George Galloway Tears Into Margaret Thatcher In Opening Rant

Our host claimed the former Prime Minister had "systematically dismantled Britain" at the start of his show.
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[@moodyguymick]

George certainly has a way with words.

[@agt155]

Brilliant George, I salute your indefatigability over the last 27 years.

[@tezzatibbz2278]

If you go to certain parts of England in the north and mentioned the name Margaret Thatcher you would be lucky to escape alive.

[@boeingbwoy]

Midlands, north east and my god, DEFINITELY the north west...

[@Steve14ps]

In the late 1980s I was on a train passing through Grantham, I passed comment about the town being her birthplace, did not go down well.

[@drmontague6475]

By the same working class scum who enjoy watching asylum seekers drown in the channel! I lived in the areas you are on about don't kid yourself that striking miners were nice people.

[@Steve14ps]

@@amandaroberts6627 Boris Johnson disgraced himself there long before he became PM. The Tories vile piece of rag that calls itself a newspaper 'The Sun' is also very much not welcome.

[@amandaroberts6627]

@@Steve14ps 100%👏 no Tories no Sun scum 😤, wish we could have our own government up north as they only ever care about the south and hate us up these ways x

[@johnrider3749]

People are still suffering from the effects of Thatchers policies in 2023 and my hatred of her has not decreased even though she's now worm food, Rest in peace our British manufacturing industry and the caring compassionate country we once knew before she became PM,

[@jasmineluxemburg6200]

Thousands of us feel and think the same about Maggie Thatcher!

[@stevendonovan7564]

@Mark Kenny where are you from in England

[@jemmace2586]

Millions, still.

[@jasonosborne3602]

She was sending poll tax bills out to 16 yr old kids

[@mikewillis44]

I remember the poll tax. A mountain of paper the size of Mount Everest and her spite.S he did not invent the poll tax but she carried on with it as a good idea to help more and more people enslave themselves to the banks with property that was meant to remain in public ownership. Now look where we are.

[@jordanallen3078]

@@mikewillis44 Horrific lady.

[@heighwaysonthewing]

she was going to give bills out to the homeless , she was a scum bag bar none, 16 year old's to help billionaires pay their bills , what a tw*t she was..

[@iain58]

I was one of them!

[@jinhargun]

Yep, I got mine two months before my 16th birthday,

[@classicraceruk1337]

I lived through Thatchers turmoil and George is exactly right. She was evil and I will never forget what she did.

[@abdell75roussos]

She was evil??!! She created millions of home owners, and made the UK wealthy and desirable place to live in and invest in. Got rid of dirty coal too. Some people just cant be pleased no matter what. GG in PM seat? That would upset you for sure.... A very very different UK.

[@hairblairbunch81]

It's mad isn't it? A great mind, diplomatic, guided us away from the cold War, we became a respected global player and yet the word evil is used. Probably think Hamas is justified also

[@classicraceruk1337]

@@abdell75roussos Created millions of home owners at what cost? The present housing shortages and high prices are part of her idiotic plan to sell off council houses. She gave away that stock at huge discounts and did not allow councils to reinvest that money to replace them. Dirty coal was banned by the clean air act of 1956. Nothing to do with the Thatcher years. Learn some history . What she did if for he own evil political agenda was shut down coal mines leaving towns and villages in devastation for decades. Then proceed to shut down most of our manufacturing base. Her insistence that the service sector would make us all rich has been shown to been a disaster. Having her main Economic Advisor Sir Alan Walter’s in a constant fight with Nigel Lawson caused untold problems including the resignation of Lawson at a critical time. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@classicraceruk1337]

@@hairblairbunch81 Thatcher a great mind and diplomat? She had nothing to do with the ending of the Cold War. She has a lot to do with the problems with have now. Lack of a manufacturing base, lack of housing, the aftermath of selling of council house at a huge discount and not allowing councils to replace them. The problems with some flats in blocks being in private hands and some owned by the council. This came to a head with the fires caused by faulty insulation. The flat owners are now in debt by many £1000’s. I lived through her years of hell. Even her own party eventually realised her failings and removed her from the Office of PM.

[@abdell75roussos]

@@classicraceruk1337 I would think of western societies in such a way as in general all those in it expect to get more for less as the years pass. Impossible to maintain. Hell. cant even get kids to leave their social media alone long enough, or get them to get their hands dirty, or get them out of their bedrooms to build houses anyway. Attitudes have also changed too...i am the victim, and its the fault of....,

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

I'll never forget that image of Thatcher walking arm in arm with murderous dictator Pinochet. It should have been cast in bronze.

