I'm at parties about Margaret Thatcher's death

Regardless of your opinion of someone, having a party because they've died is a pretty horrible thing to do.
I definitely don't agree with some things she did, but she still deserves some respect.

I was disgusted when I heard there will a big party on Saturday in Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death.

She was a brilliant woman- arguably her simply becoming the most powerful woman in the world meant she more than did her bit for 'feminism'.

She saved Britain.

She was not perfect but she was a much better leader than the ones we have had recently.

It is wrong to celebrate her death

she was a sympathiser for the aparteid

Why do lots of people dislike her

yes having parties is pretty horrible and disrespecful... but she did not save Britain. She destroyed the coaling industry here up north which was damaged alot of familes. That makes her pretty far from being 'brillaint', especially from being a 'feminist icon'.

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No it wasn't. In 1980, there were just over 200 coal mines in the UK, down over 1500 in 1945 and almost three and a half thousand in 1900. It was a declining a loss-making industry.



A lie.

She did not destroy the mining industry - it was doing a fabulous job of failing itself.

It's completely irrelevant if people disagree with what she managed to achieve in office. People die every day who have enemies, no body should have their death celebrated, regardless of who they are or what they have done.

People are acting like they knew her personally and she made decisions in spite of them. Before they criticise they should read up on what she did and why before pretending they are some sort of historian who lived during her (many) years in office.

I think she was a great PM and have studied her policies and time. I think people are too quick to judge.

People who say that she is only getting praise because she is recently deceased are clearly oblivious to what happens when someone passes away, people remember them for the good they have done.

If people could please just be reasonable and humane in situations like this then the world would be a happier place.

If you don't have anything nice to say about her, don't say anything.

Sorry if this comes across as a rant!!

She wasn't against working class- you do realise there are other working class jobs besides manufacturing yeh?

Erm, you might be able to change my mind if you could advise why it was a lie with a support of sorts. I haven't just plucked this out of thin air.

It's no secret that the labour market of the north was heavily dependent on mines. Why I have to point out the elephant in the room, I don't know. I could repeat the arguments other's have already used in this thread. They are valid points. Little help retraining folk into other positions, having rather under-developed employment in other sectors to replace mining weakened the economic position of the north whilst the South could prosper. Even though mining was in a state of decline, there were not satisfactory measures in place to counteract the effects of the loss of the mines and protect those who it affected.

Why do lots of people dislike her

It's pretty poor taste to be honest, regardless of her actions whilst she was in power. A lot of the people who attend won't have a clue what's going on, they'll just be jumping on the bandwagon. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. We're living in a totally different decade, why can't people just let it go and have a bit of decorum?

It's pretty poor taste to be honest, regardless of her actions whilst she was in power. A lot of the people who attend won't have a clue what's going on, they'll just be jumping on the bandwagon. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. We're living in a totally different decade, why can't people just let it go and have a bit of decorum?

Nonsense - her policies hit women and womens rights ridiculously hard, she did nothing good for feminism really.

She set an example for women to follow. Giving women money wouldn't help.

She showed that with determination and character a woman CAN make it to the very top

Scargill and the militant unions did actually lol!

They even violently stopped those who wanted to work!

Why does she deserve respect if she's dead. All this sweet talk about her in the media is sickening. I'm not at all glad she's dead because her last years of existence have been irrelevant but I'm not going to worry about people disrespecting her, if they want to drink in the name of her death then they can go ahead.



And Wales.