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Originally Posted by andyl
Interesting to see the cross party tributes, given the Winter of Discontent (very exciting for us candle lit youngsters). Michael Heseltine was fulsome and even Thatcher.
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Yeah, respect tends to transcend politics which is nice. No matter how bad a job you think he did, being dead is always much worse.
I was pleasantly suprised at the nice tributes for Reagan. Given how liberal the US has become, and the UK, I was expecting a lot of hate over that (Cold War, Libya, etc), but I was pleasantly suprised at the left's comments.