Why do people hate Margaret Thatcher so much?

But many mines were profitable and worthwhile. I think you're missing the point here - Thatcher took a tough line against the miners because they were wanting to dictate what the government should do and shouldn't do. Heck, Scargill declared that he wanted to overthrow the government. She didn't go after them because they were uneconomic. The Thatcher government wasn't in the business of cutting loose and tackling every industry that was unprofitable.

yeah how dare a minority of citizens in a democracy tell the democratically elected goverment what to do

here's a video that might help you, it have various opinions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DnmfR_-WM

Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. She closed many businesses including the steel production in the United Kingdom so that more steel would be imported. However during her time as prime minister, an economical depression fell on the whole country due to some of her actions.

Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. She closed many businesses including the steel production in the United Kingdom so that more steel would be imported. However during her time as prime minister, an economical depression fell on the whole country due to some of her actions.

I don't know why people hate her.

In the 70s the unions were far too powerful, we had public services that we ineffecient and high levels of inflation. She sorted all those problems out and after 35 years of right wing governments the country is now richer because of it.

I'm sorry what! You've clearly never heard of the Lawson boom nor looked at the facts. Additionally, for every manufacturing worker that suffered there was a service sector worker who thrived and bought their own home.

As much as a noisy minority wish you to see her as the devil, she is consistently voted as the best PM since WW2.

It's not so much that more people think she was an excellent PM, but that she was a very polarising figure, so more people who liked her would regard her as the 'best'.

Regarding the recession, her non-interventionist policies were a significant cause of the problems in the early 80s.

She's dead, irrelevant, move on, goodbye.