[@lewisner]

That's unfair to Pinochet (joke).

[@drmontague6475]

the working class voted for her. it's democracy. She was our representative. George has a problem when democracy doesn't go his way .

[@guruxara7994]

@@drmontague6475 He never has the majority of the popular votes...

[@drmontague6475]

@Mark Corfield The working class lived in poverty, they nationalized the copper mines, the profits were used to pay for health and social care , feed people etc i.e. social justice. America didn't like that. What is wrong with your working class brain that you support the exploiters?

[@drmontague6475]

@Mark CorfieldTell me how capitalist exploitation works you fuckin tosser

[@gregprice103]

Thatcher was a strange person. She was a champion of Pinochet and called him a friend, a man who’s presided over a regime that tortured and killed thousands of innocents in his own country whilst thatcher in the same breath would denounce Nelson Mandela branding him a terrorist, even when he became president she refused to acknowledge him??. That shows that intelligence and a total lack of morality can coexist in the character of one person.

[@donnkelt9114]

George i have so many problems with you over thebyears...but this country needs politicians like you. Your analysis of Thatcher years is bang on. I saw young mothers shedding tears when Killoch closed and not one tear from Thatcher, as you said the only tear she shed was for herself. Ayrshire was decimated in 1986 all those villages all those communities gone.

[@luciatilyard2827]

He's right' I was there! Her vileness should never be forgotten.

[@SNAKEPIT359]

Lucia Tilyard Yes me to. I always say the demise of britain started with thatcher.

[@jaynehinds3339]

Lucia Tilyard same here she was a pure monster

[@allysmith7351]

Thank God for George Galloway.We need more like him in the world,a true justice warrior.He is truly a hero (my hero)speaking the truth clearly through the mire of lies.

[@abdell75roussos]

....Another one. Even the Guardian hates this man. He join any group to gets him attention/audience. A true supporter of Islamic extremism; lets hope he makes PM, enjoy.

[@garrigproductions]

Well said George Galloway. If there was any true justice in this world then you would be foreign secretary right now.

[@garrison6863]

Thatcher was England's Ronald Reagan.

[@reginaldmolethrasher437]

That's a good thing, right?

[@chrisholland7367]

It's possible that Thatcher and Reagan would taken the world to the brink of nuclear anialation. You certainly would have had to lived through the 80s to understand the times we lived in.

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

Thatcher was a modern day Oliver Cromwell.

[@erinundra]

@@reginaldmolethrasher437 A broken down cowboy who had dementia while he was in office, and a would-be toff with a fake upper class accent and a hatred of the working class? Are you serious?

[@allanball8466]

Well Said George, Some people know the the price of everything , And the value of nothing ......

[@carbone8gaming591]

George is a top man !Love you George

[@mikemcguinness1304]

2019 and we are still suffering from her policies

[@Heretic-007]

Oh shut it you Marxist Jihadist. The world is suffering for Blair's policies. Long Live Israel.

[@abdell75roussos]

And what might that be? In life, i know its boring, doesn't get likes, but the balanced view is unpopular but the truth. She created huge wealth, and she made millions of new home owners, but sold of the council houses too cheap by mistake. So easy to sell outrage and so so easy to criticize. btw You people will get to enjoy the fruits of increasing islamizationm, and their laws and customs, which are the opposite of yours, but you ignore of course. It would be great to live with GG in the hot seat, and then look back at the carnage left. He is a used car saleperson at heart, but joins any case he can think of in order to get his attention. he craves

[@Jbentley9999]

I emigrated to America in 1991 though I believe that certain decisions made economically to privatize certain industries was the wrong thing to do. The result has been the decimation of those industries by financiers who have no loyalty to Britain.

[@spex357]

My hatred of Thatcher hasn't dimmed either. Here we are after years of her ideals and doesn't it look fantastic, not.

[@christinewaine2615]

Neither has the love of her.

[@MrHeesbeen]

Eh Paul ?

[@kevinfanhu2479]

gallaway is a amazing spontanious speaker

[@deadinthebed963]

doubt it wasnt rehearsed

[@Lee-70ish]

I spoke to two coppers who worked on the miners strike they thought it was great. They made a bucket full of overtime and even laughed at being able to buy a miners TV for a few quid as he was desperate for some money to feed his family. I'm no Galloway fan but when he speaks about Thatcher he is right.

