The Iron Lady ....
 

Ok ... I like Meryl Streep ... as Hollywood goes, she ain't all that bad ... but Streep as Thatcher? I know she will probably do a decent job ... trailer don't look all that bad. But were there no British actors able to handle the role? I mean, it's as dumb as having Jeff Chandler as Cochise:eek: Or Edward G. Robinson in "The Ten Commandments:eek::eek: I for one had never realized that Cochise was Jewish:rolleyes: And does anyone trust a yank to do "justice" to the Iron Lady ... I hope we don't get Maggie the heroine, instead of Maggie the Bitch that she was, and probably still is:mad:

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yeh disappointed me mate, i'd hoped wi the thread title she had croaked.

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Nah ... when she croaks the thread will be in the over-18s so that all her fans can deliver obits in forthright language.;) Still think that they should bury her now ... and do it face down so that if she tries to claw her way out, she will end up where she belongs; and I don't mean Australia:alright:

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is she still around,,,there will be plenty of buntin out up north.

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She'll probably croak when she finds out the Tory leader in Hyndburn has seconded a motion supporting terrorist organisations currently involved in killing British troops.

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If that had to occur T,i would change my opinion of the man, n even send him a "Thank You" card.

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I hope she don't croak too soon, Cashy, because it's going to be a state funeral and you wouldn't want to pay for that out of your taxes, would you?

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Sod me taxes,i'll pay fer it meself.:D

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I think Lindsay Duncan did a good job the other year, in the B.B.C. drama Margaret.

'I loathe Margaret Thatcher,' says actress playing former PM in new BBC drama | Mail Online

Rate Ms. Streep, but will need convincing she'll pull ol' Thatch off.

Though with her skill's as an actor, she probably will indeed convince me.

I detested Thatcher when she was on the throne, and all she stood for.

I've mentioned before, I did meet her the once, about twelve years ago. I was invited to a dinner, upstairs in a private dining room at the Carlton Club. Twelve diners at one table, and I was sat straight facing her.

Much to my suprise, I genuinely found her to be good company. She was interested in what I had to say, she was intelligent, and had a very dry sense of humour. Still hate her politics mind, but I did warm to her as a person. Though with hindsight, you do have to admire her dog's dangly bits, compared to today's weak as dishwater political leaders, especially when dealing with our E.U. 'brothers'.

Odd, when your perceptions are challenged.

Always thought Enoch Powell would be a monster, and he was a quiet, kind, gent. Whereas someone I admired growing up, David Bowie turned out to be a supercilious, vacuous, snob.

I look forward to seeing this film, and hope my preconceptions can be similarly challenged.

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Isn't she still an honourary vice-president of Blackburn Rovers? I wonder if they'll scatter her ashes over Ewood Park, alongside some Venky Fried Chicken bones, with Jaysay performing the ceremony.

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I was thinking of that after I read Eric's first post.

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She was in the seventies. Don't know about now.

She'd be good in a pickle.

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Err..wasn't it a case of honourary VP for life?

And wasn't Ted Heath an honourary VP of Burnley FC?

No wonder they couldn't stand the sight of each other...Dingles v Rovers, a dirty war fought out in the dark corridors of Westminster.

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Yup, you're right, seems she's still Honorary Vice President.

If she's not in a pickle, they might set her on fire, and float her down the Ganges instead.

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Or she could end up as a goddess, with eight arms. They could then stick up a statue of her in Whitehall, or maybe outside the Darwin End.

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I reckon this threads gonna upset cyfr when he sees it?so i will offer n olive branch......................Lend him a shovel.:D

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She could have alternate blue and white arms.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...l30of6DLDapWGV

:rolleyes:

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I was at the match that Ted Heath attended at Turf Moor.

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Would love to have had that opportunity myself -even though she was Public enemy No 1 for me when younger. She has won her place in history whether you agreed with her or not.

Surprising how the public persona can be so different to the real person.

Bowie i have always loved as a performer - he has a kind of magnetism -caught a glimpse of what you say when he was interviewed on Italian TV last year - the inteviewer didn't get it luckily and the translation covered it up but to me he came over just as you say...shame to bust a myth.

I have this sort of fantasy where i imagine such a dinner party -perhaps 8 or 12 people - i have quite a list I would invite! Could make a thread about it sometime...if it's not too boring an idea!:rolleyes:

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ive-17216.html

;):D

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You lot aren't nice to the Blessed Margaret, If only we had her today she would certainly do a much better job of standing up to Brussels than the Lilly livered politicians of the last 15 years

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Been there, done that, worn the tee-shirt! (Or should I flatter you/me and say: great minds...)

Not surprised you sometimes get bored....

Concur with Alan Bennet - great Northern wit.

You and Oscar woud be one too many quips -won't say which I'd prefer :rolleyes:

Jeremy Brett for absolute male beauty - (voice, looks...was/am in his thrall)

The Queen (just so you'd behave!)

Joanna Lumley

Will start working on the menu...:D

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I tend to agree with you. She stuck to her guns and was a strong leader. I don't think ill of her. She is frail and old, and I think some of the previous comments have been unkind, to say the least.

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Unkind? if many put what they really thought,the membership would go in rapid decline i think.:rolleyes:

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OK, point taken, but she is history now anyway. By the way, I am not a Tory voter, so I am not coming from that angle.

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Er...to say I detested her politics, I think I was quite nice.

Saying as I did, that she was a pleasant suprise, when I dined with her.

I also posted that with hindsight, I admire her dog's dangly bits, for standing up for Britain against Europe, compared to the E.U.nuchs we have as political leaders today.

That's quite complimentary...for me.

:D

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Well lets face it Rindi Maggie had more balls when it came to sticking up for GB in Europe than Blair, Brown and Cameron put together ;)

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E.U.nuchs have no balls.

That's a sad fact.

For them.

For us.

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Is that a requisite when you get involved in Europe, being spayed:rolleyes:

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Cashy's shown remarkable restaint.

Trust me.

:D

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NO COMMENT:behead:

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Lol, I do remember your previous posts about ol' Thatch.

We very nearly moved to Italy when she was elected.

My Dad was never what you call a fan either.

:D

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I 've seen this movie and i think this movie is average.Interesting story but all of all just nice this movie.

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Pickle her in strong sulphuric acid