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economy, open government, politics, Thatcher, Tories, unemployment
(satire – probably)
Witches across the country are expressing their outrage after left-wing critics of Baroness Thatcher – who died of a stroke on Monday at the age of 87 – have tried to compare them to the former prime minister.
One prominent witch explained the reasons why they have taken such offence at the comparison:
Under her premiership Margaret Thatcher was responsible for the break-up of communities right across the country, the loss of millions of jobs, three recessions, the sell-off of public utilities resulting in higher prices for gas, electricity and water, the criminalisation of homosexuality, higher rates of crime, the creation of a huge gap between the rich and the poor, outsourcing of health and education to the detriment of both, a massive polarisation of society, deregulation of the banks leading to the present economic crisis, the sinking of the Argentinian ship the General Belgrano while it was withdrawing from the combat zone resulting in the loss of 323 men, politicisation of the police, the widespread destruction of working people’s rights, destruction of the country’s manufacturing industries, higher imports, support for brutal dictatorships like Pol Pot, Apartheid and Pinochet, a massive rise in prices for public transport along with a corresponding reduction in quality of service, a massive loss of social housing, an increase in child poverty to one of the highest amongst industrialised nations, the poll tax, the worship of selfishness and materialism and last but not least she snatched milk from the mouths of school children.
We witches on the other hand just like to dance around fires, keep black cats and whiz about on a broomstick occasionally.
How fair is that?
In a related development, female dogs have also expressed displeasure at being compared to former prime ministers and politicians.
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Reblogged this on kickingthecat.
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Wonderful, everything so true. All you left out was the public nurturing of Mark Thatcher. Love your work.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Pride’s Purge
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Wonderful, everything so true. All you left out was the public nurturing of Mark Thatcher. Love your work.
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You missed out how she demonised single parents which were by and large women, suffering financial and social problems and probably voted for her as a woman to support them, instead she impoverished them more.
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Reblogged this on The Red Threat and commented:
Although the street parties were in bad taste, I think this is funny and hits the mark.
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I am increasingly sick of the patronising comments that go along the lines of … ‘even if she was devisive, negeglected the North, hated the Miners she was a good woman and a fine leader …’ This is not only untrue but it tries to encapsulate everybody’s argument or view within the standard ‘she was great’ mantra. This is psychological bullying of the worst kind.
The fact that tories were still standing in the HoC until late last night highlights just how problematic they are. Their psychosis runs deep and is ugly and is pernicious. Cameron appears ready to bask in the glow of the apparent ‘falklands hero’ without actually ever having done anything of note himself – other than murder a couple of thousand disabled people and impoverish another generation of British people. It is foul.
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#Thatcher ….Ode to Iron Lady
“I am the time of Margaret Thatcher:
I am the time of the Milk Snatcher:
I am the time of ‘get on your bike’:
I am the time of the miners strike:
I am the time of Government might :
I am the time we crushed the fight :
That lay in the hearts of these honest men :
Who fought for their livelihoods with all their might:
I am the time of rates 15 percent;
I am the time when the council homes went;
I am the the Lady who wasn’t for turning;
I am the time that Brixton was burning;
I am the time we went to War
I am the time we’ve come to abhor
I am the time they turned on me
Stabbed in the back by the Tory Party
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You are quite right – witches across the country ARE offended at being compared to Margaret Thatcher. So, thank you for giving us marginalised witches a voice! We don’t whiz around on broomsticks, we use them to sweep with, but apart from that, your characterisation of witches is pretty accurate.
http://pagantheologies.pbworks.com/Wicca
http://pagantheologies.pbworks.com/Initiatory+Witchcraft
http://pagantheologies.pbworks.com/Reclaiming
http://pagantheologies.pbworks.com/Feri+Tradition
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nice bit of poetry Duona.
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The confusion may lie perhaps in the critical distinction between pagan-like WHITE Witches — who are good people and do natural curing remedies and live by Mother Nature’s statutes; — and evil-loving BLACK witches — who do foul cursings, are malevolent in speech and look very ugly indeed; thus, to paraphase Glenda Jackson, Mrs Thatcher was a witch, “but not a witch on my terms” — which means that she was a black witch and we can go light the bonfire tonight!
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Parasites are also fed up with being compared to bankers
http://think-left.org/2012/07/05/bankers-are-giving-parasites-a-bad-name/
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My Facebook status yesterday:
The British Isles have a long and proud underground tradition of witchcraft. Therefore, I am disgusted that “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” is being used to celebrate Thatcher’s death and consider it a form of prejudice. No witch ever backed Apartheid, Pinochet, Pol Pot, Macbeth…well,maybe but that was years ago and it was more his Thatcherite speculative ambition that caused all the problems. Even the USA recognises the value of its witches as shown by Obama’s successful “Yes, Wiccan!” campaign. etc.
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James – great minds……
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I’m with the witches on this one.
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Before Thatcher I never saw a beggar on the streets of London. Before Thatcher I never saw people living in cardboard boxes in cardboard cities in parks and under bridges. But it is about to happen again.
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Excellent Duona! I am that time too.
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In fairness, witches do sometimes have evil homonculuses.
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What pile of Marxist shite. Thatcher was the right person at the right time!
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You obviously can’t read, or only read the Daily Mail. These observations are nothing to do with Marx
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