Elvis Costello did really bad out of Thatcherism didn't he? The eighties were awful to him, werent they? Well, after his one hit 'Oliver's Army' they probably were.
so emotive - yes she was a cunt but then all of them are - dont delude yourselves that she's the only one and certainly dont listen to some racist's song which is true torture to listen to - costello is the one who should have been shot in 1979 not thatcher
Margaret Thatcher - the worst prime minster we have have EVER had, and the foulest and most pathetic excuse for a woman who was ever shat into existence.
May she rot in in the deepest depths of Hell for all eternity.
All her friends and her two children have flown leaving her in a Care Home. Well she never believed in Society, only individuals and families. Care of the elderlies and vulnerables are in the hands of profiteers now. Remember Winterview Care Home in Bristol where secret filming of abuse took place??? ...a result of Maggie's privatisation policies. Owners of these care homes make millions of Taxpayers who foot the bills for their patients.
Be still. It won't be long now. Can you imagine the karmic bill she is going to have to pay at the end of her feast. I wouldn't wish that on anyone...except her.
When this piece of shit dies we should all be given a shovel each so that we can deliver her in person to satan. This miserable bitch hopefully will die in agony.
You anti-Thatcherites are a bitter and twisted bunch aintcha! Guess the majority of you all must be lefties. Open your eyes and look around you.Hasn't Mr Blah and Mr Brown done a fuckin fantastic job.( Not ).I'm not stickin up for Maggie as anyone with half a brain should know that all politicians only look out for themselves. They're all shitters!!Maggie is still alive though,which is more than I can say for our economy. Thanks Gordon,ya Wanker!! Great song Elvis!!
@pongtubepete why dont you open your eyes and start to see and think for yourself instead of listening to shit you hear on the tv. Are Labour to blame for the economys in Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, America, Greece and all the other countrys that are struggling? Its the greedy banks that fucked this country and all the other countrys. Think back to the 80s when the torys where in power, they got us in more shit. This is one of the richest countrys in the world.
Everyone on here needs a reality check, ppl hating for the sake of it, the fact is she had THE BEST ECONOMIC POLICIES EVER end of. I study economics and I can tell you she pulled us out of 26.3% inflation and made the country come back from the brink of being like greece is now, we would have a SHIT standard of living if not for her, and you do realize those unemployed people were a waste anyway, and went on to be far more efficienty used and gorw our economy and she created 2miljob
by creating 2 million jobs, are you including the hundreds of thousands of people she moved from dole money to disability money? you know the ones I mean? yes, thats right, the ones that are a big part of our problems now. She sold off our publicly owned energy/communications/transport services (hows your gas bill looking?) She introduced an open and easily abused expenses system to 'top up' MPs pay.
THE BEST ECONOMIC POLICIES EVER?study harder, now go to the back of the class!
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She almost caused half the country to go up in civil revolt and/or become so badly financially destroyed it would be totally colapse(thats just england).
this woman was an evil monster. id rather spend a night alone with hitler n gary glitter rather than thatcher. if i ever saw this woman rest assured i would have killed her with one dig. still hate THATCHER
This song sucked, if someone wants a dig at a politician, can they at least make a catchy tune out of it. Gave me a headache listening to it, didnt even rhym.
evil fucking bitch - the day she pegs it, I'll drink a bottle of something good to toast the devil for claiming one of his own. Pity she's too senile to realise the contempt her former subjects hold her in.
There is no better way of giving people freedom than a free economy! She did well and so did ronnie but the world has moved on and so must we. Communism has collapsed and socialist just want to share other peoples hard earned money. so capitalism must reform and grow again, its the only way.
The UK is richer today than ever before, why? Its not because of socialism is it?? Capitalism is reforming itself because markets can correct themselves where as the communist system would simply collapse. In a few years the UK will still be very wealthy unlike where we were with Labour in the 70s. We couldnt even bury the dead. Some country that is to live in.
pathetic pro thatcher crew i hope you understand her so called econmic succes is now biteing your arse gas bills up water rates up privitisation great idea! ps those shares you bought worth much now are they?
All the problems we are having now, the root cause is her and Regan's blind devotion to capitalism and degregulation, thanks for the legacy you bitch!!!
Repugnant little vastly overrated worm , he is not fit to lick the dirt off her shoes , not that the Lady herself is going to let a low down nonentity like McManus (lets not refer to him by his silly stagename)bother her , after all she's fried much bigger fish than this sad little runt in her lifetime ,i acknowledge that unfortunately he will probably not die first but if he did , rest assured i would regard it as poetic justice for this disgraceful lack of respect towards his superior being
you are welcome my friend , these anti Thatcher idiots wouldn't know a great national leader if they fell over her.Remember the massive inflation we had before she took over , remember the 20foot high piles of rubbish on the streets and the picketing of the cancer wards plus the morgues having to stockpile corpses because no one would bury them etc etc etc , all due to callaghan's weakness in the face of the striking unions ,oh boy did she get that subversive scum on them on the run
And she helped to build the foundations for the 'free market' farce we are living in now.
Her 'weakness' for fucked up economic bullshite is now as laughable as the 70's unions. Long term whats going to cost us more englishrove? 'Great' leader? History is already rewriting that.Global recession because they all fell for Ron and Thatcher selfish blind alley.She's alread dead - killed by the greed she helped build!
Long term , the dangerous subversive trotskyite, marxist unions wanted to drag this country down to where it would have been ruled by the same iron control their soviet masters delivered to the pathetically subjugated people living miserably under Honecker,Jaruzelski,Chernenko and countless other 'do as i say , not as i do'east european dictators who were in abundance at the time, i'd say that would've been the greatest cost of all .Thatcher and Mr Reagan put this trash on the run god bless them
that just about sums up the poor opinion i'm getting of you.You too are going to die eventually sunshine , and whenever that happens i hope people who care for you don't have to read disgusting comments like that.
