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Post by Noel's Barmy Army on May 19, 2005 10:10:53 GMT -5
ive modified my post to reflect the fact that u've accepted ur comments about the royal family were immature and stupid.
just a sec - ill type up a post about thatcher's achievement
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Post by AlexTHFC on May 19, 2005 10:13:27 GMT -5
I'm not saying she didn't do anything right by the way, I thought her actions on the Falklands were good and the fact of a woman becoming PM in itself was/is a good thing. But for the working class she and then John Major were disasters.
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Post by Noel's Barmy Army on May 19, 2005 10:14:25 GMT -5
When she became leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, Britain was on the brink of disaster, threatened by total collapse. The weak Labour government with a small majority presided over a bankrupt economy in hock to the IMF and threatened from within by a challenge to law and order itself. When she was forced from power in 1990, she left a sound economy and a confident and well-ordered society
Thatcher Governments presided over a great increase in the number of people saving through the stock market. They also encouraged people to buy their own homes and to make private pension provision, policies which over time have greatly increased the personal wealth of the British population.
Thatcher succeeded in drastically reducing inflation in a country that had become dependent on it; taming the power of what were probably the most powerful labour unions in Europe; privatizing a large portion of a bloated public sector; enacting a tax code more favorable to entrepreneurship and investment; and establishing the conditions for long-term economic growth.
She put an end to the "British disease." She put Britain back to work. Last, but definitely not least, she shifted the focus of political debate on economic issues.
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Post by Noel's Barmy Army on May 19, 2005 10:15:08 GMT -5
She may have gone a bit bonkers at the end but she did so much for this country. I havent even mentioned the Falklands - her actions stopped us being a laughing stock of the international community.
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Post by AlexTHFC on May 19, 2005 10:16:07 GMT -5
She also destroyed various areas in the north with the coal mining stuff.
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Post by Noel's Barmy Army on May 19, 2005 10:21:22 GMT -5
we couldnt rely on mining any longer - britain's economy needed revitalising for long term growth and prosperity
The year-long miners’ strike of 1984 is regarded as the last gasp of the old union order; since that year Britain has not experienced any major industrial conflicts.
It was necessary.
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Post by wankinginthebushes on May 19, 2005 10:24:16 GMT -5
She also did wonders for the Education system after labour fucked it up.
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Post by Noel's Barmy Army on May 19, 2005 10:37:17 GMT -5
She also did wonders for the Education system after labour fucked it up. so true the uk education system is up shit creek in 2005 thanks to 8 years of labour its why i hate that blind vagina blunkett so much
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Post by AlexTHFC on May 19, 2005 11:01:42 GMT -5
I agree that Blunkett is a vagina. Mainly for his draconian views and ideas about regulating the internet etc. He's a fascist! But in general most people are better off under this current Labour government than they were under the Tories (especially Major's tories)
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Post by Noel's Barmy Army on May 19, 2005 11:30:30 GMT -5
But in general most people are better off under this current Labour government than they were under the Tories (especially Major's tories) its because we've had a prosperous economy. and who set that up? yep, the tories. when they left office in 1997, the economy was growing and labour have been able to take advantage of that
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Post by gary1994 on May 19, 2005 14:24:48 GMT -5
Bottom line - the royal family are born in to being vaginas! Tony Blair is a guy who has just become a vagina over time because of power! There is a world of difference there, at least Blair has had to earn his position instead of being born in to it. I wish some Bin Laden bastard would just fly a plane right in to Buckingham palace or something when the Queen was there, it'd be much more worth while than doing the world trade center!! shut up yer bell
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Post by themonkeyman on May 19, 2005 14:31:03 GMT -5
I dig the royals man. They get a lot of bad press. Liz is just doing her job isn't she - she didn't really have a choice about it.
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Post by pizzy on May 19, 2005 14:48:41 GMT -5
I don't care what sort of asset they are to britain etc. each and every member of the royal family is a vagina. They haven't done any sort of decent days work in their lives. Prince phillip is a racist ignorant bastard, because he lives a sheltered useless life. The queen actually employs someone to pick what clothes she wears in the morning... why should she live like that, and other people have to work proper jobs?
Here is some of that vagina prince phillips best (or worst) moments:
Whilst on a tour of a factory in northern England, Prince Philip pointed out a fuse box that looked quite old. He said "it looks like it was made by an Indian!"
