...most people have an opinion about her. And I suspect that's why she makes good television.

By the way Lynda, shameless plugging of one's own website / product is frowned upon in these parts. This includes family members / people with the same surname as you, but as most of the bloggers probably agree with your statement, we'll let you off.

This very subject was broached on the blog earlier today, so you're certainly not the only one who's noticed.

PS. Any relation to our own Kate Mossman? I suspect I already know the answer to this...

Do most bloggers here really wish another human being was dead as posted above?.

I'm not looking for a political argument but I wouldn't wish death on anyone just because we have differing views.

it all gets out hand. People have deeply held views on it and well it's friday and sunny in EC1. I'm not stifling debate or curtailing free speech just well let's not fall out again!

the mothers of Argentinians killed during the Falklands conflict? It was screened around 6 months ago (I think). Whilst retaining their dignity the women interviewed made it clear there wouldn't be much rehabilitation forthcoming from them. One of the few occasions I've seen Carol Thatcher at a loss for words.

Sending Carol Thatcher to Argentinian berieved! Who on earth thought that was a good idea? Ignore the crass insensativity, well sorry most people couldn't. Some one in tv land could because they sent her and obviously dear old Carol could. I wonder how it ran in the conference room "I've got a good idea, lets interview people who have lost their nearest and dearest and use as interviewer the offspring of the person they blame. It'll make great tv". You couldn't make it up.

I think it's more than a little distasteful to wish any person dead in that way. It's certainly not what I come here for.

...Jade Goody dead and, would you believe it!

(I'm very, very sorry.)

Incidentally, regarding Mrs. T, up here in Liverpool there's not much sensitivity regarding her inevitable death, you'll be startled to hear. Not only do I know someone who's got a bottle of champagne in the fridge which he won't drink until he's certain she's pegged it, but there's also a street party planned for the announcement. (On Hope Street outside the Casa if you're in the area).

Sick? Oh yes. But that's hatred for you.

It is fairly damning of Thatcher but not in isolation of other world leaders, global corporations, universities and economists of the same era. The people with power were all abusing it. Not sure of my point other than there are a list of people and sometimes singling out Thatcher lets the others get away with it.

the sun's starting to come round to my side of the building in the late afternoon now after long winter.

The thirtieth anniversery of a Labour Government overseeing the collapse of the economy and being thrown out by bankrupt electorate?

is the 'Apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.We have a perfect example of that with Carol Thatcher who is as loathsome as her mother. I saw the documentary in question and in truth she came across as absolutely vile - no surprise there then. She also seems ignorant of the answer to the statement 'you started the war' - I would argue that her mother created the war as a way of reviving her then flagging unpopularity and the Belgrano was clearly going in the opposite direction to the exclusion zone when it was mercilessly sunk. I dont understand why people are surprised at the strong views on here. I am pretty sure there were millions gladdened by the death of Hitler.If I lost a loved one through someone elses inhumane actions I dont think they would be on my Christmas card list.

..but the preceding government, with endless strikes, three day week, Winter of Discontent, unburied bodies, piles of rubbish everywhere etc made it pretty inevitable that a big change was a comin'. If the Social Contract had been given any sort of run we might never have had Thatcher in the first place. Reap what you sow.

...will indeed "Tramp the dirt down" - I'm sure some journo is going to ask him about it when she does pop off.

Pit closures, rioting, the sinking of the Belgrano, the collapse of the manufacturing base, the privatisation of everything, the destruction of the trade union movement, the Poll Tax and mass unemployment werent enough.

Now shes responsible for making me listen to Rush.

Wasn't bothered before but now? Die, bitch, Die!!

dangerous and googling the words "Thatcher" and "Home Address".

Bring me the head of Geddy Lee!

At last I have meet some like minded souls who are going to get drunk when the wicked witch dies. I have said this for years to my wife that the day she dies im taking the day off work and hitting the drink. Im might even head over to Liverpool for the street party although I suspect there will be a few over here. Roll on the day when its breaking news on BBC 24.COME ON !

As a historical drama filmed in the style of House of Cards it was a very interesting work. If you want to discuss Thatcher's legacy I suggest you go to Guardian Talk.

Having said that, the portrayal of John Major was a very interesting one, and having met Denis Thatcher once, I can say that the actor who played him was spot on. I particularly liked the swearing a la In The Thick of It, particularly from Heseltine, who actually appeared to look like the Spitting Image puppet.

