Margaret Thatcher Dead

**Admiral Piett** · April 08, 2013, 06:59 AM

Baroness Thatcher died this morning following a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell said.

Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.
"A further statement will be made later."

Not much else being said as there are no articles written yet. But it is certain that she has died. She was 87. A highly polarizing and controversial leader in modern British history. Half of the UK may mourn while the other half may well celebrate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/b...cameron-madrid

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...land-dead.html

**~~removeduser_487563287433~~** · April 08, 2013, 07:02 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

**Hobbes** · April 08, 2013, 07:02 AM

Good riddance.

**Condottiere 40K** · April 08, 2013, 07:03 AM

She lived in interesting times.

**Condottiere 40K** · April 08, 2013, 07:05 AM

To reiterate, she lived in interesting times.

**~~John ''True Grit'' Wayne~~** · April 08, 2013, 07:06 AM

Good.

**Hobbes** · April 08, 2013, 07:06 AM

The conservative inside me weeps. The rational part weeps too, but only because it didn't happen earlier.

**Jom** · April 08, 2013, 07:11 AM

I'm not going to say "good riddance", but I do hope she doesn't get a state funeral. Looking at the list of others who have received one, I don't believe she measures up to any of them, and she was far too divisive.

**Admiral Piett** · April 08, 2013, 07:11 AM

Already have a thread here:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...-Thatcher-Dead

**Ishoss** · April 08, 2013, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Jom

I'm not going to say "good riddance", but I do hope she doesn't get a state funeral. Looking at the list of others who have received one, I don't believe she measures up to any of them, and she was far too divisive.

That would be the most ironic thing ever wouldn't it?

Anyways, she died too early and too free.

**Condottiere 40K** · April 08, 2013, 07:20 AM

She ruled by ideology. Her successors seemed to rule by opinion polls.

**~~removeduser_487563287433~~** · April 08, 2013, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by Hobbes.

The conservative inside me weeps. The rational part weeps too, but only because it didn't happen earlier.

Congratulations on being the first person to lose perspective over the death of a human being.

**ccllnply** · April 08, 2013, 07:21 AM

Great woman. RIP

**NotYetRegistered** · April 08, 2013, 07:23 AM

RIP.

**~~John ''True Grit'' Wayne~~** · April 08, 2013, 07:24 AM

She had no respect for the Liverpool supporters who died and their family's so why should we cry for her.

**~~sabaku_no_gaara~~** · April 08, 2013, 07:25 AM

Why the negativity? I thought she was a political Icon in the UK?

Isn't it widely accepted that she saved the UK from budget deficits and was a very buisness friendly politician and a strong leader that solved the great Falkland crisis in a way that gave Brittons a certain sense of national pride?

Wasn't she a great crisis manager?

**Hobbes** · April 08, 2013, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by Ferrets54

a human being.

Debatable.

**Sir Adrian** · April 08, 2013, 07:26 AM

I disagree but RIP. It's sad when anyone dies.

I bet there's a lot of partying going on in Argentina though.

**Denny Crane!** · April 08, 2013, 07:27 AM

Because two wrongs dont make a right, amazed that I have to spell that one out.

People you might not have liked her policies or governance but she was the leader of a conservative party not hitler.