Why do all you Thatcher lovers resort to belittling the people who have different views. You remind me of what I hated about her, and the party she represented, smarmy, arrogant, smug and self centred.
that wasn't just having different views simpleton, that was hate filled spite . to compare Mrs T to a monster that systematically butchered and gassed a whole generation of people etc etc etc was plain wrong and you should know it.Isuggest that if you can't take a little bit of criticism due to this absurd comparison without coming over all sensitive then i advise you to think before you go about upsetting people because in life you are bound to rub someone up the wrong way with such an attitude
Her attitude to the working northern class stunk, if she could have got away with it she probably would have gassed us.
You are the one who's senstitive, have you not read other comments in this blog? When I die I will at least not have to worry about fucking up millions of jobs, lives and a country. She deserves nothing. You must live in the South. She was a dictator who was kicked out of her own party for that reason.
A stunning, moving and sincere performance. The suggestion that Thatcher be given a state funeral is ironic given that she was so determined to dismantle so many aspects of `the state`, especially those intended to protect the poor and the powerless from exploitation. Surely, following her doctrine, her funeral should be put out to public tender with the lowest bidder getting the job.
I love this song. Wish we had something as good about George Bush. "There's one thing I know I'd like to live long enough to savor/That's when they finally put you in the ground/I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down"
'When England was the whore of the world, Margaret was her Madam'
That line sums up what a lot of people think about Maggie.
The crazy thing is the pro-Thatcher brigade constantly rabbit on about the 'economic success' of the Thatcher years. What economic success exactly? She gave then UK something it never had before: Four million Unemployed.
Memo to pro-Thatcher Loonies: There's no such thing as a successful economy with four million unemployed. Even her 'success' was actually a failure.
moreso, are you a half whit, dont you understand youre living thatchers legacy, next time youre waiting for your train or bus that doesnt arrive think of your great lady, next time your utility bill goes up think of your great lady. live in reality, try scrape a living in a community like Easington, devastated by your great lady and then hail her. Let her do one good thing in her life, die!
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That was under John major and not Thatcher and anyway before 1979 interest rates were at 26.7 so 15% is a damn site better than that. And labour have hardly helped public services have they, there are fewer rail lines and less trains running on time than there were in 1990, and i know that in my local area the bus times have been changed so much that knowone knows when there are and they are much less frequent and cost more than they did in 1990.
crikey, i got yer message last night on my phone and thought you were referring to me as a numb cnut, but now reading your post in context i can see you were agreeing with me and slagging moron off.
What history are they teaching now, Thatcher should be hung drawn and quartered, what is it with 17-24 year olds and their belief that Thatcher was great,she raped, pillaged and destroyed. Should be ranked with Hitler, she tried to sanitise the working classes and gave away state property, to line the nest.
Its nice to know we are all being screwed again by the very things she gave away, still they make a fat profit. Hit the bastards with windfall tax and the shareholders as well
Never read more nasty, + dangerously subversive trash than this.You happen to be talking about one of the greatest characters in our history you cretinous moronic oaf , it really sounds to me as if you have had your mind poisoned by the left leaning spew some of your ''progressive'' teachers have no doubt brainwashed you with.I could forgive you such ignorance given your age but to rank her alongside Hitler is beyond contempt.If you feel up to an intelligent debate about this bring it on anytime
Its strange how true blue resort to bullying rather than disprove a statement. Your response epitomises Thatcher and her shite party. My teacher was Thatcher I lived and worked through that period.. You are an assumptive pratt, I was made redundant twice in that period, and had two jobs to support my family and pay the mortgage. You call yourself english your a traitor to all that England stood for, your a pompous arse..
You are hardly one of the disaffected are you. You sound like one of those who is doing ok, and is fine that some people who have different values have to struggle. We dont all want to be "middle England man", doesnt mean we dont have national pride, in fact some of us believe the country to be about ALL of its Citizens not just ourselves or a flag... and Im sorry but she IS a cunt of the highest order and also a traitor to her people. Champagne on ice.
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"The eyes of the nation are thanking her". Try imagine what it would have been like if the horrors of the 70's had continued. And if you had been a person who couldnt get on the property ladder i think you would have been greatfull at the chance to get a house.
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As a result of the right to buy scheme, we are now one of the best housed nations in the world, those living in council housing included. Poor public transport is due to the current government constantly changing rules and times and cutting away at costs and services.
And the ira is quite funny as they failed to kill her as they placed the bomb in the wrong place, and anyway they havent blown up anything for quite a while.
most of those council houses were repossessed in the early 90s when interest rates went up to 15% coupled with high unemployment brought on by the tories disastrous economic policy.
Public transport is more expensive in this country than anywhere else in europe & is a national joke, thanks to thatcher's "great car economy" & privatisation of bus & rail networks.
Its a pity the chimney went thru her bathroom. that would've been a great way for her to die, on the toilet.
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Well i don't see how that works; If you get put in prison it doesn't matter what your profile is, you are in there because you have done a bad thing. You accept the rules. The went on strike and starved themselves to death because they wouldn't except the rules that every other decent citizen would do, so it is their own fault. And do you not remember what state this country was in before thatcher came to power!
Many of the social problems we face today are because of Thatcher. From a lack of affordable housing to asbos and poor public transport. Labour has accepted the settlement and now no one speaks for the ordinary workers. I take from Margaret Thatcher that the Prime Minister has to represent the whole of Britain and not just the narrow sectional grouping they adhere to. If Scotland becomes Independent the SNP should build a large statue of Maggie as she will be one of the people to thank.
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perhaps you lot need the occasional slap of her handbag and then that might wake you up to the fact that even if you dont like her it gives you no reason to call her a "cunt or wish her to die"
on the contrary ,it does give me reason to call her a cunt.
try telling the families of the 10 brave men who died on a political protest in the h-blocks in 1981,one a fellow member of parliament, that she's not a cunt.she's a cunt of the highest order and will rot in hell for what she forced those men to do.
i say again my friend,she's a cunt of the highest order who dosen't have a humane bone in her body.
"the eyes of the IRA they are upon you oh maggie thatcher dear."
