Post #1298660

2026-04-08 08:00 UTC

I often wonder who's been worse for the UK overall, Thatcher or the parade of self serving kleptocrats of more recent years. Farage and Johnson caused untold damage between them, and Farage may yet cause much more, but, honestly, they're just natural byproducts of Thatcher's project. She was the root cause, and all these sneering clowns who followed her are just minor characters in her play. She may be dead but the wounds she left us still bleed. Let's make today the day when we grab a stake and check on her grave, just to be sure.

Replies (6)

@bodil@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-08 16:17

Always two there are: a master and an apprentice.

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@ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu 2026-04-08 08:18

@bodil So much bad shit really started with Reagan and Thatcher...

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@tribactam@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-08 12:15

@bodil root cause analysis = yes it was her.

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@zbrown@floss.social 2026-04-08 13:26

@bodil yeah, I mean don't get me wrong I disagree with pretty much everything Thatcher stood for, but at least she did stand for something, and quite probably believed she was ‘doing the right thing’ even as it needlessly shattered community after community for generations. These others? It's all just greed and grift.

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@jonpsp@mstdn.social 2026-04-08 16:35

@bodil My Dad, who is definitely not a fan, said he respected Thatcher because she stood for what she believed in. Most of the rest since have stood for whatever the Sun and the Mail have on their front page (and more recently, whatever people complain about on Facebook or Twitter)

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@retrosponge@kind.social 2026-04-08 21:58

@bodil Whenever I think of her, I always think of a line from a comedian I remember. The only problem with pissing on Thatcher's grave is eventually you run out of piss.

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