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General Chatter - The Boozer / Re: Funny Picture Thread
« on: April 08, 2013, 06:49:23 PM »
"A good idea at the time"
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Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.
Successor David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death.
Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the role.
She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.
The union jack above Number 10 has been lowered to half-mast.
Mr Cameron, who is in Madrid for meetings, has cancelled planned talks in Paris with French President Francois Hollande and will return to the UK later on Monday.
There are many people in this world who we disagree with, and there are many people in this world who nevertheless cannot be ignored and if nothing else must be looked at soberly. Their mark on our nations and our character cannot be erased and their story cannot be unwritten. One such mark has now ended, the pen has left the paper, and it is time to leave it be so that we can look at where we are, where the beliefs, weaknesses, failures and strengths of Margaret Thatcher took us, and - hopefully - so we can write a better story next time.