[@billyporter1389]

I'm living in Florida and spoke to a police officer from Newcastle and he told me he was able to put a large chunk of money to buy a holiday home here from the money he made during the miners strike. He actually laughed about it and praised Thatcher for it.

[@memyself1566]

@@billyporter1389 Well, what you heard and saw about England was the irony what the UK has become. Be thankful that you live in Florida!

[@jemmace2586]

Wow, what a right pair of zombies and to think people like that have the same right to vote as everyone else.

[@NowListenBritain]

Er excuse me imbecile, the miner was desparate for some money to feed his family because he stopped working - it's a simple formula - you work, you get paid. You go on strike cos you're stupid, you don't get paid.

[@thetruth9210]

Was that the miners strike where the miners were not even given a vote to see if they wanted to strike and if any of them decided they wanted to work some flying pickets rocked up to beat them up?

[@kevinodom2918]

I’m starting to see a pattern w these woman. Crying tears of pain when leaving is not a good sign.

[@MrMollypockets]

Like or loath Thatcher, Galloway is 100% factually correct.

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

Love or hate George Galloway, he is 100% bang on about Margaret Thatcher.

[@abdell75roussos]

Have you not noticed that it is so so so easy to criticize people. Its a entire career choice. So simple way to get second hand status. Incidentally, Mrs T was very popular for a long time until people get bored; the westerners disease. Mrs T got rid of the old and brought in the new, with so many people getting what they desired including to buy their own homes en masse. She sold them off too cheap, we know that. M GG pretends to support a culture that is in general the opposite to many western values, and in some case a threat to national security. I would love to see GG run the UK for sure. Wonder what the retrospective opinion would be with the UKs new Blasphemy laws for a start, bankruptcy, and terrorism. Was silent on some high profile case which i wont mention here. King of of faux outrage. Even the Guardian doesn't like him.

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

@@abdell75roussos No!, I’am no supporter of George Galloway, far from it because of his crackpot ideas, but Margaret Thatcher short sightly got rid of the old and brought in the new to create long term greed. Selling off council houses has created the housing shortage and many people are still suffering from the long term effects of her policies. Tramp the dirt down.

[@thetruth9210]

George (who i am a fan of) does not explain why thatcher had to do the things she did or what he thinks she could have done instead

[@Reverend-Rodger]

Thatcher the milk snatcher. I remember when she put VAT on chips, back then it was seen as poor mans food. Poll tax was not the only thing she introduced, as a school leaver on a YTS scheme me and my brother where forced to pay the rent on my mothers house when my father found himself out of work after the de-industrialisation. There wasn't a lot of my £25 left to enjoy ( 62.5p an hour ) not exactly a living wage. :D

[@marky1974]

Never criticises Putin though..

[@stephenreeds3632]

That woman was the worst thing that happened to this country. She was despicable.

[@memyself1566]

She was moved into place just at the “right time“ by the hidden hand that controls the world. The result was successful, but the results can be seen to this day.

[@chriswilliamson7694]

If Thatcher was four times worse than you think she was, she'd still only be a quarter as horrendous as Blair actually was.

[@abdell75roussos]

I liked the house she sold us, as did millions of others. So so easy to criticize years later. Its just the way humans are. Need to start on Emperor Nero next, he was here too and what a mess he made.....where is my interview.. mrsT got rid of the old, and made the UK wealthy indeed for years. Cant pls all people though. GG should be PM, that would be funny to see....

[@wawawutosnftbs8922]

She even tried to block Russian payments to the miners during the miners strike in 1984..hard working lads just wanting to live their life's as best they could and look after their family's..she even labelled them "enemy of the state" I say no more.

[@Coolerman565]

She was a Fascist,Pinochet was one of her friends.

[@thetruth9210]

they were the enemy of the state or their leaders were. They brought down the Heath government play a big part in bring down the Callaghan government and tried to bring down Thatcher's government. Not only did the miners not have the support of the country they did not have the support of many miners who the strike was imposed on without a vote

[@manassardar100]

Who can forget her support to Khmer Rouge, Auguste Pinechett, and Shah of Iran ?? Throughly criminal bend of mind, manas

[@hereforagoodtimenotalongti1812]

Did she really support the Khmer Rouge you supply proof of that I been to Cambodia and done the killing fields so interested in that cheers

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

She supported and armed Saddam Hussein and many other brutal dictatorships. Margaret Thatcher defended dangerous paedophiles including her friendship with Savile and pressed for him to be knighted and the same with fellow pervert Cyril Smith.

