"Michele Bachmann is speaking outside St Pauls Cathedral: the true voice of America"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Bachmann's political 'achievements' and personal 'intellect' aren't worthy of approaching on hands and knees within a hundred yards of Thatcher's shadow on a wet weekend.
JonnyJimmy - I don't think anyone has forgotten that the government paid lip service to the anti-apartheid cause, while continuing to treat apartheid South Africa as a "normal country" and an ally.
South African support for Thatcher in 1982 at the time of the Falklands War should not be underestimated.
This is ending up as a beautiful, 60 minute PPB for Old Tory England. You can see why the lefties are fulminating.
Spot on. I'd forgotten just how superb the likes of Douglas Hurd, Tom King et al were. Solid as rocks, those were the days. Bunch of no-marks today by comparison, in the main.
According to the BBC - there were reps from over 170 countries - but the USA couldn't manage one official. Shame on them.
Dan Hannan is spot on.
"Let's review the evidence. President Obama received from Gordon Brown a pen-holder made from the timbers of a Royal Navy anti-slavery vessel, and reciprocated with DVDs. He silkily downgraded the UK from "our closest ally" to "one of our allies". He gave the Queen an iPod full of his own speeches. He used the Louisiana oil spill to attack an imaginary company called "British Petroleum" (it has been BP for the past decade, ever since the merger with Amoco gave it as many American as British shareholders).
He sent a bust of Winston Churchill back to the British Embassy. He managed, on his visit to West Africa, to refer to the struggle for independence, but not to the Royal Navy's campaign against slavery. He has refused to acknowledge our presence in Afghanistan in any major speech. He has even come dangerously close to backing Peronist Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands. There's no getting away from it: Barack Obama doesn't much like Limeys... http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100067261/why-barack-obama-doesnt-much-care-for-britain/
That base I mentioned upthread in Equatorial Guinea (1827-43) was aimed at stopping slave ships.
Haven't been following the funeral, but looking at the thread, I'm not clear if people who rather liked Lady T think it was a political occasion (SeanT - perfect Tory event/Avery - we are all Thatcherites now/Richard N - look at all these super Thatcher achievements) or a non-political moment for private grief (critical comments inappropriate, lefties should do the decent thing and look away). The first link to Osborne appears to have been from Guido, that well-known leftist.
But anyway, think we should all move on. It's why I was against an open thread - suspected we'd get into debating who looked more grieved, how they were dressed, what we think about each other's reactions, etc.
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Just switch the TV off and you won't need to spend the rest of the day whining.
Michele Bachmann is speaking outside St Pauls Cathedral: the true voice of America.
or never wrong for long.
You're a very strange sad person....
'you're a bit out of sync tim'
All these lefties that hate Thatcher but insist on watching every detail of her funeral,weird people.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Bachmann's political 'achievements' and personal 'intellect' aren't worthy of approaching on hands and knees within a hundred yards of Thatcher's shadow on a wet weekend.
A divisive politician becomes great when their dividend is the vast majority.
tim needs our help, Sean, not our pity.
Thought Chartres spoke well - and the comment that Jesus saw there were "no easy options" was aimed squarely at both front benches...
But anyway, think we should all move on. It's why I was against an open thread - suspected we'd get into debating who looked more grieved, how they were dressed, what we think about each other's reactions, etc.