by Iskra

Created on: August 26, 2010   Last Updated: August 27, 2010

There will be few tears shed in Ireland on the death of Margaret Thatcher primarily due to her callous treatment of the H-Block prisoners protest and her ill-concealed glee at the deaths of those ten brave men. The English, Scottish and Welsh workingclass will also be dry-eyed due to her despicable treatment of the miners. Internationally, she was roundly condemned for her leading role in the cold-blooded mass murder of hundreds of Argentinian sailors aboard the General Belgrano, an unarmed troop ship that she gave the order to sink during the Falklands War while it was well clear of any combat zone. Her calculating pursuit of war in the Falklands in 1982 unleashed a predicted blast of jingoism that improved her 'Personal Approval rating' from only 30% (pre-Falklands) to 59% according to Mori. In life Thatcher was a close ally and confidant of

General Pinochet the genocidal fascist dictator of Chile.

As Britain's first female Prime Minister she quickly earned the nickname the "Iron Lady" for her obstinacy in government, dictatorial and 'Presidential' Prime Ministerial style. Born Margaret Hilda Roberts on October 13th 1925, the old fascist has had very good innings. Her first degree was in Chemistry but her husband Dennis Thatcher's money enabled Margaret to fast-track herself into training and eventually qualifying as a barrister.

She made her political bones within Toryism as a rabid anti-Socialist who worshipped at the alter of Monetarism and laisez-faire Free Market capitalism. One of her most dispicable acts was when as Secretary of State for Education in the Heath Tory government, she abolished the provision of a third of a pint of milk for primary school children aged 7-11, earning herself the accurate moniker as 'Thatcher the milk snatcher!' During the height of her dictatorial reign, she infamously sent the SAS to rescue her playboy and coup d'etat-sponsoring son Mark Thatcher in Africa. Mark Thatcher due to a renowned lack of common sense and unburdened by even basic driving skills, combined with an inability to read a compass, had managed to get himself lost during the well organised Paris-to-Dakkar rally!

The Poll Tax Tyrant

Her introduction of the Poll Tax proved one of her most unpopular political measures and the images of the 'Trafalgar Riots' were shown all over the world when Socialists, Anarchists and non-aligned ordinary pissed-off people, took on the Metropolitan police in the heart of London.

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