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- Wed May 17, 2006 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
Re: Margaret Thatcher
That is actually something that never occured to me - could there be some correlation?Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:'Cos she got rid of free school milk and now all the best English footballers have got brittle bones.mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:why do YOU hate Margaret Thatcher?
- Wed May 17, 2006 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
All she was arsed about was keeping income tax lowand looking after the Yuppies. :conf: What's wrong with low income tax? Sounds like a wonderful idea to me. It seems to me you raise taxes to increase government spending on things like social programs. You lower taxes to encourage private investmen...
- Wed May 17, 2006 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
All she was arsed about was keeping income tax lowand looking after the Yuppies. :conf: What's wrong with low income tax? Sounds like a wonderful idea to me. It seems to me you raise taxes to increase government spending on things like social programs. You lower taxes to encourage private investmen...
- Tue May 16, 2006 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
I think any comparison with Pinochet's Chile is simply foolish rhetoric. I disagree with this (I would, wouldn't I!). They were both heavily influenced by the same economist (who's name escapes me at the moment - no it doesn't, Milton Firedman and the Chicago Boys!). He believed in the free market ...
- Tue May 16, 2006 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
Without getting too deeply into this, one of thereasons quoted as MT's greatest sins is that we got an awful lot of money from North Sea Oil and she blew most of it on the war with Argentina. Thought someone might have mentioned it since it had such a bitter reaction from a lot of quarters. I menti...
- Tue May 16, 2006 9:20 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
Without getting too deeply into this, one of thereasons quoted as MT's greatest sins is that we got an awful lot of money from North Sea Oil and she blew most of it on the war with Argentina. Thought someone might have mentioned it since it had such a bitter reaction from a lot of quarters. I menti...
- Tue May 16, 2006 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
Monty, the fact that the Falklands earth is rich in mineral is both public and common knowledge. Add to that, that British expats were resident to the Falklands was surely enough reason for a the decisions to be forced. Not to mention that the fact the Argentinean’s made such a public "fxck you wer...
- Tue May 16, 2006 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
Who was it that let him into the country being my point! Thatcher stood by Pinochet (a despicable man) when Spain (a communist lawyer) was trying to extradite him. I think you will find this was payback for unpublicised support during the Falklands War (which I don't think had much to do with urani...
- Tue May 16, 2006 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Margaret Thatcher
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20971
I think any comparison with Pinochet's Chile is simply foolish rhetoric. Economic restructuring will always cause some pain but if it leads to a greater prosperity then the short-term pain may be worth it. In Canada we went through much the same sort of thing at the same time. As trade barriers brok...
- Fri May 12, 2006 2:21 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The Greatest Ever... World Cup Goal!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15753
That was 1958 and he was great. England might have won but they dropped Nat right after he scored two goals to win the FA Cup. I didn't understand the decision then and I've still never figured it out.Batman wrote:Nowhere near as good as Pele in his first World Cup against Sweden when he was about 17
- Wed May 10, 2006 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: last night of freedom
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4831
- Mon May 08, 2006 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Joke thread
- Replies: 3701
- Views: 532221
I just wish I knew what an MFI flatpack was...- Fri May 05, 2006 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Joke thread
- Replies: 3701
- Views: 532221
Funny - I heard a version this joke forty years ago, Bruce, when I first came to this country. It was in the deep south and the groom had no toes or knees as he undressed. The diseases were different. He had ptomaine poisoning and his toes fell off, and kneemonia and his knees fell off. The Bride's ...
- Fri May 05, 2006 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The TW Caption Competition Thread
- Replies: 2985
- Views: 920496
- Thu May 04, 2006 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The TW Caption Competition Thread
- Replies: 2985
- Views: 920496
- Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The TW Caption Competition Thread
- Replies: 2985
- Views: 920496
- Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The TW Caption Competition Thread
- Replies: 2985
- Views: 920496
- Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:27 pm
- Forum: New Members
- Topic: Afternoon All
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5783
- Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:34 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Joke thread
- Replies: 3701
- Views: 532221
BTW, I didn't think it represented a general sentiment.- Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Joke thread
- Replies: 3701
- Views: 532221
