I'm at parties about Margaret Thatcher's death

she destroyed massive swathes of the population

It makes me sick. If she was some kind of psychotic dictator who slaughtered millions of people then fair enough, but she isnt. Shes someones mother and grandmother, who left her position of power many years ago and to celebrate her death in this way is just disgusting.

When you see how deeply she broke communities in the North, you can understand it.

Her economic policies killed thousands of people. Suicide higher under Thatcher

To all those of you who think celebrating Thatcher's death is sick are you going to keep a dignified silence when Blair dies or Brown or Cameron?

oh please.....

And stupid, sarky comments like that are any better? Grow up.

When you see how deeply she broke communities in the North, you can understand it.

And stupid, sarky comments like that are any better? Grow up.

The mining communities should be thankful for her. She gave them the opportunity to get out of the cesspit. To get educated and get real jobs instead of crawling down filthy mines, breeding and having their brood repeating the cycle with no sign of prosperity.

Ungrateful cretins tbh.

Are you literally retarded? Miners earned very good money. By todays standard miners were paid the equivalent of £25 an hour, and worked 6 hour days. Wales has become a ****hole since the mines were closed. There isn't anything here other than ****ty poundshops, hairdressers, and chip shops. I'm from whats probably the most well-off part of South Wales - Caerphilly - and this place is **** compared to most other places i've been. I live in Devon now because Wales is a broken, ****ty, jobless hole. Almost a third of people are unemployed and living on benefits and have no prospects because there aren't any businesses here.

Mining has been a source of Welsh pride and heritage for centuries. South Wales was literally built for mining. South Wales was the biggest distributor of coal in the world at its peak, and was a highly prosperous region. Thatcher destroyed that for reasons we cannot fathom.

I don't know how you think making everyone unemployed, destitute, and poor suddenly makes them "educated and get real jobs". I don't know what goes on in your head, but there can't be much.

To all those of you who think celebrating Thatcher's death is sick are you going to keep a dignified silence when Blair dies or Brown or Cameron?

Are you literally retarded? Miners earned very good money. By todays standard miners were paid the equivalent of £25 an hour, and worked 6 hour days. Wales has become a ****hole since the mines were closed. There isn't anything here other than ****ty poundshops, hairdressers, and chip shops. I'm from whats probably the most well-off part of South Wales - Caerphilly - and this place is **** compared to most other places i've been. I live in Devon now because Wales is a broken, ****ty, jobless hole. Almost a third of people are unemployed and living on benefits and have no prospects because there aren't any businesses here.

No, I will not remain quiet - what I will do is happily laud their achievements and note their great commitment to this country. Disagreements notwithstanding.

The mines closed decades ago. There's absolutely no reason to blame that for unemployment now. You're telling me that in the 30 years since Thatcher no former miners thought to jump on a train and see if they could find a job in Cardiff or Swansea, hell even Newport if they're desperate (sorry anyone from Newport!)?

Know what you do if there's no jobs in your home town, you go outside your town and see what's there. Waiting for someone to come along and bring jobs to you is stupid. Blaming a PM who hasn't been in power since the start of the 90's is just passing the blame and avoiding responsibility.

All these despicable, nasty, vile comments on facebook and twitter have convinced me to vote Conservative in the next election. Labour supporters have definitely shown their true colours today. Scum.