tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post6110644914051721617..comments2024-02-28T14:12:41.593+00:00Comments on bigdaddystevieB: legacybigdaddystevieBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-62594452407266838432013-04-09T19:36:26.988+00:002013-04-09T19:36:26.988+00:00... and I agree with your comments about people &q...... and I agree with your comments about people "dancing on her grave". xbigdaddystevieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-56414677766215015762013-04-09T19:35:16.110+00:002013-04-09T19:35:16.110+00:00Channel 4 News seems much more balanced (although ...Channel 4 News seems much more balanced (although I didn't bother to watch "Maggie and me" featuring my hero Jon Snow last night... oh dearie dearie me!!). Not having watched/listened to much of the BBC's coverage, I can only go from things others have told me - "sycophantic" is the word a lot of them have used to describe the BBC's take on it all. <br />bigdaddystevieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-17342659919993501802013-04-09T19:15:09.003+00:002013-04-09T19:15:09.003+00:00Interesting comparison between the two wars though...Interesting comparison between the two wars though Steve.just Gaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410006899511613020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-30375509666821926172013-04-09T19:07:38.897+00:002013-04-09T19:07:38.897+00:00I'm sorry Steve. My remarks were predominantl...I'm sorry Steve. My remarks were predominantly directed against those whose attacks on her seem to me to be personal and vindictive ie champagne celebrations in the streets, referring to her as a witch and wishing to dance on her grave. Criticism of her policies is one thing but that sort of behaviour says more about the individuals concerned than it does about Margaret Thatcher.<br /><br />The coverage is pretty full on but no more than I would expect on arguably one of our 'greatest' Prime Ministers, whose influence on British politics long outlasted her term of office and still reverberates today. The BBC loves to revel in these events but I have to admit to being a sucker for them. It's true that the line of the great and good queuing up to reminisce is a long one but, given that very few people are neutral on Maggie, this is not at all surprising. I have certainly heard a fair amount of reasoned criticism of her premiership and have found it fascinating to hear so many conflicting views of one woman.just Gaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410006899511613020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-41906561808238966172013-04-09T17:08:56.059+00:002013-04-09T17:08:56.059+00:00Gareth: Out of respect, I purposely avoided any di...Gareth: Out of respect, I purposely avoided any direct political criticism of Mrs Thatcher in my blog. I entirely acknowledge the things you say about her; she had a clear political vision and was a formidable leader. Yes, those who admired and loved her should be given an opportunity to mourn her passing but, given her divisive policies, if you’re going to give LOTS of people to extol all her “virtues”, then it seems only right to allow those whose lives were directly damaged by her actions to have their say too. <br />Although I’ve been desperately trying avoid as much of the wall-to-wall coverage as I can, I’ve become somewhat sickened by what appears to be rather unbalanced treatment of the situation (and it seems to me that the BBC has gone completely overboard in this respect).<br />bigdaddystevieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-92157531162736222482013-04-09T16:00:16.965+00:002013-04-09T16:00:16.965+00:00I'm no apologist for Margaret Thatcher's p...I'm no apologist for Margaret Thatcher's policies or political philosophy, but the fact remains that she was the first woman to lead her party, the first woman prime minister, was victorious in three free and fair elections and operated within the constraints of a parliamentary democracy. We may not have agreed with her as a politician, or liked her as an individual, but I don't believe that this gives us the right to deprive her, in death, of the recognition that is rightfully hers. Neither should we deprive those who admired, and loved, her from being given the opportunity to mourn her passing.<br /><br />And when it's all over we can get back to building the society we believe in.just Gaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410006899511613020noreply@blogger.com