What is there to celebrate?

Yesterday, an old lady suffering from dementia died, she was a mother and grandmother, her friends and relatives will be saddened by this loss.

This lady's name is Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, and according to some people, the most hated and vile person to have lived. I feel they exaggerate slightly. Yes the poor suffered under the government which she led, yes unemployment rates grew, and I know about the miners and all that other evil stuff she (on her own, nothing to do with the rest of the government) did to this country.

You can probably see already that I do not believe that one person can be held responsible for everything that happened during her time as Prime Minister.

As for the cries of "Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher!" she is not entirely to blame, the Labour (yes Labour, those champions of the working classes) government withdrew free milk for 11-18 year olds in 1968. Then the Conservative government of Edward Heath withdrew it for 7-11 year olds. So who really snatched the milk? Also, having spoke to many people who remember and hated, I mean hated with a passion, the warm, slightly off, school milk which they were forced to drink, was it such a bad thing to remove?

I am not saying that I agree with the policies of the Conservative government led by Thatcher, but I really don't believe that she should be held solely accountable for those policies. In the 23 years since her term as Prime Minister ended, why haven't the actions of her government been reversed? Not even the Labour government of the the late 1990's and 2000's changed things back to the way they used to be in the good old days.

The worst thing I've seen (mostly on facebook) since Thatchers death, is the people who criticise her for being totally lacking in human compassion and feeling, demonstrating that they too are lacking in these qualities. I also saw someone comparing her to Hitler, really? Really? Read some history, she was nothing like Hitler.

Seriously, is now the time to throw a party? Guys? Are you forgetting the massive cuts that the current government are making? Are you forgetting that they are privatising our most precious asset, the NHS? How is throwing a party and pissing on an old ladies grave going to change anything?

If you actually hate the policies that Thatcher's Conservatives put in place, then you probably hate what Cameron's ConDems are doing now. If that is the case, stop your partying, stop pissing on graves, and change the things that can be changed!

"And when they seek to oppress you
And when they try to destroy you,
Rise and Rise again and again
Like The Phoenix from the ashes
Until the Lambs have become Lions
and the Rule of Darkness is no more "