tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post5001383223855318216..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: WE IN SCOTLAND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HER IN ENGLAND'S STATE FUNERALMunguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-40799475306850074432011-05-12T11:56:20.923+01:002011-05-12T11:56:20.923+01:00Bang on Hugh. She was none to bright about most of...Bang on Hugh. She was none to bright about most of the foreign policy, despite being involved in the end of the Soviet Union.<br /><br />As I said, I think that was good luck that she was there, and that all the blokes involved fell for her womanly charms....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-67866076469930050852011-05-12T11:54:13.936+01:002011-05-12T11:54:13.936+01:00Danny, I think the three of them seemed to find so...Danny, I think the three of them seemed to find some measure of understanding and although the two big players were the USSR and USA, I guess that Mrs T played some sort of role, even if it was making the coffee. <br /><br />I think however, that the hero in all of this was Gorby. If it hadn’t been for the drunken fool that ousted him, the whole business of transforming the Soviet Union into a modern society would have been much smoother<br /><br />Gorby probably fancied Thatch. Reagan clearly did, and Mitterrand admitted that he found her mouth appealing (yeuch). Kohl absolutely hated her and did his best to escape her on every occasion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-35886033134304992032011-05-11T23:43:43.999+01:002011-05-11T23:43:43.999+01:00Dean said..
All I will say is that her foreign po...Dean said..<br /><br />All I will say is that her foreign policy is a brilliant chapter in British and western history. <br /><br />Supported Botha and apartheid in South Africa.<br />Supported mass murderer Pinochet<br />Supported Yvonne Fletchers killers and sent them back to Libya<br />Sent our troops in Kwuait and Iraq final demands for their poll tax as they lay in their foxholes.<br />Failed to protect the Falklands resulting in a thousand deaths to retake them.<br />Supported any treaties to hand power over to Europe.<br />EtcHugh Janusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27500350892321380902011-05-11T23:08:50.754+01:002011-05-11T23:08:50.754+01:00PS...Ex-Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney too.
Thi...PS...Ex-Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney too.<br /><br />This picture in the Capitol Rotunda during the Lying in State, also got a lot of play in the states.<br /><br />http://www.presidentsrus.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/reagan-coffin-thatcher.jpgDannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-8252993785675657152011-05-11T22:30:49.591+01:002011-05-11T22:30:49.591+01:00Tris....In the "interesting history" cat...Tris....In the "interesting history" category, I found this picture taken in the Washington Cathedral at Reagan's state funeral service. Gorbachev seems genuinely happy to see the "Iron Lady"....LOL.<br /><br />http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Mulroney_Thatcher_and_Gorbachev_at_Reagan%27s_funeral.jpgDannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-35299746805067912162011-05-11T18:30:04.108+01:002011-05-11T18:30:04.108+01:00Well, David, "in these straitened times"...Well, David, "in these straitened times" for "hard working British families", "up and down the country","on the door step", the rich bitch should fork out. I completely agree.<br /><br />How's Japan, btw?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-810180603079668792011-05-11T18:25:35.321+01:002011-05-11T18:25:35.321+01:00Danny:
It's interesting how "leaders&quo...Danny:<br /><br />It's interesting how "leaders" of countries may be highly regarded abroad and hated with passion at home.<br /><br />Gorbachev is such an example. I think he was well regarded as a sensible reformer in the West, but he was disliked in the USSR and humiliated by the madman Yeltsin.<br /><br />I suppose if you don’t have to live under the jackboot of right of the Tory Party, you might have thought a deal more of her than if you had had your country stripped of its economic base by her and you oil stolen to pay dole money.<br /><br />The heading, by the way, relates to her attempts to sound as if she had some connection with Scotland. She used to come here occasionally and when she did she would talk about “we in Scotland”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-79859882648254107762011-05-11T13:18:39.314+01:002011-05-11T13:18:39.314+01:00Dean,
And I'm reminded of Churchill, who is r...Dean,<br /><br />And I'm reminded of Churchill, who is revered in America, apart from his long and checkered political career in Britain, for the wartime alliance and personal relationship with FDR. <br /><br />It doesn't hurt that his mother was American either I suspect. His maternal parentage was commemorated during his state funeral by the playing of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." <br /><br />BTW, FDR enjoyed driving his car, equipped with hand controls, around his Hyde Park estate. He liked to drive around the large estate at considerable speed on the narrow roads high above the Hudson River. One time, Churchill was asked when, during World War II, did he feel that he was in the most personal danger. He replied that it was while driving with FDR at Hyde Park. :-)Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-88753746720352963062011-05-11T13:10:31.396+01:002011-05-11T13:10:31.396+01:00May the bitch rot and her cadaver's funeral be...May the bitch rot and her cadaver's funeral be paid out of her own estate's expense.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975588480290026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-24742137237995751682011-05-11T12:39:44.571+01:002011-05-11T12:39:44.571+01:00Danny,
