Well, that's it, I'm fucked now.You can't be Scottish, say anything remotely positive about Margaret Thatcher and hope to avoid being villified to within an inch of your life.
Take Alex Salmond for example, in an interview with bestower-of-awards Blog King Iain Dale, the First Minister is quoted as saying:
"The SNP has a strong social conscience, which is very Scottish in itself. One of the reasons Scotland didn't take to Lady Thatcher was because of that. We didn't mind the economic side so much. But we didn't like the social side at all."
Now, mercifully, I can neatly sidestep all of this by saying I'm a child of the 80s. I wasn't even a teenager when Thatcher took control of the UK so back then I would more readily associate 'macro-economic' with Meccano or Lego than I would with businesses going to the wall. To avoid Poll Tax I would say to people just stop buying poles. (not that this childish naivety has ever really left me of course, I still think the Iran problem can be solved by a round of golf and a few beers with Ahmanedjad.)
But I'm surprised Iain Gray was "astonished" by Salmond's words, if he shocks so easily then he might want to choose a more harmonious life and avoid being Labour's leader. I also don't think the "apology" that Iain believes is necessary is going to materialise.
It's also fairly bizarre that Salmond's words have been spun into him somehow being complimentary about Thatcher when he is quite clearly stating he disagrees with her on one specific area. "Alex Salmond 'didn't mind' Thatcher Economics" states the title in the newspaper but that is a far cry from being what the main thrust of the article discusses. Once again The Scotsman descends into tabloid trash.
I also noted it was Gerri Peev who wrote the story who I believe was the mastermind behind getting Barack Obama's colleague sacked for labelling Hillary Clinton a monster. Gerri seems to be somewhat monstrous herself on current form.
I don't know if I'd choose to sit down with someone who is so keen to leap on a stray sentence here and there and blaze it into a non-story at the expense of the actual, more relevant substance of what was being discussed.
But maybe I'm still just childish and naive.
5 comments:
It always amazes me that those who tout the union dividend are those who fear the hand of Westminister!
'You can't be Scottish, say anything remotely positive about Margaret Thatcher and hope to avoid being villified to within an inch of your life.'
don't know if it's being Scottish, a lot of people of all over Britain hate the women for what she did to this country and thats quite understandable
It's not so much that people hate Thatcher it's just that so often some people don't even know why they are meant to.
As long as there's a semblance of rationale and logic as to why these people "hate the women for what she did to this country" then fair enough.
For me, personally, I think Iain Gray sees that Salmond hasn't said anything too controversial but has still tried to whip up the "anti-Thatcher" rabble who don't even know much about Politics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ02sBShAWE
Here's a wee video of Mags getting her hair done that I thought you might enjoy ;)
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