The day that Thatcher died

I'd rather have good people in power than vindictive, narrow minded people. I'd rather that the person in charge of society believed in it. I want conviction politicians but IMHO you'd have the same result if you had a good, progressive left wing liberal conviction politician and a cold hearted, rational, logic by computer politician.

"I am not going to get into all that as that's just a personal opinion based on whether you benefited or where punished by her policies"

That is the most ignorant statement so far on this thread. Some people do actually vote for what they believe is right not what serves there short term interest. And honestly, unless you are murdoch or a rich banker, or someone else exceptionally privileged and living in a bubble completely removed from ordinary people then you are worse off as a result of her.

The fact that she made the trains run on time (or whatever the fuck the little fascist bitch is credited with) is irrelevant - she was misguided to the point of being evil, as you can tell just by looking at a photo of her bitter twisted little face.

How is it ignorant - plenty of people benefited from Thatcher and not just the rich - she was in power for a decade and her party for even more, and someone was voting her in. Plenty of people believed what she did was right, and that's what kept her in power.

I can't believe any one would vote UKIP, but I have met many people out In the shires who passionately believe in them. Just because you can't believe people would vote for thatcher for any other reason than self interest, doesn't mean you are right.