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whathehell

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11. Wow....I didn't know that!.

Reply to truebrit71 (Reply #10)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:59 PM

Jan 2012

Are there really no unions in the UK anymore?.

I know that she and Reagan were tight, but I don't think even he was this

bad (or we might say as "successful&quot in his aims.

Terrible stuff...Sounds like what our fascist right wing is trying to do to us now.

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Iron Lady is worth a look. I just saw a preview screening. [View all] Kablooie Dec 2011 OP

Pass. I lived through it. I don't need a Hollywood-ized version of it... truebrit71 Dec 2011 #1

Understandable if you lived through it. Kablooie Dec 2011 #2

Meryl Streep's performance? canetoad Dec 2011 #3

Amazing. Probably her next Oscar. Kablooie Dec 2011 #4

Does the movie go into how she handled the Irish Hunger Strikes in '81? whathehell Dec 2011 #5

Not really. It's just quick cliff notes summary of her primal ministery. (ministery?) Kablooie Jan 2012 #6

Okay. Thanks for that information. n/t whathehell Jan 2012 #7

..not just your opinion... truebrit71 Jan 2012 #8

Yes, I've heard that...I know she was a conservative, but what were whathehell Jan 2012 #9

She didn't try to destroy unions, she succeeded in destroying unions... truebrit71 Jan 2012 #10

Wow....I didn't know that!. whathehell Jan 2012 #11

No there are still unions in England, and they are much stronger than their US bretheren.. truebrit71 Jan 2012 #12

Streep great, movie so-so graham4anything Feb 2012 #13

Ah ha! I was right. She won. Kablooie Feb 2012 #14