I presume the music in the drama, a wonderfully menacing piece in the style of Eno's "In Dark Trees", was written for the programme, but if anyone knows differently I'd be interested in getting my hands on it.

and for being missing in transit yesterday. I saw the trailers and thought it as a comedy, in the style of Michael Sheen as Tony Blair.

Where I worked in the 80s we were given time off to nip up the road to see Milksnatcher speak in an election rally, in a field between Bury & Ramsbottom.

Observations of a young man - she is tiny, Dennis looked like the buffoon he was always portrayed as and why the hell did they have to have a police frogman in the pond behind the makeshift stage all the time she was outstanding in her field? (oh no she wasn't...).

That's it. Did I forget power-craved politician rather than public servant? That fits so many though...

would seem to be the populist view here then - apart from the Rush fan. I still can't be bothered to listen to them though.

It seems appropriate to close this thread with a quote from Kaththyn Flett 'On Television' in today's Observer...
"Perhaps it's simply that for any of us who grew up detesting Margaret Thatcher in a wholly visceral sort of way, believing her to be the architect of all that is politically incorrect......and the standard bearer for overwhelming hubris and sundry other horribleness - not to mention the worst kind of high-profile woman, the dreaded "man's woman", ever to have been bequeathed to the sisterhood - the current trend for respectful revisionism is slightly repugnant."

I despise Thatcher and everything she stood for and believe her deregulation policies are at the root of our current economic woes. I won't shed a tear when she dies, but must still admit a slight admiration for her.

I do admire the way she clawed her way to the top of her party despite being a woman, and one from a relatively ordinary background at that, in a party full of toffs and grandees. The toffs are back in charge now.

As a nation we like to think we are strong, but in the face of Thatcher we rolled over and died. If we had been more militant, like the French, we might still have some industry left instead of the now empty husks of many of the "key" service industries, such as financial services, which we were assured would replace them.

Shame on Thacher, but shame on us for giving in to her.

That if Thatcher had been as foxy as Lindsay Duncan, most men would have gladly gone on the dole for her? It was a great programme, but in reality she was an ugly old baggage. Not that I wish her dead, mind. Not really us, is it?
Anyroad, to blame Mrs T solely for the job losses of the early 80s is to ignore the fact that there was a global recession on; personalising it is the territory of those clowns blaming Robin Peston for the current one. Also, I read a very persuasive argument for the sheer scale of redundancies in the 80s being a by-product of chief accountants' first acquaintance with the IBM PC - at last they could crunch their own numbers in Supercalc or Visicalc or Lotus 1-2-3 and this ability to produce their own 'what-if?' scenarios led to P45's all round.

Yes, Thatcher caused untold misery for the citizens of the UK (and Argentina or that matter), don't forget that she was aided and abetted by Ronald the Raygun (check out Gil Scott Heron's B-Movie to hear him speared mercilessly), and played yes-girl to his imperial ambitions. The US has certainly not been free of this kind soft shoe dictator, Kennedy/LBJ/Nixon all share the blame for "Nam, and of course the most recent occupant of the White House. The less said the better? Anyway, as a believer in karma, I know that they will, or have, a price to pay for their misdeeds.

Can't say I'll be too bothered when Maggie dies. I won't mourn her in any way. Terrible woman, divisive politically and many many people up in the north despise her. I was at Uni with a lad from a mining village near Doncaster and he REALLY hated her.
As for Murdoch and why Potter disliked him. It was nothing to do with his businesses as such, just what he had done to journalism and the press in his time. Listen to what Potter says and it becomes clear.

He's a lark, isn't he?

About Margaret and Adolf .. They both loved 'their' countries and wanted 'their' best for them ...shame they weren't the same countries and 'best' the majority of us believed in or wished for.

If you want a light-hearted break, you could try the games at http://www.maggiethatcher.com/games.html or join the Thatcher's death flash mob at http://www.flashmobdeath.tk

Reading the posts one gets the impression that during Thatcher's time the Prime Minister was some kind of super-politician in charge of everything. Is that the same job that Major and Blair had and which was always described as "no matter what they promise during the election, they can't do anything, it's all party politics..."??

to hate Thatcher with such a passion?

I used to - 20 years ago. Now I couldn't care less.