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

Margaret Thatcher sent the SAS to Thailand close to the border with Cambodia to fight alongside Pol Pot’s exiled forces to try and overthrow the Thai puppet government that was backed by the Soviet Union. The Massacre of the Cambodian people of the 1970s could have happened all over again. Arming one of the world’s most evil men ever to walk this planet and protecting Savile from arrest says everything how vile that rotten-to-the-core woman was. ​@@hereforagoodtimenotalongti1812 She sent

[@Insightts]

Well George, you are the man!

[@elena16350]

Brilliant speech, George you are a formidable orator, and the fact that your on my side strengthens me.

[@ssutcliffe6621]

You and me both George. Thatcher killed my sister, my mother and my son. I just wish I could believe she was rotting in hell.

[@markewings7525]

She sits at Satan's left hand.

[@10wanderer]

eh did she stab them ?

[@alvinman8]

@@10wanderer is she your mother?

[@thebeast2746]

Sa'eed Abubakar she can’t be yours with a name like that .. You illegally ere ...🤔

[@alvinman8]

@@thebeast2746 you left your self baffling I can see, 🤣🤣🤣what a pity

[@TheGlitter46]

You may love him, you may hate him. But he's honest.

[@urbanjunglegroove1238]

Mr. Galloway is absolutely right about Thatcher!

[@JGW964]

The industry’s thatcher demolished were inefficient and subsidised by the tax payer, they were dead socialist commodity’s! she privatised them and the reason they did not thrive is because in Britain they were not able to be competitive, even under massive deregulation (This is proof British tax payers were not get value for there money before her actions) Your welcome to say what she did was not the best way to achieve the ends, but saying something did not need doing and her successfully turning around the economy was not a great achievement, is just ridiculous! And of course poll tax was unpopular! but she wanted everyone to have a equal equity stake in the country because all, and everyones productivity matters! Plus, all levels of income and living standards were better at that time, a direct result of her other policy’s and the poll tax was the way to drive the country further still.... she was a legend, she economically achieved more and did more good than any politician has since before WW1.... unpopular but needed! The alternative policy’s have proved 10 fold not to work!

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

The real truth.Galloways hate filled rants have thankfully been removed from talkradio.

[@thetruth9210]

the poll tax was far from perfect but it was much fairer than what it replaced or exists now

[@kevinlynch9438]

As usual George is the ONLY one telling the truth. ...... 🇮🇪✊🏻🇵🇸........

[@1971_2]

I was 20 George, I remember her well, she was hellbent on destroying the North of England.

[@raphaelbernard7954]

tamp the dirt down

[@samlekker]

According to stats, 50% of everything we see as British such as Heathrow airport, railways, ports, boots, Waterstones (bookshop) are now foreign owned. The thatcher government made it easy for foreign take overs of not just British companies with a wealth of knowledge and expertise but also national assets.. where as foregin take overs are common else where, there are rules.. for example in Germany they ban foreign takeovers of allot of technology & engineering companies etc to keep the knowledge in the country.. Britian sells all its best innovation startups to forigners because they’re forced to by some hedge fund in London.. these very situations are a legacy of thatchers policies..why the hell are we forced sell our valuable knowledge and expertise to foregieners to keep city financial firms happy? Remember there are rules allowing firms in the city to to just this!! there is somthing called national interest.. rules like other places should exist to protect our own... jobs, pride, social fabric.. Britian has become a dimmed down, minimum wage, skill less nation with a very rich capital because of the Tories.. the tories created cooperate London which has destroyed our nation and made us all slaves to foreign firms who do not share the passion we do for Britian.. we need strong leaders to change this now! Brexit or not.. we need good leaders that will make us proud again... we can’t keep letting cooperate London destroy us, we can’t keep letting foreigners buy out our country and take jobs away and not paying Uk tax... We earn more tax by making a money ourselves than for a rich foreigner to buy a London property.. this is why there are cuts.. the government has created a very friendly buisness climate for the rich, so they can avoid allot of tax.. who suffers?? Us!! I’m not racist.. I think multicultural societies are good.. but don’t sell our nation off.. let the nation be owned and run by us Brits.. white black or whatever.. as long as we hand on heart are proud of being British.. we will make the nation grow and provide jobs to people.. give us a chance.. stop letting only rich foreigners and London finance make money!

