These weren't scabs, they were miners who had stood alongside each other on picket lines who then found that their sea pit would not re-open and so were bussed to another on a daily basis as the offered alternative to redundancy, only to find that their "brothers" suddenly weren't acting like "brothers" anymore.

Its understandable in a way, the pits were judged on their efficiency and closed if they became too expensive to operate, if you're suddenly incurring a big increase in your wages bill because you're bringing in five busloads of colliers from the north every day then your pit isn't going to be as efficient as it was - and more importantly your own overtime and your production bonuses go with it.

Its all about money, the brotherhood of the union was just a sham.

Lets face it. this was the one subject that the sin bin has been built on since the day rlfans went live, Thatchers demise would have always had this thread, it's had enough starters in the past to know where it would go.

Brilliant. 'I ask questions - and then I eff off before anyone can challenge the points I raise, and I say that I'm not coming back.'

Or 'cowardice', as most people would call it.

You imagine wrongly then

Liar.

I was. What about you?

As I said it was a flawed system but it was showing light coming from the days of medicated and many other deeper and disturbing controls, however the wholesale plunder of every valuable asset to be cloaked under the guise of CiC is still by far any away the biggest reason I have to hate the woman, hate virtually everything she stood for, and deride those who went along with her for the financial gains available, then and subsequently, regardless of whatever colour of politics are supposedly adhered to. Yes this comes from personal experience both within and outside the asylum system of that period.

Thatcher was 'Marmite', you either loved her or hated her and many people have very personal reasons on which they base their opinion. Unfortunately, many others will base their opinion not on experience or understanding having weighed up the arguements. Rather they will jump on bandwagons, fire up the outrage buses and say what they think others want to hear.

Personally, I'll stick with the quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

The "Iron Lady", gone but not forgotten (by anyone).

If my 'loved ones' had been so sociopathic and ruined so many peoples' lives, I'd have spat on their grave myself.

Absolutely. Loved by many.

As both have sailed on the coat tails of her fame and had opportunities that were only afforded to them because of who their mother was I think they should be able to cope.

I've got moronwatch on the case mate

[iMoronWatch ‏@moronwatch

Another nice Maggie song by Pete Wylie

NuLabour are the b*stard offspring of Thatcher and her core policies. For nigh on a quarter of a century, they've been a centre-right party, in bed with big business, pro-privatisation, pro-wealthy, anti-ordinary working people.

Why you think that pointing out the disgusting forelock-tugging sell-out of the Labour Party to the British plutocracy should justify your sycophantic Thatcher love-in is beyond me.