tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8279447789495419585..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: The Lady ProtectorAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49982414482443355082011-03-20T16:48:35.219-07:002011-03-20T16:48:35.219-07:00OK, OK, I'll take a hundred lines. :-))OK, OK, I'll take a hundred lines. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-11526376828539953192011-03-18T11:04:34.446-07:002011-03-18T11:04:34.446-07:00O no, not again: now write 5 times: Reagan, Reagan...O no, not again: now write 5 times: Reagan, Reagan, Reagan....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971182861002215845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87872454484925232132010-11-29T00:20:41.756-08:002010-11-29T00:20:41.756-08:00Jeremy, I believe so too.Jeremy, I believe so too.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15523650151784184382010-11-29T00:19:45.778-08:002010-11-29T00:19:45.778-08:00Suciô, a principled pragmatist sums up her politic...Suciô, a principled pragmatist sums up her politics very well.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-70157660700895842762010-11-29T00:18:26.927-08:002010-11-29T00:18:26.927-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10594291366656470702010-11-29T00:17:50.910-08:002010-11-29T00:17:50.910-08:00Adam, hers was a time to be divisive. The post-wa...Adam, hers was a time to be divisive. The post-war consensus was over, killed by history. She had the courage to tackle this, tackle the new issues that were arising for a new age.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32508678998900043702010-11-28T18:47:36.078-08:002010-11-28T18:47:36.078-08:00I believe she will be totally vindicated in a way ...I believe she will be totally vindicated in a way that Oliver Cromwell was not, and I think we're already seeing it begin with the disintegration of so much of Europe in the face of Mohammeds Revenge and the moral hazard that the EU is now facing with the PIIGS.Jeremy Jansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218395232783877050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21430232729922952032010-11-28T18:11:23.780-08:002010-11-28T18:11:23.780-08:00She was a "principled pragmatist". While...She was a "principled pragmatist". While the EU was still the EEC - a simple trading block - she tolerated it. When it morphed into the EC and then EU she recognized that it was contrary to her principles and to the interests of the UK.<br /><br />That's why Blair could never be more than a poor, drag-queen imitation of Bss. Thatcher - he lacks any guiding principle.<br /><br />I'd go part way with Mr Garrie and agree that the Empire was, on balance, one of the most positive groupings in world history ("Christendom" would be the other contender).<br /><br />It's tragic that the Commonwealth was thrown under the bus in favour of the EEC.<br /><br />(I say this as an atheist of libertarian inclination, not as any kind of neo-Rhodesian.)Suciô Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365362145664625757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62252235472588412412010-11-28T17:28:28.341-08:002010-11-28T17:28:28.341-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21534079744499298182010-11-28T17:27:11.840-08:002010-11-28T17:27:11.840-08:00Well, appeasement was a policy that commanded a co...Well, appeasement was a policy that commanded a consensus in the nation at large. It had nothing to do with the internal politics of the Conservative Party.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67838132547476792782010-11-28T17:03:29.766-08:002010-11-28T17:03:29.766-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42590613380796594172010-11-28T16:46:28.586-08:002010-11-28T16:46:28.586-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-21977167040313805292010-11-28T16:45:23.382-08:002010-11-28T16:45:23.382-08:00On, my goodness, it's so far off to say that s...On, my goodness, it's so far off to say that see 'loved' the EEC. It was an economic necessity, that's all. I neither agree nor disagree, Adam; I don't make these kinds of subjective and sweeping judgements. I will say, though, that the British Empire was not a the negative force that is so often depicted.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13197407766435175982010-11-28T16:36:42.502-08:002010-11-28T16:36:42.502-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4162757331902884612010-11-28T16:35:54.983-08:002010-11-28T16:35:54.983-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23637266841255076432010-11-28T16:35:20.078-08:002010-11-28T16:35:20.078-08:00Well, believe it. I would have thought my views o...Well, believe it. I would have thought my views on communism would have been perfectly clear by now. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46247763898072225742010-11-28T16:14:37.585-08:002010-11-28T16:14:37.585-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57214160431922224712010-11-28T16:10:52.892-08:002010-11-28T16:10:52.892-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com