no such thing as luck. things are the way they must be

Thatcher handled that conflict in the worst way imaginable, it's amazing how much Blair managed to clean up her mess and sort it out despite his inexperience

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>>18370823
The IRA Volunteer who planted the bomb is still alive, he lives in Belfast but used to live in Norwhich. He has since developed a friendship with Harvey Thomas, close friend of Thatcher and survivor of the bombing.
>>18371144
She really did. Almost every decision she made ended up strengthening the IRA and Sinn Féin.

>>18370823
God’s blessing

>>18371183
>>18371144
Thatcher has been a long term disaster for the UK as a whole, the very Union itself was irreperably damaged by her alienating the Scots too with that poll tax madness

>>18371144
>>18371183
>>18371253
pinkos

Some people get crazy plot armor. Hitler survived like 40 direct known assassination attempts and almost got killed during the beer hall putsch.

>>18371256
Everyone, right wing or left wing, should oppose Thatcherism. She did nothing for working class white britons.

>>18371284
>muh working class
shut your pie hole commie

>>18371288
>muh working class
Yes, the working class. The vast majority of Britain's population. You are either American (and not worth conversing with) or some poncey rich liberal boy in which case you are the enemy.

>>18371293
You’re a commie idiot that depends on nobody seeing through your shallow propaganda.

>>18371296
American spotted

when people think of true britons they are not thinking of you

>>18371302
No you labour voters are probably thinking of people from Syria

>>18371311
>everyone who wants ordinary people to not get fucked over is a labour voter or some sort of lefty

You are either underage or foreign, its really as simple as that

>>18371183
>tried to blow up a prime minister
>allowed to just walk around free
huh?

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>>18371354
His name is Patrick Magee, and yeah.

It was realised by the 1990s that the IRA wasn't going to surrender, and that they couldn't be completely rooted out. The new deal (to shorten years of negotiations) became
>okay, agree to a ceasefire
>if peace talks go ahead, and you agree to support an end of violence, you get to get out of prison

This is because many extremely influentiual (and often very capable) Irish political leaders were in prison due to their activities in or ties to the IRA. The idea was that if they agreed to use their influence and skills to help bring an end to the militarism, they could get out of prison. It's controversial and opposed by Unionists but it was a pragmatic move.

Magee himself was released in 1999 after 14 years in prison, originally sentenced to 8 life sentences.

>>18371352
>anyone that doesn’t gobble communist propaganda is clearly foreign
Britain is that bad?

>>18371381
They should have been executed, Britain has been cucked for 2 centuries