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The IMF loan was not linked to the miners strike. You can try and pretend all you want, but the truth is that the conservatives picked a fight with the NUM. The Ridley report is FACT, it was conceived while the conservatives were in opposition. It was the blue print for the strategy and...

They were not making a mint and that IMF stuff is simply not true. Maybe you shouldn't base what you're saying on limited anecdotal evidence. Try some facts. Read the Ridley plan or read this Economy: Report of Nationalised Industries Policy Group (leaked Ridley report) | Margaret Thatcher...

Yeah, because she INVENTED that didn't she? With the comments you make I can't decide whether you're trolling or stupid.

Odd... I work hard and get by on my own efforts. I loathed her. You're wrong, get over it. and as for your "I met a miner once" comment... so ****ing what? You met a person who felt their life had improved. I've met dozens of people who had families torn apart by her policies.

Yeah, you're right, I made up the Ridley plan and the studies in the 80s about viability. Also the families from communities that over twenty years on still haven't recovered from the devastation, they must be a figment of my imagination. I'll bow down to your superior "chats" with a bloke from...

The mines were viable, there's plenty of documented evidence for it that is widely available on the internet. Taking on the miners was nothing to do with the economics of the mining industry. Try reading about the Ridley Plan. I have spent time in areas that were former mining communities, and...

Absolute nonsense. You have no idea what you're talking about.

And there are countless other families who blame her for what they lost as a direct result of her policies. I find it disgusting that people are celebrating what she "achieved" and view her as some sort of icon, but that's just my opinion.

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Her legacy will be that she was the most divisive politician in living memory. Loathed the woman but can't say I'm rejoicing at her death. I suspect the fawning tributes to her will pour in and we'll have to endure protracted media coverage of her nefarious son and racist daughter.