hostilities ended and Argentine forces withdrawn, UK administration resumed. In response to renewed calls from Argentina for Britain to relinquish control of the islands, a referendum was held in March 2013, which resulted in 99.8% of the population voting to remain a part of the UK.------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is taken from the C.I.A. World Factbook, Lucy, Its always been disputed by 4 countries not just the argies, we occupy the islands, but were they ever ours? Debateable.even Doubtful.

Originally Posted by Lucysgirl (Post 1053374)

I recall we were given that history lesson at the time and maybe the islanders wouldn't have objected to changing their allegiance if Argentina hadn't been run by an awful dictator.

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1052916)

Bit of over exaggeration don't you think Kes ? Okay she wasn't everyones cup of tea ..... but Hitler ? No I don't recall anything in her tenure about death camps, attempted extermination of several races or for that matter invasion, conquering & subjugation of other Countries peoples (trust me I know, insider information & all that due to being in the Army at that time ;) think I would've noticed) .

Lively debate is one thing & there's always going to be a huge gulf dividing the opinions of folks where ol' Mags is concerned, but pumping out the populist rhetoric of her being a "Nasty Nazi", is quite simply unrealistic.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 1053552)

deluded and out of touch with reality (or precise & single-minded) to the extent of going a head with the Poll Tax. She didn't have the brains to get out like Tony Blair did (accepted her fate & with more integrity perhaps) - before being ousted by those below him in the party!

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1053605)

She should have been led in State..............Middle of the Thames, so all the tories could march past to pay respects.:D

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1053609)

This campaign to get people on the route turn their backs to her as she passes seems a little misguided to me.

A better strategy is to NOT GO, so it would be the million pound funeral that nobody went to.
Empty pavements is a better protest.

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1053609)

This campaign to get people on the route turn their backs to her as she passes seems a little misguided to me.

A better strategy is to NOT GO, so it would be the million pound funeral that nobody went to.
Empty pavements is a better protest.

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 1053680)

It's being shown "Live" on BBC1 9-15am till 12-15pm if you want to watch it

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1053612)

I've no problem with people going if they want to show their last respects, I do have a problem with protesters wanting to go there absolutely no need whatsoever.
I won't be there nor will I be celebrating, (my Doctor has told me to avoid over-emotional situations).

Tomorrow won't be the end, we've already had some but there will be countless more documentaries aired over the next few months discussing her reign from every angle.

I won't be watching any of them.

If you want to go, then go, if all you want to do is disrupt then please, stay away, let's not give any reason for a delay.
:o

Originally Posted by Alan Varrechia (Post 1053703)

Hope they don't take Bargain Hunt off. :D:D:D:D

Originally Posted by Alan Varrechia (Post 1053703)

Hope they don't take Bargain Hunt off. :D:D:D:D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1053706)

Its still on at present Alan, BBC2 is showing all the usual BBC1 progs until 12-15pm then its Bargain Hunt, mind you it will be a repeat:D

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1053709)

What their showing on BBC1 at the moment isn't a repeat so no need to complain.

Mind you, will they be treating this similar to the Grande Prix?
Show the funeral live repeat it complete in the afternoon then show the highlights on BBC 4 after seven o'clock tonight?

When we do start watching the box later I suspect it may be difficult to avoid it.
:(

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1053733)

Highlights :confused: :rolleyes: tonight BBC2 7-8pm. Promotion from BBC4 but still something else to avoid.

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1053736)

Our policy has been telly off all day, tonight we will watch pre-recorded stuff.;)

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates (Post 1053759)

Let each one of us make our own choices - and then shut up about it.

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1053709)

What their showing on BBC1 at the moment isn't a repeat so no need to complain.

Mind you, will they be treating this similar to the Grande Prix?
Show the funeral live repeat it complete in the afternoon then show the highlights on BBC 4 after seven o'clock tonight?

When we do start watching the box later I suspect it may be difficult to avoid it.
:(

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1053761)

How strange, in the bomber thread B.G. is going on about free speech and you are telling folk to shut up in this one!

