BBC Poll - vote against thatcher
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The BBC are running a poll for one of their shows, The Daily Politics, for punters to pick their favourite peacetime prime minister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/6242715.stm
Why should you vote (clem attlee got my vote):
1) Thatcher is currently winning by a long way and we want to change this. Firstly, I'm not sure how she qualifies as a peacetime prime minister, further compounded by widespread civil unrest.
2) It only takes a second to vote and altho it is only a poxy poll deep inside
the BBC website, Thatcher's legacy can still be shaped by democratic action like this.
3) most importantly, the BBC seems committed to employing kelvin mckenzie *spits*, who is probably the lowest form of human being it is possible to conceive of. if you don't know who he is shame on you (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Mackenzie). There is probably no one who has not been directly acttacks by his comments down the years and the continued employment of him by the BBC with public money is disgraceful.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/6242715.stm
Why should you vote (clem attlee got my vote):
1) Thatcher is currently winning by a long way and we want to change this. Firstly, I'm not sure how she qualifies as a peacetime prime minister, further compounded by widespread civil unrest.
2) It only takes a second to vote and altho it is only a poxy poll deep inside
the BBC website, Thatcher's legacy can still be shaped by democratic action like this.
3) most importantly, the BBC seems committed to employing kelvin mckenzie *spits*, who is probably the lowest form of human being it is possible to conceive of. if you don't know who he is shame on you (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Mackenzie). There is probably no one who has not been directly acttacks by his comments down the years and the continued employment of him by the BBC with public money is disgraceful.
Coded Steve
New Member
Harold Macmillan gets my vote. I worked on his estate as a kid & he was thoroughly nice chap. Good record as being PM as well.
well u know who gets my vote..
for those who want a little background info of all PM's
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page123.asp
for those who want a little background info of all PM's
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page123.asp
also how does blair constitute a "peace-time premier"??
well said sir
(i voted clem too)
agentundercover
Active Member
Harold Wilson went to my school! now thats a reason to vote - no, not eton btw a state school.
I wanted to vote for Hugh Grant in Love Actually, but couldnt
And by "peacetime" I think it means not during a world war!!
hmmm. i think whoever opened into dialogue with the IRA and sinn fein to get the good friday agreement ball rolling, was it john major?? because for a few years we were safe from terrorism on these shores!!!
And by "peacetime" I think it means not during a world war!!
hmmm. i think whoever opened into dialogue with the IRA and sinn fein to get the good friday agreement ball rolling, was it john major?? because for a few years we were safe from terrorism on these shores!!!
I wanted to vote for Hugh Grant in Love Actually, but couldnt
And by "peacetime" I think it means not during a world war!!
hmmm. i think whoever opened into dialogue with the IRA and sinn fein to get the good friday agreement ball rolling, was it john major?? because for a few years we were safe from terrorism on these shores!!!
i liked Major. dull, but statesman like.
more peas Norma?
now now, you have to prove he's lying.
MarkSimpson
New Member
It can only be Attlee, his government created the country we live in today (for all Thatcher's efforts to dismantle it). One of my real heroes.
Yeah coz Thatcher was a complete diaster wasn't she. Dinguses.
errrr. yeah, for every loadsamoney yuppy see 3 or 4 families living in economic hardship.
people will say that foundations were built during her reign but thatcher's britain was a horrible place to be brought up in. considering how close it was (in a time sense) i still see it as the dark ages.
but no phil, you're right she was a resounding success, especially in scotland where she particularly endeared herself.
errrr. yeah, for every loadsamoney yuppy see 3 or 4 families living in economic hardship.
people will say that foundations were built during her reign but thatcher's britain was a horrible place to be brought up in. considering how close it was (in a time sense) i still see it as the dark ages.
but no phil, you're right she was a resounding success, especially in scotland where she particularly endeared herself.
Can't you see what Phil was doing there Grego??
well the foundations for modern britain certainly wasnt laid during the last Labour Govt in the 70's.
3 day week, strikes every other minute... bags of uncollected rubbish... winter of discontent...
brilliant!
for you scousers maybe....we were having it right off!!!
fatphilb
Well-Known Member
errrr. yeah, for every loadsamoney yuppy see 3 or 4 families living in economic hardship.
people will say that foundations were built during her reign but thatcher's britain was a horrible place to be brought up in. considering how close it was (in a time sense) i still see it as the dark ages.
but no phil, you're right she was a resounding success, especially in scotland where she particularly endeared herself.
