Sounds perfect for an English spinner in the 80's.Swervy said:I heard she wanted to be a fast bowler,as opposed to a spinner, but as she once famously said 'the lady is not for turning'
Not me. And since she was kicked out 15 years ago, that would make most of the Brits in CW way too young anyway.Matteh said:Go on own up - who voted for her?
Tbf you could argue that some of the main tenets of Communism, if pursued to their limits, would actually violate the substantive elements of various Human Rights instruments. E.g. the European Convention on Human Rights places quite a lot of emphasis on the protection of the concept of private property.I assumed it was Fred who had bumped this thread. Certainly her least desirable attribute was her unwavering support for SA at a time when people were clamouring for change.
Why the west was obsessed with stamping out communism looking back on it is a mystery and was a mystery to me as a 10 year old. If Vietnam wants to become communist let them what business is it of anyone else's unless they were planning to commit human rights violations,
Sorry there was a leap of logic there. Thatcher supported SA as it was a bastion against the spectre of communism in that neck of the woods.