New Posts For Thread: No lover of Thatcher buthttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-butListening to some people complaining about what she did to this country.lets not forget that without the hard left taking over the unions she would never have been in power.The only reason people voted for her was her tough stance in the first place,Mick - A coalition SDP/Lib had a rating approaching 50%No it didn't.Not at all Mick, it seems that at their peak libs/ sdp hat 50% in one poll. There are some snakey coonts on here. Make your mind uphttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531134425#531134425Mick - A coalition SDP/Lib had a rating approaching 50%No it didn't.Not at all Mick, it seems that at their peak libs/ sdp hat 50% in one poll. There are some snakey coonts on here. Make your mind upTue, 09 Apr 2013 14:17:08 -0500Not at all Mick, it seems that at their peak libs/ sdp hat 50% in one poll. I have never heard anybody claim Roy Jenkins would have been PM without the Falklands. The normal leftie argument is that Labour would have beat Thatcher, after all SDp/Libhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531133343#531133343Not at all Mick, it seems that at their peak libs/ sdp hat 50% in one poll. I have never heard anybody claim Roy Jenkins would have been PM without the Falklands. The normal leftie argument is that Labour would have beat Thatcher, after all SDp/LibTue, 09 Apr 2013 13:35:58 -0500we will never know wurzel.What we do know is opposition parties regularly poll well mid term but fail to convert the poll ratings into votes.The reality of that election was the Alliance polled almost the same percentage vote as labour but 186 seatshttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531133267#531133267we will never know wurzel.What we do know is opposition parties regularly poll well mid term but fail to convert the poll ratings into votes.The reality of that election was the Alliance polled almost the same percentage vote as labour but 186 seatsTue, 09 Apr 2013 13:33:19 -0500My point Captain.But there is no arguing with someone who refuses to believe that the Alliance polled 50% even when proofed the evidence. There is some evidence that Mrs Thatcher's Falklands policy and defence spending led to the 'invasion' by Argenthttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531131225#531131225My point Captain.But there is no arguing with someone who refuses to believe that the Alliance polled 50% even when proofed the evidence. There is some evidence that Mrs Thatcher's Falklands policy and defence spending led to the 'invasion' by ArgentTue, 09 Apr 2013 12:01:27 -0500Take out the ' Falklands factor ' MW and a hung parliament was not out of the question - that would have been the end of Thatcher.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531130985#531130985Take out the ' Falklands factor ' MW and a hung parliament was not out of the question - that would have been the end of Thatcher.Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:53:42 -0500Mick you are presuming that poll ratings 2 - 3 years from an election would lead to votes on election day.It isn't unsual mid term for opposition parties to poll well but fail to convert them into votes.In the 83 election the alliance party got 25.4%https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531130693#531130693Mick you are presuming that poll ratings 2 - 3 years from an election would lead to votes on election day.It isn't unsual mid term for opposition parties to poll well but fail to convert them into votes.In the 83 election the alliance party got 25.4%Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:43:49 -0500Would have been Jenkins, he was ' Prime Minister Designate'. Could have happened, they were very close to breaking the mouldof two party politics - didn't happen, all water under the bridge now.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531130149#531130149Would have been Jenkins, he was ' Prime Minister Designate'. Could have happened, they were very close to breaking the mouldof two party politics - didn't happen, all water under the bridge now.Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:23:43 -0500Mick so are you saying that without the Falklands the David Steel or Roy Jenkins (rather than Foot) would have been Prime Minister.I've never heard anybody claim that before.They managed 23 seats so only 303 seats short of a majority.Unlucky - I canhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531129211#531129211Mick so are you saying that without the Falklands the David Steel or Roy Jenkins (rather than Foot) would have been Prime Minister.I've never heard anybody claim that before.They managed 23 seats so only 303 seats short of a majority.Unlucky - I canTue, 09 Apr 2013 10:55:06 -0500It was easy to verify.http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/voting-intention-1979-1983 Survey End Date CON (%) LAB (%) LIB/SDP (%) Con LeadScroll down to Gallup/Telegraph 1981-12-14 23 23.5 50.5 -https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531128623#531128623It was easy to verify.http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/voting-intention-1979-1983 Survey End Date CON (%) LAB (%) LIB/SDP (%) Con LeadScroll down to Gallup/Telegraph 1981-12-14 23 23.5 50.5 -Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:36:59 -0500So you post some bollox,I disagree so you start to be offensive.Is that It? Idiot.Bye then.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/29851521/no-lover-of-thatcher-but?post_id=531127927#531127927So you post some bollox,I disagree so you start to be offensive.Is that It? Idiot.Bye then.Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:15:06 -0500