You mean the 10 murderers, bombers and thieves don't you? But that doesn't matter to you Celtic cunts does it, because they were 'political' murders, bombing and robberies. They chose to starve themselves to death. That was a choice they never extended to the victims of their brutality.
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Yeah and you know what, i would tell them what she did that was good, You obviously have no idea of any of her policies that made your life much betterr. And don't call her a cunt, and just because i like thatcher and the conservatives doesn't mean im a snob. Im a middle class person living in an average house in an average town with an average car (Burgess Hill, and with a Citroen Xantia). People need to move away from the bolos consensus that the conservative party is for snobs anyway.
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It is utterly disgusting that you people wish that on her, it really is. And the person who made this video, what the hell, they ran out of pictures, more like they were to ashamed to look at her that they stopped. you dont seem to realise what this country was like before she came to power and how much worse we would be today if she hadnt been in power
Shame on you
support the conservatives for real change and in the right direction
lick my sweaty balls my friend,she will rot in hell for what she did to this country.try telling children of parents who divorced as a result of the miners' strike that what she did was for the good of the country,try tell the people of chile that she's a good person after she harboured general pinochet who butchered thousands of their people.she is a cunt of the highest order.
go back to your tea and scones at the village fete you middle england arsehole.
Well doen for beign such an ignorant twat your parents must be proud, jobless twats who cant be asked to work and make little scum lie youmfor benfits.
Thank you thatcher for being the greatets economic prime minister britain has ever had and givign us all such a higher standard of living, and you were right about the E.U being worse for britain and now labour has done ti again and mindless wasted our money.
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Costello is entitled to his opinion over her policies but would never be allowed to get close enough to her grave to disrespect it as he indicates in this song. All you Thatcher haters should speak to some economists as to if thatcher improved the lives of most britons financially. At first there were difficulties and mistakes & unemployment shot way up but eventually it became evident that Thatcher's medicine worked and by the 1990s the fruits finally really started to become evident.
Joan,I literally have a bottle of champagne sat waiting in the shed for when this evil fucking monster dies.I am a mild mannered bloke,but having lived through the shite she created,I would happily dance on her grave.
Socialism works in the other European countries but has never worked for the UK economy. Almost all economists agree that Margaret Thatcher brought huge improvements to the UK economy which is why they have now climbed to worlds 4th largest economy. The socialists will never give her that recognition because to them capatilism is selfish. The formerly socialist labor party has only continued her economic plan and expanded upon it. Socialists incorrectly stress equality rather than prosperity.
To see the real anger of Elvis, somebody should post his rendition on a BBC art program dedicated to Spike. Just his face, his guitar, this song. Much better than watching the face of the subject.
Too bad such a beautiful melody was spent on the female equivalent of Bush or Cheney...wait...that's too great in insult! Who's worse, her or Condaleeza Rice? Whatever...they're all soulless buggers bound for eternal karmic debt!
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You idiots don't even know the good that this Lady did for Britain. You're all just mad because she put the country back to work after decades of malaise and you can't get on welfare as easily. Get a life.
Well, I lived through it. She decimated whole communities, and her mindless monetaristic policies created record levels of unemployment. We are still living with the egregious individualism she introduced into the public life of our country, and probably always will. I'm not on welfare (a curiously American word that, surely?), but you're damned right I'm mad at this hideous golem of a woman. No such thing as society? Probably not now, thanks to this witless, braying harpy.
Why don't all of you list of the outcomes for the UK had she not been in power for 11 years. Where would Britain be? Would she still be "the sick man of Europe" suffering from stagflation? Would she have amassed even more enormous amounts of debt? Would the exodus of the talented have continued draining Britain of its innovation? Please describe the UK has she not have come to power.
Well I suspect my school wouldn't leek so badly, I in some area's up north a high price house wouldn't cost £7,000. Of course the mines might still be open, and I suspect BL or British marques in general might still be functioning. Of course we wouldn't have such a strong economy, but then money isn't happiness! And yes I know the unions were a bit too strong, but now our teachers want more pay the unions have such little power they aren't going to get it. She went a bit too far. There you go
Probably doing quite well. Quality of life is much better in those countries with the Scandinavian/Rhine model of captialism.
Stagflation was a world phenomenon, other countries (except USA)seemed to manage quite alright without ripping the heart and soul out of thier communities.
Through nothing more than spite and revenge she fucked coal industry.
Hey we might even have had a workers paradise had Michael Foot been elected, might have been a beacon for the world, who knows
Its almost as if its cool to be a young right wing git these days. They all swallow this 'freedom' right wing libertarian bullshit coming from the states. Its as if they are rebelling against the big bad socialist conspiracy. They're everywhere, loads of them age 17-23. Its a bad state of affairs if rebellion is right wing. Fuck me the right really has won the propaganda war for now
.what we do in our lives is a is a path for the young ones to follow..."and i hope that you die...and your death will come soon...and i'll follow your casket... in the pale afternoon...and I'll watch as you're lowered ...into your death bed... and I'll stand over your grave 'til i'm sure that you're dead "... a wee song for Maggie.
Fantastic work! Just talking to my old man about maggie and how I want him to live long enough for us both to visit the grave and tramp it down... He hadn't heard the song untl I showed him this. The pictures wound him up a bit tho ;)
Shit I thought she was dead - or did i just dream it - I woke up with mud on my boots - do you think I'm psycho do you mama - I've just killed Johnies pup ------
In fact, this is the only clip with this song on youtube.
About Spike, besides Veronica and ...this town, I found a couple of live versions of the album, LITTLE PALACES and ANY KING´S SHILLING; the sound is not good, but the clips are nice and rare.
i remember watching this when there was a costello special on tv when spike came out ! i have never seen such controlled vitriol in a performace ever ! i am not really a political person but the anger in this song is tange-a bile !!
Didn't she and Reagan deregulate the financial industry allowing the greedy pigs
to steal people's money. Thatcher and Reagan's Free Market included destroying
the carefully constructed laws to prevent a financial crisis. Since 2008, we have
seen what Thatcherism and Reaganism has brought us- another depression
douglaz74 1 month ago
I hope Elvis Costello chokes on a shit sandwich and dies. He's been washed up since his first three albums anyway.
