The Iron Lady?

Question

Margaret Thatcher 1979-90 Conservative

Do you think Great Britain would be in the state it is if
Margaret Thatcher was still in power?

Answer 1

I believe that Margaret Thatcher is Britain's version of Ronald Reagan; strong, level-headed, decisive and the title of "THe Iron Lady" is a fitting title for such a strong woman.

I believbe that Great Britain would be a different nation if she was still Prime Minister. A better nation.

Answer 2

Emphatically not. The country would be a damn site worse. The social divide between the haves and the have nots would have been immense. You only have to look at the legacy of the Thatcher years to realise the reason why even her most staunchest allies were eventually forced to turn against her. The very features that made the appeal were also her worst political aspects. In 'The Iron Lady' and 'The Lady Who's Not For Turning' it is very easy to see we had a leader who opinionated to the exclusion of all others, except Dennis of course. It could be reasonably argued that he was the most influential person between 79 and 90, because he was the only person who could exert any influence whatsoever on the PM. As to the Thatcherite legacy, they have left us with new things, such as 'negative equity' and 'poll tax'. The disaster of council house sales removed low cost housing as an option to many, and to a certain degree exacerbated the current housing crisis. Before reading your question I did not think there could be anything worse for this country than Gordon Brown. Thank you for jogging my memory.

Answer 3

Thatcher destroyed the coal industry and consequently has left Britain dependent upon imported coal for some of our energy requirements. That cannot be good for the nation.

The woman was arrogant, overbearing, power-mad and blinded by her authority to the needs of the more vulnerable members of society. Those qualities filtered down through her Party's members to local MP level and infected the civil service as well.

Answer 4

Well, she was the one who started the Global Warming Hoax and she really didn't do all that good a job of desocializing Britain (otherwise, Tony Bliar would never have found his way into power). So, I don't think things would be much better. However, if Britain had resisted socialism in the first place, things would be a whole lot better (they'd probably still be the world's superpower).

Answer 5

It would be worse, Margret Thatcher had no understanding of anything outside southern England

Answer 6

yes, thatcher was the mother of where we are now, blair was one of her political children. we havent had a loyal british p.m.
for i dont know when.

Answer 7

I don't think Britain would be better off if Mrs T still held the reins.

Answer 8

Britain is in the state it is BECAUSE Thacher was in power. God forbid than she should have stayed on and caused more economic havoc and social division.

Answer 9

No, because by voting Tory, it would mean that the electorate hadn't gone soft in the head. To be fair, however, there was a majority Tory vote in England last time. We know where the problems are coming from, therefore.

I note the usual anti-Maggie lies from the BBC/Guardian echo chambers, not to mention academics. Maggie had to sort the Unions out, because they were destroying Britain. When is that going to get through?

Answer 10

It would be worse, much worse.

She ruined the mining industry stating that it was inefficient while ignoring the agricultural industry which is even more dependent on handouts.

The NHS got worse, year on year on year under her care.

Schools were literally falling apart.

So no, the UK would not be in the state it is in now. It would be worse.