Former prisoner to introduce Pinochet film screening in Brighton (From The Argus)

Will Thatcher turn up to see the films about her good friend and mass murderer? Two people with so much in common. One's dead and the other not quite there yet but they both made the lives of millions miserable.

Will jhunty turn up to reply to his good friend gazscott ? 2 people with so much in common. Maybe jhunty is dead & gazscott is not quite there yet, but both made the lives of millions of Argus readers miserable.

Funny enough, I too thought of our ex PM when I read the headline and wondered how she was feeling about this.

I would imagine that she feels fine, as I would. In the real world you need as many friends as possible in order to support UK interests. And the way to retain friendships when things go wrong is to support them in some way, which in turn sends out a positive message to others.

This whole country is shaped in the image of Maggie. She is why socialism is, if not dead, in intensive care. She's why we don't get mass meetings in front of the factory gates any more intimidating the quiet majority, and why thank God union leaders are no longer household names. I don't sit in power cuts by candlelight as I used to, and she why the standard of living in the UK is at a place I could only dream of as a kid growing up with nothing.

The best thing is, once people were shown the light they abandoned socialism en masse. See China - hopefully soon the Communists will be swept from power - maybe in my lifetime?

gaz scott wrote:
Will Thatcher turn up to see the films about her good friend and mass murderer? Two people with so much in common. One's dead and the other not quite there yet but they both made the lives of millions miserable.

So true. I remember how she classed the dictator as a friend and Mandella as a terrorist. A vile woman who would be so proud of Cameron.

Angryoldman wrote:

gaz scott wrote:
Will Thatcher turn up to see the films about her good friend and mass murderer? Two people with so much in common. One's dead and the other not quite there yet but they both made the lives of millions miserable.

So true. I remember how she classed the dictator as a friend and Mandella as a terrorist. A vile woman who would be so proud of Cameron.

Unfortunately in the real world we don't have the option of taking a moral stand every time we didn't like the cut of someone's jib. It would leave us isolated.

Governments are no different from the yobs that will knock a little old lady over the head for the contents of her purse really ....

The option to not jump into a cosy huddle with mass murderers, human right abusers is always there. It is a matter of choice!

Plantpot wrote:
I would imagine that she feels fine, as I would. In the real world you need as many friends as possible in order to support UK interests. And the way to retain friendships when things go wrong is to support them in some way, which in turn sends out a positive message to others.

This whole country is shaped in the image of Maggie. She is why socialism is, if not dead, in intensive care. She's why we don't get mass meetings in front of the factory gates any more intimidating the quiet majority, and why thank God union leaders are no longer household names. I don't sit in power cuts by candlelight as I used to, and she why the standard of living in the UK is at a place I could only dream of as a kid growing up with nothing.

The best thing is, once people were shown the light they abandoned socialism en masse. See China - hopefully soon the Communists will be swept from power - maybe in my lifetime?

I agree with you on the comment that Thatcher is the reason why we don't get mass meetings in front of factory gates. This country now has hardly any manufacturing industry thanks to her.

Politics at both local authority and central level is not a question of right vs wrong but one of expediency. And expediency will always lean towards the what is likely to line our pockets in the short term rather then what is morally right.

Serf wrote:

Plantpot wrote:
I would imagine that she feels fine, as I would. In the real world you need as many friends as possible in order to support UK interests. And the way to retain friendships when things go wrong is to support them in some way, which in turn sends out a positive message to others.

This whole country is shaped in the image of Maggie. She is why socialism is, if not dead, in intensive care. She's why we don't get mass meetings in front of the factory gates any more intimidating the quiet majority, and why thank God union leaders are no longer household names. I don't sit in power cuts by candlelight as I used to, and she why the standard of living in the UK is at a place I could only dream of as a kid growing up with nothing.

The best thing is, once people were shown the light they abandoned socialism en masse. See China - hopefully soon the Communists will be swept from power - maybe in my lifetime?

I agree with you on the comment that Thatcher is the reason why we don't get mass meetings in front of factory gates. This country now has hardly any manufacturing industry thanks to her.

In 2012, the UK was the world's 9th largest manufacturer. i think you may be confusing employment numbers, output and productivity.

Ah well, as long as we are the world's 9th largest manufacturer, who cares what mass murderers we canoodle with in the process.

hursthill wrote:
Will jhunty turn up to reply to his good friend gazscott ? 2 people with so much in common. Maybe jhunty is dead & gazscott is not quite there yet, but both made the lives of millions of Argus readers miserable.

Millions of Argus readers? Yea right.

Plantpot wrote:
I would imagine that she feels fine, as I would. In the real world you need as many friends as possible in order to support UK interests. And the way to retain friendships when things go wrong is to support them in some way, which in turn sends out a positive message to others.

This whole country is shaped in the image of Maggie. She is why socialism is, if not dead, in intensive care. She's why we don't get mass meetings in front of the factory gates any more intimidating the quiet majority, and why thank God union leaders are no longer household names. I don't sit in power cuts by candlelight as I used to, and she why the standard of living in the UK is at a place I could only dream of as a kid growing up with nothing.

The best thing is, once people were shown the light they abandoned socialism en masse. See China - hopefully soon the Communists will be swept from power - maybe in my lifetime?

Thank goodness for a sensible post.
Socialism has served its purpose, and should have been buried in 1979.
Unfortunately we still have many ill-informed brainwashed younger people who are unaware of their hard -won privileged heritage, and use their freedom of expression to bite the hands that feed them.
It is a pity that the Rt.Hon.Mr. Cameron, unlike the Iron Lady, does not have the balls to return this country to its former position of a strong capitalist democracy. Before we joined Europe, and everyone willing had a job.