UncleIrv 2 months ago
BOOBS!
xXXXDeathByFartsXXXx 2 months ago
Elvis Costello did really bad out of Thatcherism didn't he? The eighties were awful to him, werent they? Well, after his one hit 'Oliver's Army' they probably were.
MrDavidtompkins 5 months ago
so emotive - yes she was a cunt but then all of them are - dont delude yourselves that she's the only one and certainly dont listen to some racist's song which is true torture to listen to - costello is the one who should have been shot in 1979 not thatcher
lmizuki5 5 months ago
Margaret Thatcher - the worst prime minster we have have EVER had, and the foulest and most pathetic excuse for a woman who was ever shat into existence.
May she rot in in the deepest depths of Hell for all eternity.
It would be no less than she richly deserves.
MyDemon321 6 months ago
All her friends and her two children have flown leaving her in a Care Home. Well she never believed in Society, only individuals and families. Care of the elderlies and vulnerables are in the hands of profiteers now. Remember Winterview Care Home in Bristol where secret filming of abuse took place??? ...a result of Maggie's privatisation policies. Owners of these care homes make millions of Taxpayers who foot the bills for their patients.
macvatu 7 months ago
Be still. It won't be long now. Can you imagine the karmic bill she is going to have to pay at the end of her feast. I wouldn't wish that on anyone...except her.
pykkervots 7 months ago
I am truly ashamed that Thatcher ever was Prime minister of our country!
FENNYMAN 8 months ago 2
When this piece of shit dies we should all be given a shovel each so that we can deliver her in person to satan. This miserable bitch hopefully will die in agony.
djpecky 10 months ago
murdering basterd
Simongreen3218 3 years ago
No death is slow or long enough for her. She was evil, can't wait to dance on her grave.
Uplymeking 3 years ago
"our revenge will be the laughter of our children."
johncelticfan 3 years ago
the irish hunger strike of 1981 is all i have to say about this excuse for a human being.
johncelticfan 3 years ago
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There is no more to say....Thatcher is pure evil!
R.I.P Bobby Sands and everyone else she sent to death! Tiocfaidh ar la
mick4eire 3 years ago
Mrs Thatcher was a fantastic prime minister.
antidisenstable 3 years ago 4
You anti-Thatcherites are a bitter and twisted bunch aintcha! Guess the majority of you all must be lefties. Open your eyes and look around you.Hasn't Mr Blah and Mr Brown done a fuckin fantastic job.( Not ).I'm not stickin up for Maggie as anyone with half a brain should know that all politicians only look out for themselves. They're all shitters!!Maggie is still alive though,which is more than I can say for our economy. Thanks Gordon,ya Wanker!! Great song Elvis!!
pongtubepete 3 years ago
@pongtubepete why dont you open your eyes and start to see and think for yourself instead of listening to shit you hear on the tv. Are Labour to blame for the economys in Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, America, Greece and all the other countrys that are struggling? Its the greedy banks that fucked this country and all the other countrys. Think back to the 80s when the torys where in power, they got us in more shit. This is one of the richest countrys in the world.
djpecky 10 months ago
@djpecky
Everyone on here needs a reality check, ppl hating for the sake of it, the fact is she had THE BEST ECONOMIC POLICIES EVER end of. I study economics and I can tell you she pulled us out of 26.3% inflation and made the country come back from the brink of being like greece is now, we would have a SHIT standard of living if not for her, and you do realize those unemployed people were a waste anyway, and went on to be far more efficienty used and gorw our economy and she created 2miljob
403766 8 months ago
@403766
by creating 2 million jobs, are you including the hundreds of thousands of people she moved from dole money to disability money? you know the ones I mean? yes, thats right, the ones that are a big part of our problems now. She sold off our publicly owned energy/communications/transport services (hows your gas bill looking?) She introduced an open and easily abused expenses system to 'top up' MPs pay.
THE BEST ECONOMIC POLICIES EVER?study harder, now go to the back of the class!
clnic9 5 months ago
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She almost caused half the country to go up in civil revolt and/or become so badly financially destroyed it would be totally colapse(thats just england).
mitchverr 3 years ago
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i hope she has a state funeral
so i can spit on her coffin
BabyIGotsYou 3 years ago
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I don't know about the rest of you, but we scottish people have cursed her thats why she is dying slowly.
I HATE THAT BITCH MARGRET THACTER NO MATTER HOW SLOWLY SHE DIES IT CAN NOT BE PAINFULL ENOUGH!!
Kirkie960 3 years ago
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Great words & a nice thought to sleep on! I myself will hopefully run tours,at cost only to piss on this vile evil womans grave..
The power she had & used has changed the UK for ever,right wing tories leading a labour goverment...
zipsterxx 3 years ago
I wonder will Mr Costello write something similar for Gordon Brown? Godzilla compared to Thatcher's King Kong.
Shtove 3 years ago
Thatcher destroyed the U.K. Her son is just as evil and corrupt. Brown, Cameron, spot the difference...NONE. All a buch of c...s
PuNkOfNiCe 3 years ago
this woman was an evil monster. id rather spend a night alone with hitler n gary glitter rather than thatcher. if i ever saw this woman rest assured i would have killed her with one dig. still hate THATCHER
stevieboy169 3 years ago 2
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THOSE WHO SHOUT SPITE ALSO SPOUT SHITE , a classic example here folks
englishrover 3 years ago
Ahh,it's good to see people still sniff glue.
numberstation 3 years ago
This song sucked, if someone wants a dig at a politician, can they at least make a catchy tune out of it. Gave me a headache listening to it, didnt even rhym.
napoleonbonarparte 3 years ago
" All she thought of was betrayal ".
Maybe she always knew.
Plus that twat Cameron.
Great great song though.
