published notes
have showed she lied about the pit closures during the mining strike !! she has secret talks and asked for notes not to be taken !!
Published note
have shown She withheld information about the Hillsborough tragedy as she wanted the people of Liverpool to be blamed rather than the police,
It seems now it is to come to light that she withheld information about offences, by her ministers.
If proven as I am sure it will be, will people finally see her for the lying, evil bitch she undoubtedly was.
They're all much the same...
well...for me Toots...doing a deal to try a gain a long lasting peace.....is somewhat different from hiding what you knew about was going one about child abuse, because it was within your cabinet and would look bad on you !!
Surely a stake through the heart would have been the better option?
Which 'long lasting peace' was that dean?
And as for the claims by Gilberthorpe about Mrs T in the red top.. well,words fail me. All the people mentioned are dead so he is unable to be taken to task in libel hearings. He's just nothing more than a fantasist with absolutely no real evidence to back up his claims.
Strange you should take notice of a conservative though.
Lying, cheating, self serving communists are your usual diet :grin:
gnv...firstly you say the likes of the prime minister never gets to hear these things.....then you post a link which shows she was personally handed a dossier showing these !!! The case is coming to light actually from the Saville case where one person is saying that ministers were at the same party. And yes its Tom Watson that is now campaigning for this. It is him that asked for the file, that has now mysteriously gone missing !!!
Toots....deceptions and deals were undoubtedly done to broker a Northern Ireland deal. Not ideal, and the release or non conviction of such people must rankle hard with the families of those injured or killed. However we must counter this with the amount of people not injured or killed because we now have peace in Northern Ireland. If I was going to pick on Blair for anything I would rather look at what he really knew about the weapons of mass destruction or lack of, before the Iraq war. I think he has more to answer for....for the maybe needless loss of British soldiers in a war that wasn't ours.
However I say again....withholding information, or trying to sweep under the carpet anything known about a ring, has no justification whatsoever for me. It seems it was rife at the time, and these people were all so drunk on power, that they seemingly thought they were un-touchable. And until now they were. They and we deserve the truth.
Toots....No never voted for him.....but yes I did vote for local labour MP. So you can say I helped elect him...and yes twice !!! In this case we see Serious Fraud Squad lose these documents...I am guessing this is actually the Police ....not a political party or government !!! As I have stated I do think Tony Blair has a lot to answer for about the war in Iraq. I think a lot of needless lives were lost .
However .... this is just a sideline. this is not what I am asking or are you saying because Blair may of lied about what her knew of weapons and deals....it makes hiding away crimes and details of a ring acceptable !!!!
Simply answer me this.....if and big if at this point....it is proven Mrs thatcher knew about this ring, operating in Westminster, and she choose to hide, sweep under the carpet, and ignore it because, high ranking members of her cabinet were involved, what would you think of her....and do you think any of the awards given should be removed ?
As I say..this is just an allegation as yet.....but notes have already proved she blatently lied over miners strike and Hillsborough ....so don't hold your breath for long !!!
I am shocked.....to be honest in total misbelief....that you are willing to condone anyone that would hide, and ignore abuse. Yes only allegation at this point....but you say if proven you would not care !! You have read the links....the allegation is that she knew....GNV posted a link from a fellow aide that handed her personally a 20 page dossier. It is obvious that if it had been shown at the time, her government would of collapsed ..and that's why she hid it.
No excuse for child abuse.....no excuse for ignoring it.
Wasn't a very big dossier then, only 20 pages!
It could just have equally been her Christmas Card list for that year. Easy to make these allegations some years later when the facts can't be verified.
Have you ever watched the Queen accept flowers at an event? They are immediately handed back to a 'flunky' (often a Policewoman) to deal with. Yeah, like she's going to stand and read a file of 20 pages whilst she is at some event or other. Her 'bag carrier' would have taken it and she may never have seen the contents.
Who knows? The poor woman is dead - just like you are dead in the water by demanding her titles are handed back.
By the way, did you know that life peerages die with demise of the holder?
Jimmy saville is dead....Cyril Smith is dead........so you think we should just forget about what they did !!
I really can't believe people can talk about child abuse as if it didn't matter.
I am shocked and saddened....to think people would turn a blind eye like that.
Tom Watson is a tireless campaigner.....he fought against many obstacles put in his way, for the enquiry into telephone hacking.
You may not like his politics.....but you can fault his effort and commitment to the truth.
I have simply asked what people will think IF..and as I keep saying only an IF at this time...it is shown Mrs Thatcher knew and brushed under the carpet, abuse....what would your view of her be.
You seem to be saying...it doesn't matter now...she is dead...so just leave it alone. Well I for one will be glad to see the truth come out, whatever it says.
So Thatcher didn't do something about it, perhaps as some have suggested it was kept from her, perhaps she was too busy dealing with other rogues like Scargill, a man who continues to live off the benefits given to him by the miners he cheated.
Nobody is guilt free, you have to measure their failings with their achievements, I can think of many failings of the late Mrs T and I can think of many achievements too, I can't think of any achievements of Mr Scargill who you hold in such high esteem, perhaps if the Miners had, had a better and more honest leader they would have got a better deal.
Jesus ... can't believe the "arguments" here trying to deflect away from the original question.
If She knew ... and of course I think she knew, her Premiership was one based on a dictatorial nature where she worked tirelessly, then of course she should be found guilty of guilt by association.
To hide something of this magnitude, or turn a blind eye to it for fear of how it would look adds to the crime.
I feel just like the BBC both Thatcher and other politicians knew of these rumours and didn't give a rats arse about the victims ... and as said Power does funny things
I look forward to the lies coming out and history judging Thatcher for what she did both good and bad and hopefully some kind of justice being delivered to the victims if it is proved that my hunch is found to be true
You will never ever get Thatcher lovers to admit what she was really like, it's too uncomfortable. Fortunately the rest of us could see it.