I'll shut up when I choose to not because you tell me to.

In fact I find it rather impolite that you think you have the right to tell anyone to shut up, or is this you displaying your version of 'Free Speech'?
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/th...y-emoticon.gif

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1053821)

Interesting to see Mark Biddiss the guy who started the "Let's get Ding Dong T W W I D to number one in the charts" is complaining he is suffering vile abuse on twitter. :)

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1053821)

Interesting to see Mark Biddiss the guy who started the "Let's get Ding Dong T W W I D to number one in the charts" is complaining he is suffering vile abuse on twitter. :)

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053827)

Deary me, I bet his old Mum probably mentioned "Glass houses & stones" or "heat & kitchens" at some point, pity he didn't listen. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1053794)

£10,000,000. Why are people moaning about the cost?
This is a perfect example of a successful Nationalised Industry!
Run by the State, the money going to our soldiers, sailors, airmen, policemen, civil servants.
Not to mention the barrier putteruppers, the barrier pulldowners, the sand spreaders, the sand cleaneruppers etc, etc. Hotels, buses, trains all needed. Tourists being attracted.


With a funeral like this every week we could pull the country out of recession. Stop moaning.

Just trying to think who we should have next week- Blair, Brown?

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 1053902)

What a great idea lets get bumping off the politicians then and the royal family - what a way to get out of recession! lol . :alright:

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053916)

Forgetting your previous concerns Kes ? In particular post 259 :)

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...u-60747-9.html

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053916)

Forgetting your previous concerns Kes ? In particular post 259 :)

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...u-60747-9.html

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 1053928)

ha ha ha - what you mean they might read this and think I'm actually going to bump off some politicians? :confused::D and start a file on me?

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053943)

Possibly, possibly & it won't just be the file either, there'll be pliers, tongs, red hot pokers, lekky & bulldog clips, all judiciously & enthusiastically applied. :eek:

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 1053928)

ha ha ha - what you mean they might read this and think I'm actually going to bump off some politicians? :confused::D and start a file on me?

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053943)

Possibly, possibly & it won't just be the file either, there'll be pliers, tongs, red hot pokers, lekky & bulldog clips, all judiciously & enthusiastically applied. :eek:

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053943)

Possibly, possibly & it won't just be the file either, there'll be pliers, tongs, red hot pokers, lekky & bulldog clips, all judiciously & enthusiastically applied. :eek:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1053945)

Promise?

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1053956)

This isn't just torture, this is S&M torture ! :D

Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1054014)

the worst part about thatchers funeral was that the giant spring neil kinnock put under her arse in the coffin failed to go off :(

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1054067)

To say you disliked her so much your the only one now who keeps harping on about her;)

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1054297)

ha ha :D

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1054296)

Well, "harping" sure as hell ain't something she will be doing for the rest of eternity:dflam:

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1054354)

And as to the harping thing, "Hells Angels" ? ;)

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1054067)

To say you disliked her so much your the only one now who keeps harping on about her;)

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1054357)

Nah there is no "Bitch" Chapter that i know of.;)

Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1054361)

oh crap i must love jones then :eek:

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1054370)

Chapter? Book & verse Cashy mate & she wrote it herself. :D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1054439)

He's still living,....................I think:confused:

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1054441)

Yes, the Welshman Tom is still asking for the women to throw their knickers at him, wouldn't have thought he was accymans type though.

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1054984)

I wasn't aware of it until just now, but there is a Comet Thatcher which causes us a shower of meteorites every April.

the Lyrid meteor shower

So it looks as though she will be making a comeback every year.:rolleyes:

Whoever named it realised that she wasn't/isn't a star - just a force for destruction.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055007)

Todays useless piece of information;)

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 1055014)

Information is better than deprecation.

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1055646)

Baroness Thatcher's funeral cost the equivalent of 6p for every person.* To echo the words of Lord Bell "Extremely good value"

*D Telegraph 26/04/13

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1055648)

So why should it cost all those who detested the cow ONE PENNY?