Ugh...
funkydafunker 3 years ago
Truly great song.
funkydafunker 3 years ago
evil fucking bitch - the day she pegs it, I'll drink a bottle of something good to toast the devil for claiming one of his own. Pity she's too senile to realise the contempt her former subjects hold her in.
mickmorris1 3 years ago
There is no better way of giving people freedom than a free economy! She did well and so did ronnie but the world has moved on and so must we. Communism has collapsed and socialist just want to share other peoples hard earned money. so capitalism must reform and grow again, its the only way.
gilpy74 3 years ago
cos capitalism is working so well lately isn't it.
matthemod 3 years ago
The UK is richer today than ever before, why? Its not because of socialism is it?? Capitalism is reforming itself because markets can correct themselves where as the communist system would simply collapse. In a few years the UK will still be very wealthy unlike where we were with Labour in the 70s. We couldnt even bury the dead. Some country that is to live in.
gilpy74 3 years ago
In the nicest possible way....please go and boil your fucking head.
numberstation 3 years ago
pathetic pro thatcher crew i hope you understand her so called econmic succes is now biteing your arse gas bills up water rates up privitisation great idea! ps those shares you bought worth much now are they?
buns5833 3 years ago
All the problems we are having now, the root cause is her and Regan's blind devotion to capitalism and degregulation, thanks for the legacy you bitch!!!
veryheaven1924 3 years ago
oh now come on people, werent the faulkland islands worth it? that whole 5 square mile island string? you dont think it was worth it?
riles5446 3 years ago
and 5 miles of sea around island belong to the state too. On that surface you can parc lot submarrines even yelow one.
dragan0405 3 years ago
oh well then that makes it better i suppose...
riles5446 3 years ago
better i suppose... , they tought is better. Strike of fisherman in northsea, easy tuna, you suold check UN rights for wails...
dragan0405 3 years ago
she is dirt
sweendog1979 3 years ago
Repugnant little vastly overrated worm , he is not fit to lick the dirt off her shoes , not that the Lady herself is going to let a low down nonentity like McManus (lets not refer to him by his silly stagename)bother her , after all she's fried much bigger fish than this sad little runt in her lifetime ,i acknowledge that unfortunately he will probably not die first but if he did , rest assured i would regard it as poetic justice for this disgraceful lack of respect towards his superior being
englishrover 3 years ago
eat a fucking dick
jenesaispas82 3 years ago
Excellent comment, thanks :D
onions9 3 years ago
you are welcome my friend , these anti Thatcher idiots wouldn't know a great national leader if they fell over her.Remember the massive inflation we had before she took over , remember the 20foot high piles of rubbish on the streets and the picketing of the cancer wards plus the morgues having to stockpile corpses because no one would bury them etc etc etc , all due to callaghan's weakness in the face of the striking unions ,oh boy did she get that subversive scum on them on the run
englishrover 3 years ago
I do agree 1000%! also I will say one of the best things she did was get rid of rats like Scargill.. Tut thinking about it all makes me wild!
onions9 3 years ago
And she helped to build the foundations for the 'free market' farce we are living in now.
Her 'weakness' for fucked up economic bullshite is now as laughable as the 70's unions. Long term whats going to cost us more englishrove? 'Great' leader? History is already rewriting that.Global recession because they all fell for Ron and Thatcher selfish blind alley.She's alread dead - killed by the greed she helped build!
IckeManLiesKCurry1 3 years ago
Long term , the dangerous subversive trotskyite, marxist unions wanted to drag this country down to where it would have been ruled by the same iron control their soviet masters delivered to the pathetically subjugated people living miserably under Honecker,Jaruzelski,Chernenko and countless other 'do as i say , not as i do'east european dictators who were in abundance at the time, i'd say that would've been the greatest cost of all .Thatcher and Mr Reagan put this trash on the run god bless them
englishrover 3 years ago
and god bless the ground she has coming, twisted old bag,
ferrethaslanded 3 years ago 2
that just about sums up the poor opinion i'm getting of you.You too are going to die eventually sunshine , and whenever that happens i hope people who care for you don't have to read disgusting comments like that.
englishrover 3 years ago
Bombastic, bullying self opionated buffoon.
Why do all you Thatcher lovers resort to belittling the people who have different views. You remind me of what I hated about her, and the party she represented, smarmy, arrogant, smug and self centred.
ferrethaslanded 3 years ago 2
that wasn't just having different views simpleton, that was hate filled spite . to compare Mrs T to a monster that systematically butchered and gassed a whole generation of people etc etc etc was plain wrong and you should know it.Isuggest that if you can't take a little bit of criticism due to this absurd comparison without coming over all sensitive then i advise you to think before you go about upsetting people because in life you are bound to rub someone up the wrong way with such an attitude
englishrover 3 years ago
Her attitude to the working northern class stunk, if she could have got away with it she probably would have gassed us.
You are the one who's senstitive, have you not read other comments in this blog? When I die I will at least not have to worry about fucking up millions of jobs, lives and a country. She deserves nothing. You must live in the South. She was a dictator who was kicked out of her own party for that reason.
ferrethaslanded 3 years ago
A stunning, moving and sincere performance. The suggestion that Thatcher be given a state funeral is ironic given that she was so determined to dismantle so many aspects of `the state`, especially those intended to protect the poor and the powerless from exploitation. Surely, following her doctrine, her funeral should be put out to public tender with the lowest bidder getting the job.
tribble97 3 years ago 3
I think the funeral should be held in a small town north of birmingham. Might make it more interesting...
markmark15 3 years ago
Hurry up and die whore
gymnosophy 3 years ago
I love this song. Wish we had something as good about George Bush. "There's one thing I know I'd like to live long enough to savor/That's when they finally put you in the ground/I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down"
thessaliandimedici 3 years ago
we do, check out 'ted leo the high party' not as bush specific, but pretty good.
i've always thought the first verse of 'brilliant mistake' summed up bush pretty well.
stangable1984 3 years ago
'When England was the whore of the world, Margaret was her Madam'
That line sums up what a lot of people think about Maggie.
