Thanks Maggie, 85 today!

[colonel c]

She was such a good and well loved Prim Minister her cabinet colleagues tried in vain to persuade her not to resign in 1990.

No hang on!

[Zod]

colonel c said:

She was such a good and well loved Prim Minister her cabinet colleagues tried in vain to persuade her not to resign in 1990.

No hang on!

Name a PM who stepped down whilst in office of his own accord.

Explain the 1987 election while you're at it.

Then remind us why Labour still couldn't win in 1992.

[NoNeed]

Zod said:

colonel c said:

She was such a good and well loved Prim Minister her cabinet colleagues tried in vain to persuade her not to resign in 1990.

No hang on!

Name a PM who stepped down whilst in office of his own accord.

Explain the 1987 election while you're at it.

Then remind us why Labour still couldn't win in 1992.

Didn't tony B Liar jump before he was pushed too?

[Zod]

Brown pushed him as we all know.

[colonel c]

Zod said:

colonel c said:

She was such a good and well loved Prim Minister her cabinet colleagues tried in vain to persuade her not to resign in 1990.

No hang on!

Name a PM who stepped down whilst in office of his own accord.

Explain the 1987 election while you're at it.

Then remind us why Labour still couldn't win in 1992.

I thought the topic was about Thatcher. So why did her own cabinet force her out?

[Fittster]

Zod said:

colonel c said:

She was such a good and well loved Prim Minister her cabinet colleagues tried in vain to persuade her not to resign in 1990.

No hang on!

Name a PM who stepped down whilst in office of his own accord.

Tony Blair would be the most recent example, others that come to mind are Anthony Eden, Churchill, Bonar Law and MacDonald. Ill health has often resulted in PMs standing down.

Thatcher is a rare example of a serving PM being forced out, normally the go after losing an election.

[Zod]

All were beyond their use-by dates, including Thatcher. Hers took longer to come than those of the rest.

[Fittster]

Zod said:

All were beyond their use-by dates, including Thatcher. Hers took longer to come than those of the rest.

Considering Bonar Law was PM for 212 days, it's difficult to say he was past his sell by date.

[groak]

Thatcher? Gruesome old bat. Gone bonkers by all accounts.

[Zod]

Fittster said:

Zod said:

All were beyond their use-by dates, including Thatcher. Hers took longer to come than those of the rest.

Considering Bonar Law was PM for 212 days, it's difficult to say he was past his sell by date.

Bonar-Law's situation was pretty bloody unusual.

[tamore]

tony bliar stepped down of his own accord? don't make me laugh.

[Fittster]

tamore said:

tony bliar stepped down of his own accord? don't make me laugh.

Was he voted out by his colleagues or the electorate? No.

By definition he stepped down of his own accord.

[Zod]

So, not unlike Margaret Thatcher then, who stepped down of her own accord for the good of the party, rather than enter a second ballot.

[dbdb]

It would be fascinating to know whether there are regional variations in Thatcher appreciation. I'm from the North West and I really don't think she is quite so well liked or admired up here.

[ukwill]

dbdb said:

It would be fascinating to know whether there are regional variations in Thatcher appreciation. I'm from the North West and I really don't think she is quite so well liked or admired up here.

She gets the blame for the effects of globalisation. It was going to happen to the UK regardless of who the PM was. But it's always nice to have an escapegoat.







(whoosh in advance)

[grumbledoak]

dbdb said:

It would be fascinating to know whether there are regional variations in Thatcher appreciation. I'm from the North West and I really don't think she is quite so well liked or admired up here.

Check the coloured voting map for the last election, even on the BBC. Largely the red bits will be anti-Thatcher.

[Westy Pre-Lit]

groak said:

Thatcher? Gruesome old bat. Gone bonkers by all accounts.

Gone you say.....I thought that happened in early 80's . Should have burnt the witch a long time ago.