Democratically elected maybe but far from respected
“Fine Gael aren’t right-wing”
he’s about as irish as the mr “let’s commemorate the black n tans” so
Fine gaelers idolise the wretched auld cunt.
Our new Taoiseach is a bit of an enigma.
His parents are very working class, his dad being a taxi driver but he comes across as an Private School elitist Eton sort.
Margaret Thatcher was a close personal friend of Augusto Pinochet and refused to impose sanctions on South Africa during apartheid. Those things alone are pretty terrible and are why she shouldn’t be considered a role model for anybody.
I’m a unionist and I hated the fucker
Didn’t she effectively starve a bunch of miners?
Maggies in a box
Defending thatcher in Irish politics is certainly an interesting political stance and choice
I’m struggling to imagine a more controversial person to defend when in Irish politics regardless of the comments being said
You only had to go back through 11 years of tweets to find a dodgy one.
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what a wanker
And thru the town the joyous news was spread
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
You should hear what working class Brits who lived through the 80s say about her… Just because someone is elected doesn’t mean you have to say polite, respectful things.
Thatcher was correct in her assertions, that our nationalised services were being ran ineffectively. My problem with Thatcher, was that when she left office it was ineffective and corrupt. That’s her legacy and I’ll never forgive her for it. She had the power and the choice to do something about it, but she didn’t.
Regardless of whether or not she was a right aweful cunt, I’m failing to see what is wrong here? She was leader of our nearest and dearest friends, whatever hurtful shit she might have done. Plus, it’s standard FG fair to throw “terrorist” labels around willy nilly. Don’t see what the excitment is all about, to be honest. If he said “A great political leader who was […]” or “A woman who I greatly admired who was […]”, or similar, then maybe there’d be grounds for a “Look what that egjit said 11 years ago”, but this? Not convinced.
A strange hill to die on but I understand it it’s like what Eamonn did in WW2 when he expressed his remorse to Germany when Hitler died because it was purely political and not involving emotion. At the same time Simon probably shouldn’tve usedthe words “terrorists” if he wanted to be political and not emotional
“terrorists”
Guess he did have his milk stolen.
I think most of us had “Fine Gael Leader is Thatcherite” on our political bingo cards…
OP posting tweet screenshots from over 10 years ago on Reddit, that’s pretty sad behaviour dude. Free Palestine
Thatcher wasn’t “democratically elected”; she was elected as Tory Party leader by Tory Party members; just as Neil Kinnock (her opposite number at the time) was elected Labour Party leader by Labour Party members.
The PM isn’t voted for by the electorate; they’re elected leader of their party and they become PM upon their party’s victory in a GE.
I believe – as do many over here – that we DO need a directly elected PM (or similar). We also need to get rid of FPTP – it’s undemocratic.
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Tell me again how you got that job Simon?
Tory~Boy 2.0 …?
Democratically elected maybe but far from respected
“Fine Gael aren’t right-wing”
he’s about as irish as the mr “let’s commemorate the black n tans” so
Fine gaelers idolise the wretched auld cunt.
Our new Taoiseach is a bit of an enigma.
His parents are very working class, his dad being a taxi driver but he comes across as an Private School elitist Eton sort.
Margaret Thatcher was a close personal friend of Augusto Pinochet and refused to impose sanctions on South Africa during apartheid. Those things alone are pretty terrible and are why she shouldn’t be considered a role model for anybody.
I’m a unionist and I hated the fucker
Didn’t she effectively starve a bunch of miners?
Maggies in a box
Defending thatcher in Irish politics is certainly an interesting political stance and choice
I’m struggling to imagine a more controversial person to defend when in Irish politics regardless of the comments being said
You only had to go back through 11 years of tweets to find a dodgy one.
[removed]
what a wanker
And thru the town the joyous news was spread
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
[I hope it’s nearly over. ](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=S3kTUULBAt0&si=IaOEusjIhO8QIXkC)
You should hear what working class Brits who lived through the 80s say about her… Just because someone is elected doesn’t mean you have to say polite, respectful things.
Thatcher was correct in her assertions, that our nationalised services were being ran ineffectively. My problem with Thatcher, was that when she left office it was ineffective and corrupt. That’s her legacy and I’ll never forgive her for it. She had the power and the choice to do something about it, but she didn’t.
Regardless of whether or not she was a right aweful cunt, I’m failing to see what is wrong here? She was leader of our nearest and dearest friends, whatever hurtful shit she might have done. Plus, it’s standard FG fair to throw “terrorist” labels around willy nilly. Don’t see what the excitment is all about, to be honest. If he said “A great political leader who was […]” or “A woman who I greatly admired who was […]”, or similar, then maybe there’d be grounds for a “Look what that egjit said 11 years ago”, but this? Not convinced.
A strange hill to die on but I understand it it’s like what Eamonn did in WW2 when he expressed his remorse to Germany when Hitler died because it was purely political and not involving emotion. At the same time Simon probably shouldn’tve usedthe words “terrorists” if he wanted to be political and not emotional
“terrorists”
Guess he did have his milk stolen.
I think most of us had “Fine Gael Leader is Thatcherite” on our political bingo cards…
OP posting tweet screenshots from over 10 years ago on Reddit, that’s pretty sad behaviour dude. Free Palestine
Thatcher wasn’t “democratically elected”; she was elected as Tory Party leader by Tory Party members; just as Neil Kinnock (her opposite number at the time) was elected Labour Party leader by Labour Party members.
The PM isn’t voted for by the electorate; they’re elected leader of their party and they become PM upon their party’s victory in a GE.
I believe – as do many over here – that we DO need a directly elected PM (or similar). We also need to get rid of FPTP – it’s undemocratic.
Was he even born