[@mrflatroofer4089]

Agree.

[@memyself1566]

When the British royal family goes black, it is time to get rid of royalty; better still, to leave the UK forever more. Diversity is our strength - no it is not.

[@richardweldon2062]

About time this was said.

[@MyRutland]

You always get a good laugh with George "he likes her really"

[@jenniferduffy7036]

She was awful to the Miners 84 and I have never forgotten her needless slaughter in the Falklands War 82.

[@thetruth9210]

the miners were taken out on strike by their leaders with no vote at all. Many wanted to work. "needless slaughter in the Falklands War 82." she was restrained and could have done much more damage

[@saladdays4883]

So genius and conniving are the media and Tories, that they have the working class voting for them. These are dismal times.

[@ericboxer3053]

maybe because the woke leftist of modern labour hate white working class brits

[@christianzilla]

@@ericboxer3053 it's no secret that Tories and the ruling class hold the working class in contempt. Every day is a class war to them. Read a book. Stop ingesting right wing trash on social media.

[@ericboxer3053]

@@christianzilla lol did I say the Tories were any different? They aren't but if you think hard woke gender neutral green climate communism open border labour are on the same planet as working class brits you are clearly delusional and should stop mainlining the guardian and BBC

[@christianzilla]

@@ericboxer3053 who said any of that is true? Voting neoliberals into power as working class citizens is against one's best interests. That's all I'm saying. If you spot any alternatives, let me know.

[@ericboxer3053]

@@christianzilla sadly there are no alternatives...the entire western world's political system is rotten to the core unfortunately

[@rcf1878]

Wow. George Galloway the greatest presenter. The Talk TV ever has. Bless you GG. Mother of talk show. Wednesday. 9 pm. and Sunday. 7 pm. Wow.

[@billygoat1449]

Best part of thatchers career was when howe ended her career, when she walked out of downing street crying.that was a moment to savour,maybe a tiny bit of justice for all the misery she had inflicted on working people.

[@lukedrifter100]

I think George would have been an awesome songwriter.,

[@jtk1ify]

yes i was there a 21 year old lad, paid off after his apprenticeship. i felt her policies, i felt her actions, i heard her insults "moaning minnies and Tebbits "get on your bike speech" i witnessed the hideous arrogance of the big business cheering her, and her heartless government, to destroy trade union representation in the workplace, and once again create a working class slave society Margaret Thatcher did one good thing, she gave me a social concience forever by showing what it is like not to have one

[@Coolerman565]

Yes and some ignorant Muppets voted for the bitch time after time they must have liked getting kicked in the balls.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

I still love Gorgeous George, I remember the *'Grapple in the Apple"* vs Christopher Hitchens....only time I seen Hitch bested in a debate. Although in his defense....Hitch had an impossible position to defend/Debate.

[@deadinthebed963]

Galloway was on the right side of history in activate he wasn't intellectual of hitch though overall certainly not as a writer

[@voiceofchina1788]

She fell on the steps of People's hall upset by Deng Xiaoping. Historical scene.

[@KultureShock]

I love George in his role opposing the US and the worlds modern political corruption but I was also there, back in 1984-85, a young steel worker, when the unions were dragging the country down the drain. The abuse of power by the gobshite union leaders and stewards was sickening to behold. Arthur Scargill had only one aim, to be the man that brought down the Tory government. He had not an iota of genuine compassion for his striking minors. He was on full pay for the whole period of the strike and then accepted life presidency of the miners union despite it's flagrant undemocratic nature. I reluctantly walked out of the gates on a number of occasions when loud mouthed bully boy shop stewards cajoled and intimidated workers into strike action for the most shamefully, pathetic "reasons". Margaret Thatcher was the foul tasting medicine that saved the country from economic suicide. The pole tax was a doomed attempt to persuade the electorate to take more personal responsibility. There was already a tiered income tax system that had the bigger earners paying the most tax. The simplistic view that most people have of that whole period, especially people who weren't even born then, exasperates me. There were many complex issues at play. One of these was that Labour held constituencies were deliberately overspending their budgets as a means of political retaliation through self sabotage. The idea of a pole tax was partly in response to that. I could go on forever. Margaret Thatcher was very strong, hard working, highly intelligent and decent human being. Her time in power was too long. She became corrupted and had to be removed from power, which is a shame. But she does not deserve the hatred that many, many people have for her. Even people in other countries. Her reputation world wide is one of a monster. Not true George. I was there!