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1055646)

Baroness Thatcher's funeral cost the equivalent of 6p for every person.* To echo the words of Lord Bell "Extremely good value"

*D Telegraph 26/04/13

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055650)

Actually, DtheP, it was an even better bargain than that.
The cost of the police was £2million but they would have been on duty and on pay anyway.

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055653)

Were they on duty?
Or were they on overtime so that the coppers actually on duty didn't miss out on doing folk for motoring offences?
:)

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055656)

Apparently they were, Less. Surprised me a little bit, I thought at least some extra police would have been brought in on extra pay to cover it.

Just goes to show what a careful, parsimonious government the ConDems are!
Our best interests always uppermost in their minds.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055656)

Just goes to show what a careful, parsimonious government the ConDems are!
Our best interests always uppermost in their minds.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1055684)

Appears she ain't quite dead yet:

Liam Fox calls for Tory return to Thatcherism | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1055646)

Baroness Thatcher's funeral cost the equivalent of 6p for every person

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1055689)

Cheap as chips! :s_aim1: Which some folk near choked on. ;)

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1055694)

I'm coming to Germany if that's what they cost over there.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055656)

Just goes to show what a careful, parsimonious government the ConDems are!
Our best interests always uppermost in their minds.

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055676)

My interests seem to be the least of what is on their minds, but what the hey, I'm just some scrounger playing the system according to them.

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055653)

Were they on duty?
Or were they on overtime so that the coppers actually on duty didn't miss out on doing folk for motoring offences?
:)
I bet while they where down there non of them had to sleep under bridges, unlike the so called volunteers for the Olympics.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055656)

Apparently they were, Less. Surprised me a little bit, I thought at least some extra police would have been brought in on extra pay to cover it.

Just goes to show what a careful, parsimonious government the ConDems are!
Our best interests always uppermost in their minds.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055709)

Didn't think I needed to answer. Thought you might work it out yourself.;)

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055715)

Apparently they were what?

On duty?
On overtime?
Wouldn't have thought you were too thick to realise you weren't clear.
Still, we have to bless your condem, with their attitude I may just give in to their idea of being a useless scrounger and top myself, then you won't have me annoying you anymore.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1055717)

Oh don't do that Less we'd need a new Tetris Champion:eek::D

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055702)

they caused so much suffering .

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055650)

Actually, DtheP, it was an even better bargain than that.
The cost of the police was £2million but they would have been on duty and on pay anyway.

Originally Posted by Guinness (Post 1055730)

Hmmm..so following on logically ALL the police who were on duty at the funeral that day must be superfluous on a normal day since their was no major reported increase in crime despite the temporary increase in population and drunken celebration, and they were away from their normal duties.

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055721)

How true, just a shame Gordon couldn't have thought of that, perhaps you aren't the staunch Tory I thought you were?

Unlike Gordon you can see some good in the likes of me.
:D

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1055649)

Perhaps to pay for the concrete needed to make sure she's not part of the second coming?

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055650)

Actually, DtheP, it was an even better bargain than that.
The cost of the police was £2million but they would have been on duty and on pay anyway.
So the cost was only £1.6 million. That's 2.4 pence for every person!

Come on, cashman, I reckon you've had more than 2.4pence worth of pleasure moaning about it!

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1055871)

The blessed Baroness was cremated Wizz...old superstions eh? unless of course you would want her ashes poured into the readymix? That would help people to sleep at night. ;)

Nooo Gordon it cost £2 mill' for diverting non-London police forces to the capital for the day.

n.b. The Thatcher family agreed to pay for the flowers and undertaking bill. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1055871)

Nooo Gordon it cost £2 mill' for diverting non-London police forces to the capital for the day.

n.b. The Thatcher family agreed to pay for the flowers and undertaking bill. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1055889)

The £2million was 'opportunity costs' for police from other areas who would have been on other duties on the day, so on pay anyway.
Only £1.1million was spent on additional security and policing.
Sources- The Guardian, The Mirror News and the BBC. Who can argue with sources like that?
Either way, well worth it.