Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:08 pm  

The Sun is doing a souvenir issue tomorrow should you wish to buy it.

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:08 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

The Philpots were parents too, I'm not sure I follow your logic.

Sadly one of them still is but I doubt his kids want reminding of that too often.

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:09 pm  

Dally wrote:

The Sun is doing a souvenir issue tomorrow should you wish to buy it.

I really need to find somewhere that sells the Morning Star tomorrow as that could make for an interesting read.

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:09 pm  

The Torygraph earlier closed the comments section of the Thatcher story, requesting instead that people e-mailed their tributes. The was just tweeted by the editor:

Tony Gallagher ‏@gallaghereditor

We have closed comments on every #Thatcher story today - even our address to email tributes is filled with abuse

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:10 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

The Philpots were parents too, I'm not sure I follow your logic.

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:10 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

One thing's certain, there'll never be another child of a grocer who grows up to lead this country.

Her policies ensured Tesco would put all the grocers out of business

Tesco/Asda/Sainsbury/Morribobs would have done that anyway - you cannot restrict the size of a firm in a competitive market, especially if said employer employes ten of thousands of people. So what would gentleman Jim done - asked Arthur!!

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:15 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Tesco/Asda/Sainsbury/Morribobs would have done that anyway - you cannot restrict the size of a firm in a competitive market, especially if said employer employes ten of thousands of people. So what would gentleman Jim done - asked Arthur!!

You can restrict the size of a firm in a competitive market quite easily.

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:15 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Tesco/Asda/Sainsbury/Morribobs would have done that anyway - you cannot restrict the size of a firm in a competitive market, especially if said employer employes ten of thousands of people. So what would gentleman Jim done - asked Arthur!!

Thank you for your admission that "a competitive market" reduces choice.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:16 pm  

Not only was she the friend of Pinochet she supported the Khmer Rouge.

You can always judge a person by the company they keep.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead... : Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:17 pm  

ANC boycotting the funeral

And this is from Dali Tambo, son of former ANC president Oliver Tambo.

My gut reaction now is what it was at the time when she said my father was the leader of a terrorist organisation. I don't think she ever got it that every day she opposed sanctions, more people were dying, and that the best thing for the assets she wanted to protect was democracy.

Many lives were lost. It's a shame that we could never call her one of the champions of the liberation struggle. Normally we say that when one of us goes, the ANC ancestors will meet them at the pearly gates and give them a standing ovation. I think it's quite likely that when Margaret Thatcher reaches the pearly gates, the ANC will boycott the occasion.