She did work on the international stage to...Danny,<br /><br />She did work on the international stage to help bring down the USSR. Their two foreign policies where built on the same stuff. I like that.<br /><br />But her domestic policies are a different matter entirely. All I will say is that her foreign policy is a brilliant chapter in British and western history.Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26363612410588719422011-05-11T12:33:32.059+01:002011-05-11T12:33:32.059+01:00Ironically, Baroness Thatcher is highly regarded i...Ironically, Baroness Thatcher is highly regarded in the USA. Americans, generally with no knowledge of her domestic policies in Britain, remember her as a cold warrior who, hand in hand with Ronald Reagan, defeated the "Evil Empire." (That's our story, and we're sticking to it...LOL.) <br /><br />Although in ill health, she attended Reagan's state funeral in 2004, and gave a moving pre-recorded eulogy. She was seated by Mikhail Gorbachev during the service at Washington Cathedral. (He kept a brave face as the various speakers talked about Reagan "winning" the Cold War.) <br /><br />After the funeral service in Washington, she boarded the plane with Nancy Reagan and other major dignitaries, and made the long six hour flight to California to attend the burial ceremony.<br /><br />She and Ronnie were tight. And that was one fantastic state funeral, historically speaking. Once again, ironically, if Britain didn't give her a state funeral, the Americans probably would. ;-)Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-11921601816988527282011-05-10T22:37:12.610+01:002011-05-10T22:37:12.610+01:00KBW:
Do you not think that Bin Laden would object...KBW:<br /><br />Do you not think that Bin Laden would object to keeping company with a pig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-33677693712940634082011-05-10T22:36:29.137+01:002011-05-10T22:36:29.137+01:00LOL CH.... Glad that's not my fence.LOL CH.... Glad that's not my fence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-85976350314421463572011-05-10T22:32:53.739+01:002011-05-10T22:32:53.739+01:00Hmmm. I hope Libya's over then Munguin, becaus...Hmmm. I hope Libya's over then Munguin, because they will need these people back here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-3597510934172210342011-05-10T22:32:09.155+01:002011-05-10T22:32:09.155+01:00Well Danny, I take my information from the Daily M...Well Danny, I take my information from the Daily Mail, which means that it comes with a health warning "The information contained within may or may not have any foundation in truth, may cause the skin on the top of your lip to become permanently wrinkled and your eyes to narrow, and eventually a heart attack."<br /><br />It may well be that an Act would be required, but I think it can be done here by royal prerogative, which means the Queen says it will happen, so it happens.<br /><br />If it did need an Act, then it would be a very quick one, or possibly even a Privy Council decision, I'm not sure. It doesn't happen that often.<br /><br />It never occurred to me that presidents of America go through all this daft rigmarole. But apparently Thatcher requested it. Stuck up, self important old bitch. However once again, I repeat that this was sourced from the Daily Mail.<br /><br />What Thatcher did do (and what makes me think she did ask for this) was get the Queen to give Dennis (her now dead husband) an hereditary knighthood, something that had been in abeyance for decades. He got this for being married to her, and whilst I admit that must have been a miserable experience, I hardly think it was worth a knighthood, never mind an hereditary one. (Then only people who get hereditary titles now are the royals, and those who are in the line of succession to them. No new ones are created...except for Dennis and the royals.)<br /><br />And then for nothing in particular, except being a successful businessman, racist and drunk. <br /><br />It does mean that her worthless, stupid, criminal son gets to call himself sir Mark...something that with his lack of intellect, charm, ability and just about anything else, he would never have achieved for himself in 5 billion years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27102496420456526962011-05-10T22:18:39.581+01:002011-05-10T22:18:39.581+01:00Garlic and a stake through the heart Allan... that...Garlic and a stake through the heart Allan... that's all we need!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-39412704236766378602011-05-10T22:16:00.748+01:002011-05-10T22:16:00.748+01:00The old shite should be buried at sea a la Bin Lad...The old shite should be buried at sea a la Bin Laden.Key bored warrior.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05192681529004653727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-76585881750453221672011-05-10T20:59:44.134+01:002011-05-10T20:59:44.134+01:00OT: Leithal YakOT: <a href="http://norrie.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Leithal Yak</a>cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-69144326227513668922011-05-10T17:07:57.417+01:002011-05-10T17:07:57.417+01:00I am sure a few slurry spreaders could drive past ...I am sure a few slurry spreaders could drive past in respect good for the daises.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27478339984668159052011-05-10T16:44:37.037+01:002011-05-10T16:44:37.037+01:00"We are all in it together"??
