The frenzied tweeting, face-booking, partying and the hijacking of Harold Arden’s classic hit song by so many so called ‘upright citizens’ as well as the usual army of unwashed Anarchists this week over the demise of Margaret Thatcher has filled me with horror and disgust.
Why do these specimen from the Human Race emerge from their sofas to spout such evil about a dead person. If they felt so incensed about their treatment from the Government, YES THE GOVERNMENT not just Margaret Thatcher why didn’t they joined a political party and make their voices felt at the time. All this noisy rhetoric after she has passed away smacks of cowardice and is is patently not relevant now. The old saying goes ‘If you can’t say anything good about the Dead then don’t say anything at all’. Most of the Labour Party adhered to this at the House of Commons Tributes and absented themselves. Well all except that failed Actor Glenda Jackson who made a spectacular derogatory speech. Remind me what has she done during her political career?
I wasn’t a particular fan of The Iron Lady and If I remember correctly, at the time I was a member of the Liberal Party and canvassed for them in Local Elections (before they became Liberal Democrats). All my Boys were affected by the politics of the Conservatives of that time. There were very few jobs and no Apprenticeships for the young people leaving school. The poorly paid, six month Government training programs never led to job offers they were supposed to. “Himself’ was out of work through redundancy for three years during this time as well. So I had no cause to love the Conservatives at the time. But the country was in a mess and difficult decisions need making. We tightened our belts and managed.
At that time the General Public were also making noises against the Housing Rates. The locally raised taxes to pay for community services. A fairer way forward was thought out. Instead of raising money by taxing your home they taxed individuals. The people hated it and rebelled, even though it was actually a faired way of raising money. BUT the policy was the Governments not MARGARET THATCHERS alone.
We’ve moved on from those times. Gone through more times of boom and bust. The Labour Party of the last Government were no better They spent money they hadn’t got, so we were deep in debt, sold off the Country’s Gold reserves and robbed the Pensions.
Many of these people making such insulting and evil protestations this week were not even born or were little children at the time. I cant think their education has actually covered Twentieth Century Politics, so how much do they really know about those times. How many of these louts actually go out and vote, not many I bet. If they never voted they have no right to shout. Remember she was a woman who bucked the trend and got a University degree became leader of a Political Party and Prime Minister against all the odds when Men ruled the roost.
OK Rant over.
Now shall I sign myself Disgusted Of Peterborough?
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