The crazy thing is the pro-Thatcher brigade constantly rabbit on about the 'economic success' of the Thatcher years. What economic success exactly? She gave then UK something it never had before: Four million Unemployed.
Memo to pro-Thatcher Loonies: There's no such thing as a successful economy with four million unemployed. Even her 'success' was actually a failure.
hibernica007 3 years ago
Give the witch a state funeral they're saying now...... Fuck that! Have a street party more like. Looking forward to dancing on her grave.
:)
simonneilscanlan 3 years ago 11
She's certainly evil, but she's no witch! That's an insult to witches everywhere! :)
thessaliandimedici 3 years ago
Stunning song. "When she held that lovely face in her hands all she thought of was betrayal."
Thank you forever, Elvis, for that epic one-liner which completely describes her and her whole satanic ilk.
nameofthepen 3 years ago 4
Moving, very very moving. The enormous amount of feeling he puts into this, flies straight from the heart...to the heart.
Wh@ else can be said...Elvis Costello us all like it is.
ELGROOVER 3 years ago 2
not long now we will be forming a queue to 'tramp the dirt down' on the old bitches grave! It is true only the good die young!
veryheaven1924 3 years ago 2
good ole maggie
BBDB45 3 years ago
video is a good idea but why leave the end blank? So many pictures could have been used to depict her poisonous legacy.
Lets arrange a huge party to celebrate the day when she pegs out
ysplse 3 years ago
beautiful song, accurate sentiment
tooyjfwn 3 years ago
moroseo, the base rate was NOT 26.7% before 1979. What are you talking about?
StillHeather 3 years ago
state funeral my arse , she should be stuffed in a wheelie bin and flung in the landfill when her days are over
howdofolks 3 years ago 5
Moroseo is 19yrs old enough said!
fochie 3 years ago
moreso, are you a half whit, dont you understand youre living thatchers legacy, next time youre waiting for your train or bus that doesnt arrive think of your great lady, next time your utility bill goes up think of your great lady. live in reality, try scrape a living in a community like Easington, devastated by your great lady and then hail her. Let her do one good thing in her life, die!
staylor70 3 years ago
I am disappointed that she has never been ripped apart by a pack of rabid mongrels.
brainburger 3 years ago 4
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That was under John major and not Thatcher and anyway before 1979 interest rates were at 26.7 so 15% is a damn site better than that. And labour have hardly helped public services have they, there are fewer rail lines and less trains running on time than there were in 1990, and i know that in my local area the bus times have been changed so much that knowone knows when there are and they are much less frequent and cost more than they did in 1990.
Its funny how the Ira missed! they were stupid!
moroseo 3 years ago
it was that lot that deregulated the buses and trains and privatised energy suppliers you thick t*at...
chipster190568 3 years ago
numb cunt that was the point i was making
staylor70 3 years ago
crikey, i got yer message last night on my phone and thought you were referring to me as a numb cnut, but now reading your post in context i can see you were agreeing with me and slagging moron off.
chipster190568 3 years ago
no didnt mean to offend, if youre at the wake(party) ill get the first round lol
staylor70 3 years ago
What history are they teaching now, Thatcher should be hung drawn and quartered, what is it with 17-24 year olds and their belief that Thatcher was great,she raped, pillaged and destroyed. Should be ranked with Hitler, she tried to sanitise the working classes and gave away state property, to line the nest.
Its nice to know we are all being screwed again by the very things she gave away, still they make a fat profit. Hit the bastards with windfall tax and the shareholders as well
ferrethaslanded 3 years ago 5
Never read more nasty, + dangerously subversive trash than this.You happen to be talking about one of the greatest characters in our history you cretinous moronic oaf , it really sounds to me as if you have had your mind poisoned by the left leaning spew some of your ''progressive'' teachers have no doubt brainwashed you with.I could forgive you such ignorance given your age but to rank her alongside Hitler is beyond contempt.If you feel up to an intelligent debate about this bring it on anytime
englishrover 3 years ago
Its strange how true blue resort to bullying rather than disprove a statement. Your response epitomises Thatcher and her shite party. My teacher was Thatcher I lived and worked through that period.. You are an assumptive pratt, I was made redundant twice in that period, and had two jobs to support my family and pay the mortgage. You call yourself english your a traitor to all that England stood for, your a pompous arse..
megfennell 3 years ago
I agree with all the stuff you said
charlieh7717337 3 years ago
meant to post my comment on your thread I agree with everything "englishrover" said
charlieh7717337 3 years ago
@ferrethaslanded How about taking back the assets, reclaiming them for the citizenry?
Cyallaire 2 days ago
This is what you get when you promote individual freedom? and go learn some economics, socialist morons.
Vodka2389 3 years ago
Good for you numberstation, i will celebrate the death of this ice cold mass murderer myself, slante ceole agus crack.
joanofnarc 3 years ago 3
Brilliant post, brilliant song, evil bitch !!!
Thanks for uploading
Does anyone know the chords to this song?
Cheers
JB
JBtheManchesterMod 3 years ago 4
moroseo,
You are hardly one of the disaffected are you. You sound like one of those who is doing ok, and is fine that some people who have different values have to struggle. We dont all want to be "middle England man", doesnt mean we dont have national pride, in fact some of us believe the country to be about ALL of its Citizens not just ourselves or a flag... and Im sorry but she IS a cunt of the highest order and also a traitor to her people. Champagne on ice.
DRONGOBILLY 3 years ago 8
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"The eyes of the nation are thanking her". Try imagine what it would have been like if the horrors of the 70's had continued. And if you had been a person who couldnt get on the property ladder i think you would have been greatfull at the chance to get a house.
Don't call her that!.
moroseo 3 years ago
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As a result of the right to buy scheme, we are now one of the best housed nations in the world, those living in council housing included. Poor public transport is due to the current government constantly changing rules and times and cutting away at costs and services.
And the ira is quite funny as they failed to kill her as they placed the bomb in the wrong place, and anyway they havent blown up anything for quite a while.
moroseo 3 years ago
most of those council houses were repossessed in the early 90s when interest rates went up to 15% coupled with high unemployment brought on by the tories disastrous economic policy.