Fancy ask..."We are all in it together"??<br /><br />Fancy asking for a state funeral!<br /><br />And we thought security for the royal wedding was expensive! They will need hundreds of guards round the old trout's coffin to prevent someone painting a swasticka on it!Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-81617588629896342892011-05-10T15:03:45.256+01:002011-05-10T15:03:45.256+01:00Interesting! Has it already been announced that a ...Interesting! Has it already been announced that a state funeral for Mrs. thatcher will be held? I'm thinking that a state funeral in Britain requires an act of Parliament, as an act of Congress is required in the US. <br /><br />State funerals are also rare in the US. Except for a few other VERY prominent individuals, US state funerals are reserved for Presidents, whose families want them. Two very prominent presidents who didn't have state funerals were George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. In early American history, state funerals were never held, since this was considered to be too much in the British tradition. And when FDR died in 1945, the pomp and ceremony of a state funeral was considered inappropriate in wartime. Only a relatively small service was held for FDR in the East Room of the White House.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-63854576578400970712011-05-10T13:18:58.518+01:002011-05-10T13:18:58.518+01:00Tris.
Oh dear Tris that's two in a row now. T...Tris.<br /><br />Oh dear Tris that's two in a row now. Two dinosaurs from the past. First it was Lord creepy Forsyth and now Thatcher! Where are you digging they relics up from?<br /><br />When Thatcher finally kicks the bucket I will happily pay for the vault and cement and reinforce concrete just to make sure this creepy crawly never surfaces again.<br /><br />She might deserve a state funeral in the minds of some but no way is this decision universally accepted.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264783996137140609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-7555917954123043042011-05-10T13:12:55.627+01:002011-05-10T13:12:55.627+01:00Riot, yes.
Anyone who riots anywhere is breaking ...Riot, yes.<br /><br />Anyone who riots anywhere is breaking the law.<br /><br />But loud peaceful protest? Why not?<br /><br />Or should we just cover how we collectively feel about her?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-59321299757409577212011-05-10T12:51:00.061+01:002011-05-10T12:51:00.061+01:00Anyone who dares to riot at her state funeral shou...Anyone who dares to riot at her state funeral should be immediately arrested. A comprehensive crack down on such scum.Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-31073633356677946492011-05-10T12:02:51.902+01:002011-05-10T12:02:51.902+01:00Hugh:
Mr Carrington is a gentleman. Mrs Thatcher ...Hugh:<br /><br />Mr Carrington is a gentleman. Mrs Thatcher was not the female equivalent.<br /><br />Scotland should own all electricity, gas, and water...and come to that public transport. I'm sick of things being run for the profit of the management, and not for the benefit of the customer.<br /><br />Gas prices about to go up again, just when, counter to all the b*****d promised pre-election, they are reducing winter fuel payments at a time when the weather seems to be getting colder and the winters more severe.<br /><br />Inflation rises only should be allowed and pensioners’ payment reinstated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com