Comments on: Margaret Thatcher: Iron Lady http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=margaret-thatcher-iron-lady From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power « NUTs & FUNKENSPRUNG http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-317115 Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power « NUTs & FUNKENSPRUNG Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:32:08 +0000 #comment-317115 [...] her confidence and refusal to back down from a conflict — or could question where her nickname, “the Iron Lady,” came [...] [...] her confidence and refusal to back down from a conflict — or could question where her nickname, "the Iron Lady," came [...]

]]> By: Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power | iTAX – tax news http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-315449 Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power | iTAX – tax news Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:31:44 +0000 #comment-315449 [...] confidence and refusal to back down from a conflict — or could question where her nickname, “the Iron Lady,” came [...] [...] confidence and refusal to back down from a conflict — or could question where her nickname, "the Iron Lady," came [...]

]]> By: Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power | Business peak International http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-315367 Women and the Uneasy Embrace of Power | Business peak International Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:05:34 +0000 #comment-315367 [...] confidence and refusal to back down from a conflict — or could question where her nickname, “the Iron Lady,” came [...] [...] confidence and refusal to back down from a conflict — or could question where her nickname, "the Iron Lady," came [...]

]]> By: Steven Scott http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-289242 Steven Scott Mon, 31 May 2010 10:25:43 +0000 #comment-289242 sorry, that should have read "...without parachutes." sorry, that should have read

"…without parachutes."

]]> By: Steven Scott http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-289241 Steven Scott Mon, 31 May 2010 10:23:36 +0000 #comment-289241 "She was a bully to Argentina and a murderer in Ireland." Being no fan of Margret Thatcher myself, it pains me to defend her. However Argentina did invade the Falklands (an amphibious assault closely supported by an aircraft carrier) and while they didn't kill any of the British Marines on garrison duty, it wasn't from lack of trying. The smoking remains of the Royal Marines barracks are testimony to that. The invasion itself was ordered by a right wing military Junta which was engaged in a dirty war in Argentina itself and which had a nasty habit of torturing political prisoners and then throwing them alive out of aeroplanes over the ocean with parachutes. Ireland - I suppose that depends where you are standing. Most Northern Irish Catholics that I have met however have very little time for the IRA. The reality of sympathies on the ground is not quite as clear cut as some people would imagine. "She was a bully to Argentina and a murderer in Ireland."

Being no fan of Margret Thatcher myself, it pains me to defend her.

However Argentina did invade the Falklands (an amphibious assault closely supported by an aircraft carrier) and while they didn't kill any of the British Marines on garrison duty, it wasn't from lack of trying. The smoking remains of the Royal Marines barracks are testimony to that.

The invasion itself was ordered by a right wing military Junta which was engaged in a dirty war in Argentina itself and which had a nasty habit of torturing political prisoners and then throwing them alive out of aeroplanes over the ocean with parachutes.

Ireland – I suppose that depends where you are standing. Most Northern Irish Catholics that I have met however have very little time for the IRA. The reality of sympathies on the ground is not quite as clear cut as some people would imagine.

]]> By: Jerry Finney http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-266909 Jerry Finney Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:49:56 +0000 #comment-266909 Maggie Thatcher treated working people with total disdain. She took milk from the mouths of little children in school. She was a bully to Argentina and a murderer in Ireland. What is admirable about her? Nothing I can think of. Maggie Thatcher treated working people with total disdain. She took milk from the mouths of little children in school. She was a bully to Argentina and a murderer in Ireland. What is admirable about her? Nothing I can think of.

]]> By: En Passant » Tony Abbott: the man of ironing? http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-234487 En Passant » Tony Abbott: the man of ironing? Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:05:17 +0000 #comment-234487 [...] John Howard was described as a man of steel by George Bush. Margaret Thatcher was the iron lady of British politics. Why shouldn’t Australian politics have an [...] [...] John Howard was described as a man of steel by George Bush. Margaret Thatcher was the iron lady of British politics. Why shouldn’t Australian politics have an [...]

]]> By: Michael Schwartz http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-91861 Michael Schwartz Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:02:15 +0000 #comment-91861 I am a former mining industry editor. The argument on the miners' strike can go on for ever. The strikers were led by Arthur Scargill who did bother with such niceties as a ballot of his members. He started the strike just after winter 1984/5 when people would not need vast reserves of coal for heating for another nine months. Lions led by donkeys comes to mind. The British steel industry became successful until its forced merger with a Dutch steel company. No-one would ever want to go back to the pre- Margaret Thatcher days - ask Tony Blair, the Labour leader who turned out to be Mrs Thatcher's third child. I am a former mining industry editor. The argument on the miners' strike can go on for ever. The strikers were led by Arthur Scargill who did bother with such niceties as a ballot of his members. He started the strike just after winter 1984/5 when people would not need vast reserves of coal for heating for another nine months. Lions led by donkeys comes to mind. The British steel industry became successful until its forced merger with a Dutch steel company. No-one would ever want to go back to the pre- Margaret Thatcher days – ask Tony Blair, the Labour leader who turned out to be Mrs Thatcher's third child.

]]> By: ray duggan http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-53904 ray duggan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:25:10 +0000 #comment-53904 Margret Thtcher, the woman who ruined British industry.She killed the coal industry because of her revenge against the miners who she practically starved into submission.And almost single handedly forced the steel industry to her wishes by ultimately selling out.Her popularity was largely based on the British armies success in the Falklands until people gradually realised what a fraud she really was. Margret Thtcher, the woman who ruined British industry.She killed the coal industry because of her revenge against the miners who she practically starved into submission.And almost single handedly forced the steel industry to her wishes by ultimately selling out.Her popularity was largely based on the British armies success in the Falklands until people gradually realised what a fraud she really was.

]]> By: peter willliams http://www.historynet.com/margaret-thatcher-iron-lady.htm#comment-36956 peter willliams Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:43:50 +0000 #comment-36956 i can't find email for Sian ellis on British Heritage page. As an author of books on Wales, I have a few questions for her. May i have an email contact. hwyl , Peter i can't find email for Sian ellis on British Heritage page. As an author of books on Wales, I have a few questions for her. May i have an email contact. hwyl , Peter

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