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Thatcher actually did what she said she was going to do most of the time, often when many people thought she wouldn’t. Johnson’s pretty much the opposite.
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Thatcher actually did what she said she was going to do most of the time, often when many people thought she wouldn’t. Johnson’s pretty much the opposite.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Brexit is a bit like a Carry On film, it goes on for ages and isn't funny.
Meanwhile, are the Tories (Roger Gale anyway) finally waking up to the no deal madness.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Well she is credited for much of the creation of the EU so I can understand the hindsight fondness towards her legacy emerging from some remainers.
Not on here. Here, the only discussion up there was only the question of whether Johnson was even worse than Thatcher as a PM.
TBH, I reckon I'd be hardpushed to find any erstwhile anti-Thatcher people who have become fond of her, however remainey, unless they were Tories in the first place
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
When the ‘EU’ was being created Fatch was creating Mr Whippy ice cream, so not sure she should be credited with the origins of the suprastate, tbh.Not on here. Here, the only discussion up there was only the question of whether Johnson was even worse than Thatcher as a PM.
TBH, I reckon I'd be hardpushed to find any erstwhile anti-Thatcher people who have become fond of her, however remainey, unless they were Tories in the first place
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Maastricht.When the ‘EU’ was being created Fatch was creating Mr Whippy ice cream, so not sure she should be credited with the origins of the suprastate, tbh.
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I'll say one thing for Enoch Powell, he never wrote a book which claimed Hitler won at Stalingrad
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Fatch sat in the Lords then and spoke against signing the bill to ratify.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
She signed one big bit of pro euro legislation. Which one?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
single european act 1985
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Starry Wisdom
interesting you should take that tack. but sadly typical. the consensus on urban is that boris johnson is even worse than margaret thatcher.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
There's more than enough to hate about Thatcher's politics and record in office without the need to make stuff up. She plainly was not "credited for much of the creation of the EU" and was staunchly sceptical about ever closer political union of members of the supra-state.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Change the wording to obfuscate, if you like. But we can all see that you like Thatcher even more than you like Boris Johnson and it has been noted in my notebook for posterity.
andysays
Love and solidarity
She was also, if I remember correctly, very keen on expanding the EU further eastward to include ex-Soviet satellites.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Indeed; a singularly pro-(neoliberal) capital act, not pro euro.
i prefer luke haines et al's revelations about the TRUE history of britain and powell's role in it.
The North Sea Scrolls - Wikipedia
Haines described his motivation for the project: "It occurred to me that we understand everything now. I wanted to do something that made people go, 'What the fuck is this?' There comes a time in a man's life, when he must make the ultimate concept album.
Flavour
hang the bankers
Neither of them have the record for killing greatest number of people though
That would belong to either Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George or H.H. Asquith, most probably.
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i prefer luke haines et al's revelations about the TRUE history of britain and powell's role in it.
The North Sea Scrolls - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Haines described his motivation for the project: "It occurred to me that we understand everything now. I wanted to do something that made people go, 'What the fuck is this?' There comes a time in a man's life, when he must make the ultimate concept album.
the reference was of course to boris johnson who has made the statement in his book about churchill
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
That did come to mind as I was sitting down to read the responses, but I think Churchill's let off this one since the dispute wasn't exactly of his making.
you and your facts
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
My mistake: "Mr Churchill is not remembered fondly in India and during the Bengal famine in 1943, where up to three million people died, the war-time Prime Minister refused to send aid and said it was the fault of the Indians for “breeding like rabbits”.
www.independent.co.uk
Going to be stiff competition though: "“…Nor is there any memorial to the massacres of the Raj, from Delhi in 1857 to Amritsar in 1919, the deaths of 35 million Indians in totally unnecessary famines caused by British policy,” he [Mr Tharoor] added."
Britain responsible the deaths of 35 million Indians, politician who says we need to face up to colonial past points out
The Congress MP also calls for the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata to be turned into a museum about colonial rule
www.independent.co.uk
Going to be stiff competition though: "“…Nor is there any memorial to the massacres of the Raj, from Delhi in 1857 to Amritsar in 1919, the deaths of 35 million Indians in totally unnecessary famines caused by British policy,” he [Mr Tharoor] added."
Flavour
hang the bankers
The ongoing Brexit Lorry Park scandal in Kent is so funny
www.theguardian.com
Every conceivable thing about it is a disaster
Scottish airfield earmarked as post-Brexit lorry park
Exclusive: Transport Scotland hopes to use site in case of delays at ferry terminals linking with Northern Ireland
Every conceivable thing about it is a disaster
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
The ongoing Brexit Lorry Park scandal in Kent is so funny
Scottish airfield earmarked as post-Brexit lorry park
Exclusive: Transport Scotland hopes to use site in case of delays at ferry terminals linking with Northern Ireland
Every conceivable thing about it is a disaster
Oh god talk about emblematic
gosub
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If Malcom Rifkin had done better minutes it wouldn't have happened
ska invita
back on the other side
BJ is going to India in January to pick up where May left off.
To recap the first thing May did after the referendum was go to India, and be told any trade deal was predicated on increased migration access and would take a minimum of ten years.
Johnson in India...shudder
www.gov.uk
To recap the first thing May did after the referendum was go to India, and be told any trade deal was predicated on increased migration access and would take a minimum of ten years.
Johnson in India...shudder
Boris Johnson to visit India to boost jobs and prosperity
The Prime Minister will travel to India in January 2021 to strengthen a key strategic relationship which supports jobs and investment across the UK.
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