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no, she really couldn't have

What do you mean? - if there is someone you hate and all those around you also hate that person but because of some personal moral or religious thing prefer not to vocalise your joy at their death - OK, in which case say nothing.

Don't implicitly judge those with a different religion/personal moral barometer with "today is not the day".
 
What do you mean? - if there is someone you hate and all those around you also hate that person but because of some personal moral or religious thing prefer not to vocalise your joy at their death - OK, in which case say nothing.

Don't implicitly judge those with a different religion/personal moral barometer with "today is not the day".

think he means that she really cant keep her mouth shut lol. :D
 
This was her on thatcher a few years back- i can't disagree wit the general point, but note the insulting of the wider pop and their capabilities ("The Iron Lady and her cronies instigated the junk-food principle of politics, whereby hungry, needy people will invariably swallow something that isn't good for them if it has a recognisable cartoon face on it")
 
think he means that she really cant keep her mouth shut lol. :D

But managed to be tight-lipped on this vey thread when it came to discussing any aspects of her coverage of NoNATO, Hurricane Sandy, Millbank, student occupations, Greece etc./ trade union politics within the New Statesman / making up "interviews" with other feminists.
 
This was her on thatcher a few years back- i can't disagree wit the general point, but note the insulting of the wider pop and their capabilities ("The Iron Lady and her cronies instigated the junk-food principle of politics, whereby hungry, needy people will invariably swallow something that isn't good for them if it has a recognisable cartoon face on it")

"Thatcher was no more a feminist than Bradley from S Club 7 was ghetto"

Why choose the only second generation immigrant member of S Club 7 to drive home this point.
Thoughtless metaphor privilege. :mad:
 
Oct 2010

Like any self-respecting tactless teenage reds, my friends and I long ago started a kitty with which to buy booze and party streamers in the event that the Iron Lady should suddenly shuffle off this mortal coil. How impish of us. Tonight, though, it seems that Mrs Thatcher is going to have the last laugh.

Tell you what, though: let's dig out the party hats anyway. The protests of charities, the public sector, the unemployed, the unions, women's rights organisations and a sizeable chunk of the people haven't scared the coalition into reconsidering their cuts, but a big, menacing hoedown to remind them just how hatefully parts of the nation nurse the memory of Thatcherism just might. Cheap, yes -- but not as cheap as the Tories.

Let's see shall we.
 
That is so dodgy isn't it. I missed the implications of that at first.


LOL, I am not actually mad - it was a bubblegum pop group - he is now a producer. His mum and dad were part of Lovers Rock Reggae group the Cool Notes in the 1980s.

But since when does stuff like: "likes: pizza ,CDs, sleeping, Arsenal, Jamaican food,computer games and women! dislikes:wake up calls ,Maths , sports" become pretending to be "ghetto" (whatever that word really means in this context)
 
SHE WALKS AMONG US.

Laurie Penny @PennyRed
Went to the impromptu Brixton street party to get some quotes. Packed. Writing a piece later.
 
SHE WALKS AMONG US.

Laurie Penny @PennyRed
Went to the impromptu Brixton street party to get some quotes. Packed. Writing a piece later.

Attended in journalistic capacity only. Who gets tea from KFC ffs?

Laurie Penny@PennyRed
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The samba band has started. Retreated to the KFC to get tea and unfreeze my fingers.

Looking forward to the definitive write-up of the voice of Generation Millenial's take on this.
 
So, I reckon she's going to happen on someone who wasn't even born when Maggie was in power but felt compelled to celebrate her demise having been brought up on stories of the miner's strike by his/her good old grandad who was a miner and saw it all at first hand. 'If only there had been more people prepared to stand and fight,' s/he tells me, lighting up his/her last rollup, 'The country wouldn't been in the mess it is today. If only there had been more people like you, Laurie.'

Or maybe a Chilean exile or two?
 
My prediction:
huddled drunken masses, passing roll-ups, mournful lone trombone outside the Ritzy cinema, evocative of a weak and old left
popped into KFC for a cup of tea; workers there didn't know what the gathering was about; we've seen a generational shift since Mrs T passed from power
without the energy LP's witnessed on the frontlines of the global protest movements; we need to recognize our failures
these parties were controversial, and not entirely advised (nod to friends in mainstream press) but Thatcher was a polarizing figure
we need to talk seriously about her legacy, that's the conversation, not partying
first woman prime minister but you know that wasn't actually a good thing for women because she did really bad things
her main inheritance though: a blighted generation
they truly are Thatcher's children, we saw them rioting in 2011, at Occupy etc
she claimed to create a property owning democracy, they're just trying to get a foothold in society
but this generation is unable to dream of buying a home; have to be content with shared hovels and grimy sinks
promoted upward mobility but that is a joke: it's so hard to get into elite jobs even if you've had a privileged background
etc


 
So, I reckon she's going to happen on someone who wasn't even born when Maggie was in power but felt compelled to celebrate her demise having been brought up on stories of the miner's strike by his/her good old grandad who was a miner and saw it all at first hand. 'If only there had been more people prepared to stand and fight,' s/he tells me, lighting up his/her last rollup, 'The country wouldn't been in the mess it is today. If only there had been more people like you, Laurie.'

Or maybe a Chilean exile or two?

Possibly some 'unnamed Falklands veteran' from some farcically-named supposed military unit, maybe.
 
My prediction:
huddled drunken masses, passing roll-ups, mournful lone trombone outside the Ritzy cinema, evocative of a weak and old left
popped into KFC for a cup of tea; workers there didn't know what the gathering was about; we've seen a generational shift since Mrs T passed from power
without the energy LP's witnessed on the frontlines of the global protest movements; we need to recognize our failures
these parties were controversial, and not entirely advised (nod to friends in mainstream press) but Thatcher was a polarizing figure
we need to talk seriously about her legacy, that's the conversation, not partying
first woman prime minister but you know that wasn't actually a good thing for women because she did really bad things
her main inheritance though: a blighted generation
they truly are Thatcher's children, we saw them rioting in 2011, at Occupy etc
she claimed to create a property owning democracy, they're just trying to get a foothold in society
but this generation is unable to dream of buying a home; have to be content with shared hovels and grimy sinks
promoted upward mobility but that is a joke: it's so hard to get into elite jobs even if you've had a privileged background
etc

UR LP AICMFP
 
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