When talking to some british students in Oriental Asia (think it was China), he joked with them "you shouldn't stay here too long, or you'll turn slitty-eyed"
Said during a severe recession in 1981: "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they're complaining they're unemployed."
To a driving instructor he met during a stroll in Oban, Scotland: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them past the test?"
Comments to the World Wildlife Fund, on Chinese eating habits: "If it has four legs and it's not a chair, if it has two wings and it flies but it's not an airplane, and if it swims and it's not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."
To grieving residents of Lockerbie, Scotland, during a 1993 visit after a plane exploded and crashed into the town, killing everyone on board and several people on the ground (and shortly after a fire swept through ONE wing of Windsor Castle): "People usually say that after a fire it's the water damage that's the worst. We're STILL trying to dry out Windsor castle."
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Post by wankinginthebushes on May 19, 2005 14:56:44 GMT -5
well imho pizzy i think all of those quotes bar the last are just tongue in cheek and anyone who takes them seriously needs their heads checkin.
the driving instructor one was just pure funny, how could anyone take offence?
and you dont care if they are an assest? just cos theyre vaginas? well you have alot to learn. if it wasnt for those vaginas this country would be worse off
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Post by AlexTHFC on May 19, 2005 14:57:28 GMT -5
Thanks Pizzy, finally someone who gets it! It is a moral thing, having the Royal Family promotes the idea that this kind of class system is right, when it is a disgrace. People have to work hard all their lives and struggle by and yet these vaginas are all born in to money, its bullshit!
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Post by wankinginthebushes on May 19, 2005 14:59:40 GMT -5
oh and i bet you wouldn't mind being born into all that money cos i certanily wouldn't! here comes the "no i would mind actually, id give it all away and go and work for the gas board and make my own money "
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Post by AlexTHFC on May 19, 2005 15:06:46 GMT -5
Well if I was born into the royal family obviously I'd be a completely different person with a totally different perspective! So I can't say what I'd do if I was in the royal family because I'm actually a human being and they are a fucking cartoon!
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Post by caro on May 19, 2005 15:11:04 GMT -5
this is incredulous... please note that the royal family bring in more to the treasury than it costs the tax payers to maintain. In other words - THEY ARE AN ASSET TO THE UK. explain how please i'm curious about that
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Post by wankinginthebushes on May 19, 2005 15:15:18 GMT -5
because I'm actually a human being and they are a fucking cartoon! and thats why i dont take your views seriously. like you said now..you dont know their lives properly, only news from tabloids which is 90& bullshit. so until you know them personally, i wouldnt slag them off quite so much. They bring fuck loads of money to this/your country so for that you should be grateful
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Post by wankinginthebushes on May 19, 2005 15:17:17 GMT -5
this is incredulous... please note that the royal family bring in more to the treasury than it costs the tax payers to maintain. In other words - THEY ARE AN ASSET TO THE UK. explain how please i'm curious about that Tourism and ive studied it for 2 years so im pretty sure im correct
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Post by AlexTHFC on May 19, 2005 15:19:01 GMT -5
The fact that they bring money in to the country doesn't stop them from being vaginas!
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Post by caro on May 19, 2005 15:21:27 GMT -5
explain how please i'm curious about that Tourism and ive studied it for 2 years so im pretty sure im correct i've heard they dont pay taxes...is that true? and tourism is not a willing contribution...
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Post by wankinginthebushes on May 19, 2005 15:22:16 GMT -5
Tourism and ive studied it for 2 years so im pretty sure im correct i've heard they dont pay taxes...is that true? and tourism is not a willing contribution... does it matter if its willing, if they wernt here, we wouldnt get it
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Post by pizzy on May 19, 2005 15:23:09 GMT -5
The royal family represent an outdated and shamefull class system. When they live a luxury life, holidays etc. everyone else is at work, and what have they done to deserve it?? fuck all. Pointless and useless, tax payers money going to them is unbelievable... could be spent on hospitals education etc..
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Post by caro on May 19, 2005 15:24:06 GMT -5
i've heard they dont pay taxes...is that true? and tourism is not a willing contribution... does it matter if its willing, if they wernt here, we wouldnt get it maybe less money, but there still would be some... i've spend loads of money in england but not thanx to the royal family...
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