Isn’t this always the case though, Labour get in, things go well for a while, then for whatever reason they blow it.

Back come the Tories, hard times return, yet the electorate are constantly reminded of when Labour blew it, until eventually normal Joe gets sick of the inequalities of conservative dogma, and so it goes on.

But I don’t think the likes of Paul Weller or Joe Strummer had a great influence in the result .

Probably in about six years we might have the likes of Simon Cowell threatening to move abroad if Labour get back in – now that would give me an incentive to start voting again.

I was refereeing during the strike and whenever I officiated at a Miners' club I would never accept either match fee or travel expenses. Three of us were at Fev for one National Cup game in January, on a bitter Saturday afternoon. The club secretary met us and tld us that some of the lads had been on the tip and scratted enough coal to fire the boilers so we could have hot showers. All the shops in the village donated extra grub to ensure there was some snap after the game (BARLA would fine clubs for not providing refreshments), at the end of that match I threw a tenner into their collection tin.

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I'd like to think it's what any reasonable person would do mate. You could see the hardship the community was living under and I felt it was the least I could do to help

Just the Black and Whites to win at Wembley now and 2013 could go down in the annals.

8 million quid to bury her.
Whatever happened to competitive tendering.

I have checked with the coop and they said they could do it for two grand and would knock a few quid off if i dig the hole and fill it in afterwards.

When you read through some of the policies she brought in, she has some amazing positives on her CV. Compare with any recent PM and you'd struggle to even start a list.

When Thatcher came into power unemployment stood at 1.5 million and when she left it stood at 2.1 million. In those years in government the population rose from 56,209,000 to 57,126,000. It is hard to say that she left a huge unemployment problem.

In addition, given that many "employed" people in the 70s worked in nationalised industries - jobs that were outdated, of no use to society and were funded by the taxpayers - and therefore those workers were essentially benefit claimants in another guise and should therefore be considered to be unemployed, in reality unemployment fells as more of the population undertook work in the productive areas of the economy ie. the private sector.

The State has a duty to uphold law+order and protect us from external aggressors (one could also add to educate our children), as these functions cannot be performed by the private sector. The State has no mandate to run airlines, build ships, mine for coal, provide gas etc, especially not at a huge loss to the taxpayer.

Frankie Boyle, the comedian plenty on here have poured scorn on in the past, but now he's not saying something about Jordans disabled child he's ok again.

Go on then, you start a list of her "amazing positives"