Bye Bye Maggie
General Discussions ( Anything Goes )
I suspect that the spontaneousrevelry in Scotland and parts of London only helped marginalize the political views of the celebratory crowds--at least from an international perspective. I think they did themselves no favors. In fact, it seemed a bit primitive. I was reminded, rightly or wrongly, of the days when political and/or religious enemies wereexhumedto have their heads impaled for public display on London Bridge.
Nonetheless, as a Welsh-American, I defer to those who have experienced, first-hand, the policies of Lady Thatcher. When she visited our small town in 1996, retracing the steps of Winston Churchill and Harry S Truman, she was treated politely and was well received at a public reception in the Capitol Rotunda. I did not attend mainly because it was a black-tie event. I did go to the railway station to see the authentic,commemorativesteam train arrive. Unlike Churchill and Truman she was not aboard but arrived discreetly by helicopter. Former Premier Mikhail Gorbachev was also politely received.
