
“The first duty of Government is to uphold the law. If it tries to bob and weave and duck around that duty when its inconvenient, if government does that, then so will the governed, and then nothing is safe—not home, not liberty, not life itself.” Margaret Thatcher 1975
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I know that a lot of people dislike Margaret Thatcher, for some quite legitimate reasons, but I thought this quote was very pertinent.
It would be nice if someone could remind Boris of this.
Sad times when we have to look to the ghost of Maggie for leadership.
I bet some Maggie haters would prefer her back over Boris at the moment.
Did she really say that? I was certain bojo and his oligarchy were thatcherists
God forbid we have another pandemic whilst the Tory’s are in power or whilst current generation can still remember sunak and Boris broke the rules! Who will listen to any lockdown or w,e rules are being proposed!!!!!!? It’s ridiculous to quote a famous man “ITS TIME TO GOOOOOOO” (R.I.P Claude)
So it’s come to this, I am sat here nodding and agreeing with Margaret fucking Thatcher.
What a state of affairs.
To be fair “Don’t break the laws that you make” is such an incredibly low bar that no one who wasn’t blatantly stupid or corrupt could disagree
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Keir Starmer used this quote in a PMQs in January. Would highly recommend watching it; Starmer really was in his element as a lawyer with Boris sitting as the defendant.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-announcement-live-sue-gray-report-update-publication-no-10-party-inquiry-1433041
Margaret Thatcher said that? She is the reason this country is in such a shit state!
Wasn’t this the person that used the police force as her own private army to brutalise people conducting legal strikes? Yeah let’s all listen to what this fucking cunt has to say.
Thatcher was a cunt.
Wishing for order because chaos reigns is exactly why people end up voting for authoritarian paternal autocrats.
Grow up. Use the agency you have wisely and stop feeling sorry for yourself. It’s going to get a lot worse.
Go on Maggie. I hope you’re rolling in you’re grave at the utter moral abortion that is the Tory party nowadays, you evil bitch.