Actually, wait, there *is* something that makes me angry and depressed, and needs to be addressed, about Mag the Bag's death. And it's this: It saddens, depresses, and angers me that today, and for at least a couple of weeks to come, the media and commentators and, yes, even the ordinary people in the streets, will be focussed on - even consumed with - the percieved legacy of someone who last mattered more than 20 years ago, and thus totally wilfully ignorant of and blinded to the shit that the government is doing *now*.
And we really, those of who think and post, need to guard against that, and to not let what's happening now, in 2013, be buried either by the hatred of or the beatification by the Tory press of, someone from what is now history. Because, you know, and I know, that they will try that. there'll be sycophantic documentaries replacing proper programmes in the schedules, diverting us from this week's benefits changes (for one example.) There'll be vilifications from the other side, hoping we won't notice that Labour are split on those benefit changes (to name but the same example.)
Don't let them do that. Whether you're mourning the Falklands War leader or celebrating the removal of the milk snatcher, don't be so tied up in the politics of 30 years ago to let go for a vital moment of the situation *today*.
Says a guy who was dressed as V for a weekend a month ago...
One other thing about Thatcher, that even the most ardent hater ought to remember- That was a woman, in very much a man's world. Female deadlier than the male. And that makes the position she reached very much an achievement worth - well, not celebrating, in her case, but worth admiring, and worth wishing a more moderate one had achieved. (This is today's feminist comment!).
But enough of her - look at what's happening with the new disability benefits and stuff coming in today!
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