Youth allegedly out of control
bullied by Europe
Unions striking- Postal, pilots, prison officers
and now emergency loans for banks
Could she sort it out. Give your reasons
2007-08-22 00:10:21 · 35 answers · asked by derek m 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I certainly would! At least you knew where you stood with her, if she said she was going to do something, she did it! AND she stuck up for us in Europe against the French/German bully-boys who wanted to take the faming subs off us (The same ones that Tony B-Liar gave up with out a blink) Immigration was more under control, and she stood up to the unions - who lets face it by striking and asking for more and more unrealistic wage rises have at last priced themselves out of the market now so manufacturing in this country is now diddly squat. (Cars, electrical goods, pottery)
her downfall was the poll-tax, which I thought was a fairer tax - if there are 5 people working in one household, then why shouldn't five people contribute to their environment? It seems fairer than say one little old lady paying the same as a 5-person working household to me. The farce thats going on now with the council tax - talk of people coming into your house to check what you've got, spy helicopters...She was a hard act to follow and Major wasn't strong enough - I never voted for tony B-Liar - i could see through him straight away and I knew he'd ruin this country and he has - I'm glad i got out and now live in Switzerland - Brits are leaving in droves and I don't blame them - the UK is the laughing stock of Europe - they'll stand anything send them all the dregs of society and they still don't deport them
2007-08-22 00:32:46 · answer #1 · answered by merciasounds 5 · 4⤊ 6⤋
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!! Thatcher was a foreign minister when Britain joined the EEC, so can hardly rally against the EU. Whenever she did this, I could not help but think it was as an apology to us.
Unions striking: well thats people power. Ordinary people banding together to show that they will not be pushed around by employers. Thought this was a good thing.
Youth out of control: no more than usual, just more visible this time round, and there are less riots nowadays than in Thatchers.
Emergency loans for banks: this is due to the sub-prime mortgage collapse in the US, and the knock on effect. Nothing to do with British politics. On the other hand, the boom and bust politics of the 80s, which Thatch actively advocated, and the subsequent years of recession were all down to her and her yes men.
Thatcher was not a strong leader, she just had no effective opposition, and those who hancker after a return to those days were never effected by her crappy selfish decisions
2007-08-22 01:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
Maggie can't even look after herself now so that is out!
When Maggie was the Prime Minister she done some good things, also some really bad things like taking from the poor and give it to the rich.
If Maggie was still in power today, crime figures would be a lot worse.
She would be fighting a war against the french and the rest of Europe, the problem with that is the Conservatives signed up for Europe in the first place and forgot to magnify the small print.
The Conservatives don't even care for poor people otherwise the poor wouldn't be in the position they find themselves at present, some people are blaming the Blair years, nothing to do with him, he together with Gordon Brown has turned this Country around unfortunately, we all think that evertthing can be don immediately.
Maggie Thatcher is the cause of the high house prices we presently are experiencing in the whole of the UK, she sold of all the Councils Housing that poor people benefited from to the rich and left us in the cold.
The Labour party is now trying to sort it out that's going to take time too.
Maggie Thatcher was the one who said that Asian's were model Immigrants in this country look what they turned out to be, bombers and killers of innocent British people going to work to earn a living to survive the hardships she created in Britain.
Bring her back? to replace free school milk for children so that they can receive the daily vitamins they need for their teeth, bones and growth.
She got away with a lot of what she did because she is a woman among many men and they were too gentlemanly so, they agreed to whatever she proposed like poll tax also known as council tax.
She also took away all the rights of British workers right now a company can dismiss anyone they want and the unions are powerless to help.
2007-08-22 00:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by sidestepper11 5 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Are you old enough to remember the witch the first time around? As a Scotsman I certainly wouldn't. She decimated the Scottish syteel industry at Ravenscraig, she used Scotland as "testing ground" for the hated poll tax. She got the UK invovled in the ridiculous Falklands debacle (granted it did get rid of the Military Junta in Argentina though) & she was friends with desposts like Augusto Pinochet.... what a lovely woman she was... NOT!
2007-08-22 08:47:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jock 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maggie claimed the best thing she ever created was Tony Blair, and look what mess that got us in!
Maggie was a great leader, but look at the mess she led us to!
The Youth have always had a minority that have "been out of control" think back to mods and rockers on Brighton Beach.
We are part of a democratic process in Europe, if you are not happy at being in the E.C vote for UKIP
Unions striking, unions only strike when the workers are getting a poor deal
As for emergency loans for banks, well you have me there, I am very ignorant on that issue (on the above issues I am only slightly ignorant)
That all said, I am not sure who could sort out this mess. All three major parties are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard. The minor parties are too extreme in my opinion (be they left, or right, or "one political issue" based parties)
2007-08-22 00:25:04 · answer #5 · answered by Spawnee 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
No. Under Thatcher, the NHS got worse, education got worse and the economy kept going up and down. Not to mention that she is even madder now than she was back then. Or do you think it was right to destroy our proud mining industry as it was uneconomic while keeping subsidies to farmers who are just as uneconomic?
2016-05-19 21:54:08 · answer #6 · answered by rosia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good God no! She practically destroyed the country first time round. The fact that British industry has disappeared, lack of affordable housing and a still-high unemployment level attest to this!
2007-08-23 10:45:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes or at least someone who is going to take an hard stance against crime and sort out the mess labour as got us into.
2007-08-25 09:49:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little joke I heard recently, told to me by a girl age 9 (after she returned from a trip to central London):
"We saw the house where a former Prime Minister is living. Apparently the policeman outside isn't guarding her - he's there to make sure she doesn't get out again. I can't remember her name but it begins with M..."
2007-08-22 01:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
No way. The policies her governments pursued are significant factors in causing the kind of problems you decry. She was booted out of office before the full effects of her policies became apparent but she and her loopy ideas caused enormous damage to the UK's social fabric. Never again!
2007-08-22 05:56:40 · answer #10 · answered by Huh? 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
she is the mother of the mess we are now in, she is the one who destroyed the prosperity of the working people, by destroying the businesses they needed, threw them all on benefits, and the benefit list has been growing ever since.
However if she was repentant and realised the damage and would get britain out of european occupation i would say yes.
2007-08-22 23:33:36 · answer #11 · answered by trucker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