Public transport is more expensive in this country than anywhere else in europe & is a national joke, thanks to thatcher's "great car economy" & privatisation of bus & rail networks.
Its a pity the chimney went thru her bathroom. that would've been a great way for her to die, on the toilet.
hexicola 3 years ago 6
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Well i don't see how that works; If you get put in prison it doesn't matter what your profile is, you are in there because you have done a bad thing. You accept the rules. The went on strike and starved themselves to death because they wouldn't except the rules that every other decent citizen would do, so it is their own fault. And do you not remember what state this country was in before thatcher came to power!
moroseo 3 years ago
Hitler, Stalin, Thatcher, Bush. EVIL.
denstone111 3 years ago 4
Many of the social problems we face today are because of Thatcher. From a lack of affordable housing to asbos and poor public transport. Labour has accepted the settlement and now no one speaks for the ordinary workers. I take from Margaret Thatcher that the Prime Minister has to represent the whole of Britain and not just the narrow sectional grouping they adhere to. If Scotland becomes Independent the SNP should build a large statue of Maggie as she will be one of the people to thank.
densaner77 3 years ago 3
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perhaps you lot need the occasional slap of her handbag and then that might wake you up to the fact that even if you dont like her it gives you no reason to call her a "cunt or wish her to die"
moroseo 3 years ago
on the contrary ,it does give me reason to call her a cunt.
try telling the families of the 10 brave men who died on a political protest in the h-blocks in 1981,one a fellow member of parliament, that she's not a cunt.she's a cunt of the highest order and will rot in hell for what she forced those men to do.
i say again my friend,she's a cunt of the highest order who dosen't have a humane bone in her body.
"the eyes of the IRA they are upon you oh maggie thatcher dear."
cunt,cunt,cunt,cunt!
johncelticfan 3 years ago
She gives cunts a bad name.
numberstation 3 years ago 4
@johncelticfan the IRA? A lasting monument to the peace and democracy ........ :)
FENNYMAN 8 months ago
You mean the 10 murderers, bombers and thieves don't you? But that doesn't matter to you Celtic cunts does it, because they were 'political' murders, bombing and robberies. They chose to starve themselves to death. That was a choice they never extended to the victims of their brutality.
Bastiat90 5 months ago
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Yeah and you know what, i would tell them what she did that was good, You obviously have no idea of any of her policies that made your life much betterr. And don't call her a cunt, and just because i like thatcher and the conservatives doesn't mean im a snob. Im a middle class person living in an average house in an average town with an average car (Burgess Hill, and with a Citroen Xantia). People need to move away from the bolos consensus that the conservative party is for snobs anyway.
moroseo 3 years ago
Hurry up and die bitch!
Flfally 3 years ago 4
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It is utterly disgusting that you people wish that on her, it really is. And the person who made this video, what the hell, they ran out of pictures, more like they were to ashamed to look at her that they stopped. you dont seem to realise what this country was like before she came to power and how much worse we would be today if she hadnt been in power
Shame on you
support the conservatives for real change and in the right direction
moroseo 3 years ago
lick my sweaty balls my friend,she will rot in hell for what she did to this country.try telling children of parents who divorced as a result of the miners' strike that what she did was for the good of the country,try tell the people of chile that she's a good person after she harboured general pinochet who butchered thousands of their people.she is a cunt of the highest order.
go back to your tea and scones at the village fete you middle england arsehole.
johncelticfan 3 years ago
@johncelticfan
Well doen for beign such an ignorant twat your parents must be proud, jobless twats who cant be asked to work and make little scum lie youmfor benfits.
Thank you thatcher for being the greatets economic prime minister britain has ever had and givign us all such a higher standard of living, and you were right about the E.U being worse for britain and now labour has done ti again and mindless wasted our money.
iron lady, never backed down
403766 8 months ago
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Costello is entitled to his opinion over her policies but would never be allowed to get close enough to her grave to disrespect it as he indicates in this song. All you Thatcher haters should speak to some economists as to if thatcher improved the lives of most britons financially. At first there were difficulties and mistakes & unemployment shot way up but eventually it became evident that Thatcher's medicine worked and by the 1990s the fruits finally really started to become evident.
sacrilige 3 years ago
you muppets hate her because your parents and freinds hated her and i fought i was funny
spitss 3 years ago
Numberstation, these fuckwits are always known or related to dictators around the colonies whatevers left of them, hence the love for this despot
joanofnarc 3 years ago 2
Joan,I literally have a bottle of champagne sat waiting in the shed for when this evil fucking monster dies.I am a mild mannered bloke,but having lived through the shite she created,I would happily dance on her grave.
numberstation 3 years ago 6
Socialism works in the other European countries but has never worked for the UK economy. Almost all economists agree that Margaret Thatcher brought huge improvements to the UK economy which is why they have now climbed to worlds 4th largest economy. The socialists will never give her that recognition because to them capatilism is selfish. The formerly socialist labor party has only continued her economic plan and expanded upon it. Socialists incorrectly stress equality rather than prosperity.
sacrilige 3 years ago
Long live Maggie....
clarence47a 3 years ago
Why is it that most of her "admirers"(a)arn't old enough to have been affected by her policies,or(b)don't live in Britain?Odd that,isn't it?
numberstation 3 years ago 4
Cunt whore tramp slag
gymnosophy 3 years ago
Total scum - Long Live Scargill.
