The Iron Lady

[Beefmeister]

I know it came out ages ago in the UK but it only just opened here, so we went to see it on Sunday night.

Wow. What a film! A genuinely, utterly bloody brilliant bit of cinematography. I don't mind saying I was completely transfixed by Streep's portrayal of Maggie, the scenes exploring her dementia in the present day were heart wrenching and so brilliantly acted.

I'm a tory boy through and through, have always been (very Conservative village) and not afraid to say it, so I was interested in the story as well, but the whole thing made me thoroughly proud to be British.

Interested to hear how it went down in the UK?

[mammamia]

The lady is not for turning. She is for shooting !

[Simpo Two]

mammamia said:

She is for shooting !

Curious how she won three elections and dragged the country from the unionised shambles into the 1980s but is now packaged by the pansy media as a female Hitler.

[zeb]

She will always divide opinion

Whilst we cannot question her achievements as a politician, the way she did it will always be under scrutiny

Growing up in the 80's and NOT living in London I was not a fan, but she changed politics in this country undoubtedly

[Oakey]

zeb said:

She will always divide opinion

Whilst we cannot question her achievements as a politician, the way she did it will always be under scrutiny

Growing up in the 80's and NOT living in London I was not a fan, but she changed politics in this country undoubtedly

Those growing up in the 70s might have some stories to tell you.

[zeb]

over to you grandad....

[chris watton]

mammamia said:

The lady is not for turning. She is for shooting !

Nice!

[chris watton]

Oakey said:

zeb said:

She will always divide opinion

Whilst we cannot question her achievements as a politician, the way she did it will always be under scrutiny

Growing up in the 80's and NOT living in London I was not a fan, but she changed politics in this country undoubtedly

Those growing up in the 70s might have some stories to tell you.

And I wonder how the '80's would have fared if Labour won...

[zeb]

I know, I know.....those damn bins would never have been emptied

[Zaxxon]

chris watton said:

And I wonder how the '80's would have fared if Labour won...

Yeah, that's a thought, 30 years of Labour. At least we would be getting aid packages and funding from India and Pakistan by now....we could then have our own space program