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

You speak the absolute truth.Without Thatcher the puppet Labour government that the Unions owned and paid for would have brought about a far left economic armageddon that we would never have emerged from.Thatcher was the saviour of modern Britian.The real evil was the corrupt hypocrite Scargill and the other bullying Union Czars singing the red flag.The comments on here are by people as hate filled as Galloway without a clue as to the depth of shit Britian was in caused by a Labour Government and their corrupt paymasters.A prime minister for eleven years tells you how actually popular she was.Galloway is a bitter old man thankfully booted off talkradio for his disgusting diatribes.

[@KultureShock]

@@johnnyconnelly7278 Thanks Johnny.

[@brianadens8467]

The worst thing for all of us ,was that they gave her a state funeral.independence is the only route.

[@donncha0]

"Little dreadlocked children running around the grounds of Buckingham Palace" What a glorious sight that would be! I'm all for it George...

[@shadowbanned4149]

yes great doing the Nazi solute what a ACE family and uncle Jimmy Savile /

[@botany500kojak]

Virtue signalling and thus racist. Why do people need to resort to identity politics?

[@boldbhoy67]

Dreadlocks and singing 'Faith of our Father's Holy Faith!' would be meltdown for bigots!

[@ianholden7]

She also covered up the Hillsborough disaster rip 96

[@dixienormous8559]

Would you ever shut the fuck up about Hillsborough. Liverpool hooligans were ultimately to blame just as they were at Hysel where they killed 39 juventas supporters. The real coverup is that the media never talk about this anymore.

[@jasonosborne3602]

Ian Holden she also protected jimmy savile from arrest

[@ianholden7]

Dixie Normous your talking shit mate plod put to many fan's in the one pen

[@jasonosborne3602]

Ian Holden most of her cabinet was peadophiles and protected them m8

[@jasonosborne3602]

Ian Holden the bastard sent a poll tax bill to me when I was 16 only left school two weeks before

[@wallacepearse3915]

Nothing like running down the dead eh. No right to reply.

[@richardmadden8742]

She wouldn't reply anyway but who cares about her??

[@thetruth9210]

@@richardmadden8742 Well half the country loved her and half the country hated her not something you can say about Blair. The whole country hates him

[@geoffmcrorie90]

Sorry George you are wrong. During the miner's strike Scargill and his lot would not allow the engineers in to keep the pumps running to stop the mines from flooding. Cutting their noses to spoil their faces. Take note.

[@sullacicero2610]

The unions had nothing to do with the demise of heavy industry of course.

[@johnmalone7913]

You would want to express yourself George🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.....But you do have a point.......she wrecked communities and her intransigence regarding NI led to more lives being lost.....if only she had dialogued more.....

[@pizzabinge]

She killed off industries that were arguably dying a death; industries that were propped up by huge, unsustainable subsidies, that couldn't compete against increasing foreign competition. Those whose livelihoods were intertwined with such industries have fair reason to despise her, but to suggest she "destroyed Britain" is only half true. The other half prospered under her leadership and this continued, perhaps even more so, under Blair's New Labour. Rather than incentivise "northerners" to head south to reap the rewards, the large majority of new jobs created were filled by immigrants. This cycle has continued ever since and is arguably the #1 reason why people voted for Brexit. As a nation that will need to compete with the EU, once out, I am somewhat cynical how things will improve wholesale "up north". But I remain hopeful.

[@leebush4053]

Why shouldn't the Dustman pay the same amount for local services as the Duke? The old system was home owners paid Rates subsidising the council tenants who did not contribute to local services. The council tax was 18 and over paid it. Who pays now?

