Yeah it was Bobby Sands and them. I understand that was their choice, but she could've prevented it becoming fatal. It wasn't completely her fault, but she had a hand in it.
My biggest issues are with her killing of industry more than anything, from miners to steel to print to jute and shipbuilding and manufacturing and beyond. Virtually all out with England - and many therein - were left to fend for themselves once she'd closed down these industries and distanced herself from working class families who were left jobless and penniless. In terms of the nanny state and high unemployment, she had a lot to answer for.
Did you know it was revealed in the hillsborough report that she actually planned to let Liverpool rot? Propositions were made to leave Liverpool amid toxteth riots etc and watch them wither.
To me a great leader cares about every part of their nation, regardless of class, background or locality.
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I agree though @IV; a lot of people don't know why they dislike her so vehemently. Personally I'm from an area that she pillaged and have studied political history - in depth - back as far as 1800, so I'm perhaps one of the few who has an opinion with any depth or complexity of thought to it. If you get a chance check out George Galloway's blog on the matter; it's heavy, but it's the opinion of a man who witnessed it all first hand from the benches of Westminster.
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Lets not forget also that she was responsible for deregulating the banks.
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