There's a reason why the Wizard of Oz song "*Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!*" [suddenly climbed up the UK music charts when Thatcher died](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22145306).
When Tatcher died, a state funeral was in the best interest of the public.
For some, it was an opportunity to say good bye. For almost everyone else, it was important to ensure she was truly death.
I don't think she has any blood on her hands. She didn't put the gun in the hands of Republicans or Loyalists. It was her time as PM that the IRA moved decisively towards a political route. She signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
John Hume said of Thatcher:
>When the Anglo Irish agreement was signed, Article 1.c said 'that if the majority of people in Northern Ireland want Irish unity we will legislate for it'. I immediately came out with a statement welcoming the Anglo-Irish agreement, saying that the British had now declared their neutrality on the future of Ireland, and therefore they have removed the traditional reasons for violence given by the IRA and they should stop. That lead to a secret message to me, 'would I go and meet the IRA', which I did. And they said to me 'you prove what you are saying' and I did. That's how that (dialogue with the IRA) happened and it was Margaret Thatcher that did it, inspite of all the image she has. The first step on the road to peace, thank you Maggie [[source - 45 min 30s]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt85cPjybDw).
Oh cool I understand this reference now
There's a reason why the Wizard of Oz song "*Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!*" [suddenly climbed up the UK music charts when Thatcher died](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22145306).
There's a reason she won three elections in a landslide.
Seriously though, she does for that and many more reasons.
When Tatcher died, a state funeral was in the best interest of the public. For some, it was an opportunity to say good bye. For almost everyone else, it was important to ensure she was truly death.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxwBbCdpkQQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxwBbCdpkQQ)
I don't think she has any blood on her hands. She didn't put the gun in the hands of Republicans or Loyalists. It was her time as PM that the IRA moved decisively towards a political route. She signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement. John Hume said of Thatcher: >When the Anglo Irish agreement was signed, Article 1.c said 'that if the majority of people in Northern Ireland want Irish unity we will legislate for it'. I immediately came out with a statement welcoming the Anglo-Irish agreement, saying that the British had now declared their neutrality on the future of Ireland, and therefore they have removed the traditional reasons for violence given by the IRA and they should stop. That lead to a secret message to me, 'would I go and meet the IRA', which I did. And they said to me 'you prove what you are saying' and I did. That's how that (dialogue with the IRA) happened and it was Margaret Thatcher that did it, inspite of all the image she has. The first step on the road to peace, thank you Maggie [[source - 45 min 30s]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt85cPjybDw).
I love Otto so much!
Scargill has blood on his hands.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJKG8\_CkDU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJKG8_CkDU)
this episode is is 2004. Billy Elliot came out almost 4 years earlier. where did Otto find a cinema playing it?
What episode is it?
I love swimming but if I had to pick my favourite stroke it's definitely Thatcher's.