[@angelicazambrano]

She also abolished the belt, As a person who got the belt daily, I can gladly say I don't give a flying whatever about the milk stoppage,

[@revol148]

(a) the coal was too expensive (and too deep) to mine economically and that's before you consider the dash-for-gas which was happening right across the western world.I could also add the previous labour administrations who closed down loads of coal mines but they were labour so that doesn't count I guess (b) the automotive industry was a joke - unions & poor management in the late 1960's onwards help create some of the most useless cars in the world - luckily that all changed under foreign ownership in the 1980's (c) the ship building industry was outdated, poorly run, over unionized and complete swallowed whole by the south Koreans - quite how Thatcher was responsible for that is anyone's guess (d) the poll tax did not get rid of Thatcher it was Tory divisions over Europe, MPs worried about their seats and an economy heading for recession - if the poll tax was an issue why did (e) Thatcher also cried when her son Mark was lost in the Sahara desert in Paris-dakar rally in the early 1980's (f) Markel is half cast not black as her father is white (g) Galloway at the royal wedding? How times have changed (h) Gordon Brown doesn't do interviews for a book - that's because he knows his time as an MP was a complete embarrassment ! Other than that George is pretty much spot on ! LOL x

[@michealkelliher8428]

I'm Irish, but I would know a lot about England back in the 80's. She did dismantle Britain, it could have been saved, by sitting down with the unions, instead, with her to ' hell with working class people' attitude and her hatred for all things Liverpool ( Working Class city) you get my drift! She is solely responsible for her dirty deals with her Ronald Reaganomic style policies of deregulation of Englands industries, then heading out foreign. The was when the real rot set in, not the 60's nor the 70's. We were still getting superb cars from England in the late 70's, early 80s and top quality Sheffield Steel cutlery. Don't get me started on her treatment of the North of Ireland. She was pro apartheid as well. Nothing good about her.

[@revol148]

@@michealkelliher8428 I would agree with pretty much all of what you've typed - I'm no cheerleader for her but blaming all the shortcomings of the 1980's as people like Galloway does isn't helpful or even accurate. As far as northern Ireland is concerned I would have let the United nations sort out the pointless sectarian blood letting or even better have left back in 1921

[@peacejen8732]

The Icecream girl .. that woman was adding air to increase the volume. Everyday I discover more and more .

[@jimmy-stourbridge-fc8980]

You should look up the 1988 Scottish Cup Final Dundee UTD v Celtic she had to be introduced to teams under the stand at Hampden then when she went to the royal box both the Dundee & Celtic fans all showed her red cards.

[@christianzilla]

That's quality

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

Proof that Margaret Thatcher was despised North of the Border.

[@AbandonEarth911]

Well done George, The truth Hurts.

[@johnconnors4508]

Good job George!

[@tripzville7569]

Well said George. The future is a future of UNITY IN DIVERSITY.

[@thetruth9210]

i dont think george agrees

[@thetruth9210]

the poll tax was fairer than what it replaced

[@lascaux4497]

He sure does have a lot of grudges...

[@davidlennard2729]

Well said George

[@SNAKEPIT359]

Yes a lovely lady. She even abolished school milk for children

[@stephenreeds3632]

Just to get herself noticed. A deeply disturbed woman.

[@highvolumepls]

She could have cooled the Hunger strikes too, and given them decent rights, but yet again like 1916, it backfired on the Brits.

[@darrell3716]

He is so bitter, calm down George. 😂

[@rg1360]

Ah right we were supposed to dig coal pointlessly when no one wants it. Why dont we get people digging a massive hole in a field then fill it in at the end of the day, repeat Monday to Friday and that's employment sorted

[@danzel1157]

We imported it afterwards.

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

@@danzel1157 The coal seams were exhausted and unproductive.Thats why they closed.

[@danzel1157]

@@johnnyconnelly7278 One would have to be extremely naive to believe that one.

[@grahampreece4846]

Another rant from gobby Galloway Margrate Thatcher didn’t destroy the minors Arthur Sgargill did

[@thetruth9210]

Very true.

[@garycrosse1817]

Working people are living in the legacy of the evil birch I'm glad I emigrated lest we forget

[@antonioruiz423]

' not by a flicker'. Gold.

[@grahamstoute1504]

“...and they say there is no God” - I cannot remember the last time I howled with such pleasure

[@Willtext]

And she was never voted out by the people of Britain 🇬🇧

[@thetruth9210]

no she was not voted out by the people

[@danielcochrane9579]

Do you think he doesn’t like Lady Thatcher

[@alanchriston6806]

Spot on Analysis 😊🏴‍☠️🎈

[@robpk63]

Brilliant.

[@liamlyons6645]

Would I have wanted Britain to be burning coal for the last 27 years tho 🌞

[@djdoolittle1315]

Feck um , lets keep burning and stuff climate change 😷☝️🇮🇷

[@thetruth9210]

nobody wanted that but they still want to complain the mines were closed

[@albacan]

Imagine this. I liked Thatcher for correcting the abyss and I like GG for standing up for the wee people

[@ordohereticus3427]

What abyss? You mean arming the Taliban’s progenitors and giving us modern-day terrorism that we’re still paying for through our noses. Lol.

