It's no accident that the video tribute above is American - the BBC always sounds puzzled when it tells us how popular she was abroad.
I'm going into purdah for a few days - no politics on TV or radio, no Twitter etc. - so I can avoid the tide of bile from all the lefties who hate her for being right about everything.
"Purdah". In which case I hope you missed Eddie Mair and the 6 pm News on R4 to-day and the carping of Neill Kinnock and Clair Short. Neither had a kind word for Baroness Thatcher on the day of her death. Very gracious. Also, during the 90-minutes of the two programmes the BBC managed to repeat the "Assisi" and "Not for turning" quotes at least five times each. Which does not argue for being well-prepared. John Major did not have an impacted wisdom tooth on this occasion so they managed to get him to a microphone.
I have genuinely decided not to watch ior listen to leftist Morlocks swarming up from their underground lairs to spew their reeking bile on the memory of this great woman. The only thing I watched from 2pm onwards was a panel on Fox News agreeing with each other that American conservatives owed Mrs. T as great a debt of gratitide as they did Ronald Reagan, whose actions - as they were all eager to point out - she so heavily influenced. Thank God for Fox - if only we had an equivalent safe haven for intelligent, sensible opinions. I also learned that Thatcherism is a widely-used phrase in the US - I thought it was only used here.
The only remark that gave me pause for thought during all the outpourings at Westminster yesterday was by Lord Tebbit when he referred to Baroness Thatcher's downfall in 1990: " I left her at the mercy of her friends." Guttersnipes.
Y'all should be in for an interesting few weeks (months?).
ReplyDeleteI don't envy you there.
I am sad to see her go. I think my Daddy liked her more than Reagan. She was highly thought of in my house. Still is.
It's no accident that the video tribute above is American - the BBC always sounds puzzled when it tells us how popular she was abroad.
DeleteI'm going into purdah for a few days - no politics on TV or radio, no Twitter etc. - so I can avoid the tide of bile from all the lefties who hate her for being right about everything.
Sounds like your Daddy brought you up right!
"Purdah". In which case I hope you missed Eddie Mair and the 6 pm News on R4 to-day and the carping of Neill Kinnock and Clair Short. Neither had a kind word for Baroness Thatcher on the day of her death. Very gracious. Also, during the 90-minutes of the two programmes the BBC managed to repeat the "Assisi" and "Not for turning" quotes at least five times each. Which does not argue for being well-prepared. John Major did not have an impacted wisdom tooth on this occasion so they managed to get him to a microphone.
ReplyDeleteI have genuinely decided not to watch ior listen to leftist Morlocks swarming up from their underground lairs to spew their reeking bile on the memory of this great woman. The only thing I watched from 2pm onwards was a panel on Fox News agreeing with each other that American conservatives owed Mrs. T as great a debt of gratitide as they did Ronald Reagan, whose actions - as they were all eager to point out - she so heavily influenced. Thank God for Fox - if only we had an equivalent safe haven for intelligent, sensible opinions. I also learned that Thatcherism is a widely-used phrase in the US - I thought it was only used here.
DeleteI met Claire Short once. She was appalling.
The only remark that gave me pause for thought during all the outpourings at Westminster yesterday was by Lord Tebbit when he referred to Baroness Thatcher's downfall in 1990: " I left her at the mercy of her friends." Guttersnipes.
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