LeGod89 3 years ago 6
Pity they did'nt get her at brighton.
umbrey 3 years ago 4
thatcher the butcher.
umbrey 3 years ago 5
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our last great PM
maxfrasier 3 years ago
Thatcher is a fucking twat,what she done to liverpool an up north in genral is a fucking disgrace to the human race
mgcostello10 3 years ago 6
To see the real anger of Elvis, somebody should post his rendition on a BBC art program dedicated to Spike. Just his face, his guitar, this song. Much better than watching the face of the subject.
benturpininthearmy 3 years ago
I've just uploaded it!
alexredcloud 3 years ago
Thatcher the milk snacher we named her when i was a nipper.We used to enjoy our milk at school and one day it stopped.
xRxixcxhxtxexrx 3 years ago 3
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Oh boo hoo
danielhewson 3 years ago
omg who made this its a fuckin truibute its great britain will never forgive her and so they shouldent up labour down the fashist rite wings basterds
erbunit 3 years ago
Too bad such a beautiful melody was spent on the female equivalent of Bush or Cheney...wait...that's too great in insult! Who's worse, her or Condaleeza Rice? Whatever...they're all soulless buggers bound for eternal karmic debt!
GreatSharkHunter 3 years ago
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You idiots don't even know the good that this Lady did for Britain. You're all just mad because she put the country back to work after decades of malaise and you can't get on welfare as easily. Get a life.
tickertape82 3 years ago
Well, I lived through it. She decimated whole communities, and her mindless monetaristic policies created record levels of unemployment. We are still living with the egregious individualism she introduced into the public life of our country, and probably always will. I'm not on welfare (a curiously American word that, surely?), but you're damned right I'm mad at this hideous golem of a woman. No such thing as society? Probably not now, thanks to this witless, braying harpy.
Wolfsonian 3 years ago 5
Not from the north then?
tpelham123 3 years ago
Heh! :) Yup, I'm from the North!
Wolfsonian 3 years ago
Ah,such wisdom from one who isn't old enough to remember her,and who doesn't even live amongst the people she shafted.
numberstation 3 years ago
Why don't all of you list of the outcomes for the UK had she not been in power for 11 years. Where would Britain be? Would she still be "the sick man of Europe" suffering from stagflation? Would she have amassed even more enormous amounts of debt? Would the exodus of the talented have continued draining Britain of its innovation? Please describe the UK has she not have come to power.
tickertape82 3 years ago
Well I suspect my school wouldn't leek so badly, I in some area's up north a high price house wouldn't cost £7,000. Of course the mines might still be open, and I suspect BL or British marques in general might still be functioning. Of course we wouldn't have such a strong economy, but then money isn't happiness! And yes I know the unions were a bit too strong, but now our teachers want more pay the unions have such little power they aren't going to get it. She went a bit too far. There you go
EdwardHitchon1993 3 years ago
Probably doing quite well. Quality of life is much better in those countries with the Scandinavian/Rhine model of captialism.
Stagflation was a world phenomenon, other countries (except USA)seemed to manage quite alright without ripping the heart and soul out of thier communities.
Through nothing more than spite and revenge she fucked coal industry.
Hey we might even have had a workers paradise had Michael Foot been elected, might have been a beacon for the world, who knows
Bigmartinno1 3 years ago
Its almost as if its cool to be a young right wing git these days. They all swallow this 'freedom' right wing libertarian bullshit coming from the states. Its as if they are rebelling against the big bad socialist conspiracy. They're everywhere, loads of them age 17-23. Its a bad state of affairs if rebellion is right wing. Fuck me the right really has won the propaganda war for now
Bigmartinno1 3 years ago 3
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typical lefts wing fools ranting about thachter im realy impressed
spitss 3 years ago
stop wasting oxygen
Bigmartinno1 3 years ago
Who's Thachter? Hahahahaha. Shit for brains.
paulsmartialarts 3 years ago
Thachters my pet rock freind who the fuck do you think ?
spitss 3 years ago
msg to the tit who replyed to me
spitss 3 years ago
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This so called bitch had balls.Politicians are surrendering what she fought so hard for.
No gain without pain. Get some backbone.
swiper500 3 years ago
Backbone?You fucking idiot.
numberstation 3 years ago
Wonderful, not long to wait now I hope.
Lets hope we get a national holiday for the big event. Boots, and dancing shoes at the ready.
no2guru 4 years ago 7
Oh bollocks,looks like I'd better take my boots off for a while longer...
numberstation 4 years ago
thatcher still lives...bah.
jonnyjaywick 4 years ago
.what we do in our lives is a is a path for the young ones to follow..."and i hope that you die...and your death will come soon...and i'll follow your casket... in the pale afternoon...and I'll watch as you're lowered ...into your death bed... and I'll stand over your grave 'til i'm sure that you're dead "... a wee song for Maggie.
Gemc07 4 years ago
Her face still makes me feel sick, evil bitch!
lammysx 4 years ago 4
tramp and piss on it.
PODARGE 4 years ago 4
This is one of the finest and truest songs I have ever heard (and my favorite singer). I was at the Gulf war.
Vincentdore111 4 years ago 3
Too right a generation will dance on her grave. The fucking Cunt
gymnosophy 4 years ago 4
Don't worry about running out of pictures. the blackness at the end said it all. Boots ready...
JohnnyCameo 4 years ago
fuckn bliss!!!
If there was every a man who tells it exactly how it is........it's costello alright!!
Thatcher deserves every last piece of dirt trampled on her!!
yidd0N17 4 years ago 3
Fantastic work! Just talking to my old man about maggie and how I want him to live long enough for us both to visit the grave and tramp it down... He hadn't heard the song untl I showed him this. The pictures wound him up a bit tho ;)
Cheers John!
dazzzzzzzaaaaa 4 years ago 5
no probs,thanks.
johncelticfan 4 years ago
Shit I thought she was dead - or did i just dream it - I woke up with mud on my boots - do you think I'm psycho do you mama - I've just killed Johnies pup ------
COLOUREDSHED 4 years ago
I love this album.
ghostwolf52 4 years ago
In fact, this is the only clip with this song on youtube.
About Spike, besides Veronica and ...this town, I found a couple of live versions of the album, LITTLE PALACES and ANY KING´S SHILLING; the sound is not good, but the clips are nice and rare.
joshua65 4 years ago
i remember watching this when there was a costello special on tv when spike came out ! i have never seen such controlled vitriol in a performace ever ! i am not really a political person but the anger in this song is tange-a bile !!
aje2103 4 years ago