[@brigittapayne6203]

Thatcher destroyed the strikers and they destroyed themselves. In my opinion she saved the UK , George is a joke .

[@petermcmillan5730]

GREAT,GREAT,MAN.

[@syddiesel698]

2 monsters together Thatcher And May,May is a bigger monster,Brilliant said George true

[@macstar2010]

I have to say the Unions didnt help in many circumstances

[@marksmith7425]

Maggie was our greatest ever Pm and i am so very proud to have been in my prime when she became our Pm.She sorted out the labour party .She sorted out the unions .and she sorted out the miners and she sorted out their communist leader scargill.The greatest achievement any Pm has ever done.

[@davidalexander2607]

You have got to be one of the most deluded people ever. The woman was evil. She put 6 million workers on the dole.

[@stevenpaulgoulding]

Margaret Thatcher sorted out the unions and instigated the Miners Strike for spite. The worst prime minister ever.

[@baz9628]

Blair was far worse than Thatcher.

[@hansjurgenochsenfahrt6176]

look at the Murdoch puppet today.... he has paranoia - no drug can help... if he has to appear in public....

[@cayetanosoler3432]

One in the same ....illusion of choice.

[@thecinematicmind]

Austin Lee and Dodgey Dave

[@katrinawalls2109]

The mans talking shite ...after Wilson and Callaghan and dare I say Heath .the country was on its knees waiting for the blow...Maggie thatcher milk snatcher ...which school still offers milk! coal mines loosing money by the truck load ...they called it the British disease, the strike capital of the world..love her or hate her she did a job..mistakes she made a few ..including the pole tax.and Blair should be bull wiped

[@cayetanosoler3432]

@@katrinawalls2109 Tory Blair deregulated the banks which contributed to the 2007 crash effecting millions of lifes .Add that to the Iraq war and his body count leaves Maggie pissing in the wind .

[@barraqali336]

Tragically, she got away with destroying the entire country and Britain has not recovered from that wholesale destruction of the economy and the country's social fabric.

[@thetruth9210]

rubbish

[@RebelofIreland]

What a shame the provos came so close.

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

What a sick remark.

[@Jon-oo9fv]

I remember first seeing this guy when I was a teenager and thinking oh cool this guy gets it, and within 2 years I realised how embarrassing it is to think this guy actually says anything of value

[@mwmann]

People who hate others are always on the losing end of history, wars, and in every face to face meeting one may have with these sociopaths. Hatred is a sin or a sickness within mankind. A man who is consumed by hatred or anger clouds his reason and can not be trusted. Their judgement of many things become skewed. Murder comes from both hatred and anger. Jesus said a man who has hatred in his heart for his brother has murdered his brother in his heart. Just like he said a man who lusts after a woman has committed fornication with that woman in his heart. He points out that thoughts create sin in men. Sometimes acted upon but always within the soul they leave a mark. No matter what Julius Caesar did he did not deserve to be murdered. Thou shalt not kill always remains and cannot be erased away. It was hatred that put the knives in the hands of the Assassins of Julius Caesar. And look what happened to everyone of them. People who hate and cheer the deaths of others are lost and on the road to hell.

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

Galloway is consumed by hatred.He has a twisted heart.Thankfully he has been taken off air for anti semitism.

[@donaldharvey763]

Hahap every word a true one love it

[@RandomnessTube.]

Bigotry goes both ways but George only seems to focus on one side.

[@me-cq7wv]

Could not agree more she was a witch. BRAVO And a shout out to the miners around the world that sent xmas presents to the kids of the miners who were on strike, China, Russa, Austraia to name a few. Churchill would have been turning in his grave to see what this women done to GREAT BRITAIN.

[@peteredwards338]

George are you sure economics didn't play a big part in the downfall of our old industries. Gordon Brown said the deep pits would reopen when economic conditions were right. Which is Labour speak for never.

[@daikayll1897]

Thatcher proved that power corrupts completely. I hoped a woman would make a different difference ! Vicious , vengeful , vitriolic , stubborn bit of work. Go get 'um George.

[@johnmalone7913]

You would want to express yourself George!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thetruth9210]

Disappointed that George speaks about Thatcher like this after all these years