heavens to betsie

Moving on

2010-07-05T11:23:00.002+01:00

After a long absence, I've decided to start blogging again. I won't be doing it here though. Rather, I'll leave this preserved in aspic, and draw a line of separation. Pastures new, and all that.And here's the pasture.

Anna Karina

2009-08-19T05:54:00.003+01:00

Anna (1967) Japanese Trailer

2009-08-19T05:54:00.001+01:00

Anna Karina - Sous le soleil exactement

2009-08-19T05:53:00.001+01:00

Yes You Did

2008-11-05T07:35:00.001Z

Well done, USA :)

RIP Neal Hefti

2008-10-16T01:40:00.001+01:00

Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie - BBC Sport

2008-08-18T04:16:00.001+01:00

Long time no post

2008-06-10T12:31:00.001+01:00

I hope the world is well for you, dear reader.Be careful out there, people.

Egads...

2008-05-03T00:17:00.001+01:00

Boris Johnson in charge of a city.This can't end well...

Salvador Dali on "What's My Line"

2008-04-20T13:28:00.001+01:00

Help

2008-03-20T18:15:00.001Z

Someone tell me what to write. I can't think on my own anymore...

Pot Noodle - a healthy and nutritious food source

2008-02-28T19:29:00.000Z

It isn't really, is it?

elbow - grounds for divorce

2008-02-18T16:58:00.001Z

2008-02-05T06:41:00.000Z

Gasp!

2008-01-20T22:22:00.000Z

George Harrison came back from the dead to kidnap Maddy! Oh noes!

2008-01-09T15:57:00.000Z

These are absolutely delicious. Just thought I'd share :)

Festive Gripe

2007-12-30T02:20:00.000Z

Christmas and New Year are shit, and families are vile.Oh, for a hermit's cave (with an internet connection)...

Ra Big Gemme

2007-11-17T09:54:00.000Z

So it's crunch time.The rest of Scotland seems to be full of confidence.I don't like it when they do that :(I have a bad feeling.But hopefully I'll report back later that I was being overly pessimistic.That would be nice...

Woohoo! or something similar

2007-11-09T19:20:00.000Z

So Glasgow will be hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.I shall now try very hard to summon some enthusiasm regarding this news.Nope, nothing yet...(I'm back, by the way)

Hiatus

2007-10-03T13:58:00.000+01:00

Back whenever.

Blockage

2007-09-25T03:31:00.000+01:00

Gah, I can't think what to write.Someone else think of something, will you?

Gah...

2007-09-19T15:33:00.000+01:00

Postural hypotension can fuck right off.That is all.

2007-09-16T02:23:00.000+01:00

Ha ha!

The oats have it

2007-09-15T19:23:00.000+01:00

Who says Scotland isn't at the cutting edge of technology?Porridge bowl sets world recordThe biggest bowl of porridge ever made has been created in Edinburgh, breaking the world record.Weighing 81.2kg, the huge breakfast was expected to fill up to 2,000 bowls at the Edinburgh Farmers' Market.The feat broke the existing world record, which was set at 66.26 kg at a farmers' market event in

2007-09-12T21:58:00.000+01:00

They've only gone and done it!

Korma Chameleon

2007-08-31T15:52:00.000+01:00

Dear Tesco,Thank you very much for having a product research day in store today, my detailed assessment of your two chicken korma samples just saved me from having to make lunch.Regards,BetsieIn related news, as overheard on the bus today: "These days you have to ask the driver if you want to go to Tesco, you can't tell if they will or not". Some belated advice, my dear - try looking at the

The new suede skirt

2007-08-29T16:46:00.000+01:00

Note to self: I really need to stop buying mini-skirts, I'm getting a bit too old for such things. However, this was no ordinary skirt: no, this was (almost) the skirt I've been dreaming about for years. Let me explain..When I was a small child, one of my very favourite things to do was play with my dressing-up box. This was an old wicker number, filled to the brim (or was that just my amazing

Woohoo!

2007-08-28T18:35:00.000+01:00

Woohoo!Chris Morris and Peep Show team up They won't say what it's about, they won't say when it's coming, but it doesn't matter: Chris Morris and the creators of Peep Show are collaborating and you can't miss it. Not least because whenever it comes, anything by Morris will cause a storm in the press.Morris is best known for spiky satires such as Brass Eye and The Day Today, which so precisely

Some mistake surely. I'm always late.

2007-08-25T20:34:00.000+01:00

Your Score: Sometimes late. You scored 60%! You just need some training and discipline. You are probably late intentionally, but you seem to lose the track of time often. Link: The Am I punctual Test written by wildlikestorm on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Wendy Who?

2007-08-21T21:50:00.000+01:00

So, Wendy Alexander is to be the new leader of Scottish Labour. It's almost as if they don't want me to vote for them. Would it really have hurt some in the Labour Party to support another candidate, as least giving the impression that she was democratically elected? Not that the SNP's second-in-command Nicola Sturgeon is an improvement in any way, they're equally annoying .However, even more

2007-08-20T21:28:00.000+01:00

Blimey...

Oh the irony..

2007-08-14T02:49:00.000+01:00

The Ideal Job for Your Personality TestYour Score: Computer Programmer You scored 53 intelligence, 37 diligence, 35 charisma, and 37 compassion! You don't do well with people. Avoid them at all costs. Machines are your best friend.Other jobs you might be good at: web designer, engineerLink: The Ideal Job for Your Personality Test written by newbluechampion on

Ooh, sharp

2007-08-08T19:53:00.000+01:00

I think it might be time to cut my nailsEspecially this one

RIP Lee Hazlewood

2007-08-06T20:03:00.000+01:00

I've only just heard.A true legend.

2007-08-06T15:05:00.001+01:00

Sometimes, when you see someone in the street, it's best just to look away..

Half-good news...

2007-08-02T18:27:00.000+01:00

From BBC News (quoted in full, cos I'm too lazy for editing):Actor Chris Langham has been found guilty of downloading child porn.Langham, of Golford, Kent, said he was only studying the porn as research for a television drama - but he was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court.However, the 58-year-old actor has been acquitted of charges of indecently assaulting an underage girl and two counts of a

Feet haters of the world unite

2007-08-02T00:00:00.000+01:00

What is it with Yahoo and foot fetishists? Every second person on there seems to be one, and they all want to talk to me. Shame for them that I hate the scabby things then.(I never caught the shoes-and-handbags bug that seems to affect so many women either. Buy shoes - wear shoes till fall apart - buy new shoes, that's how it works in my world)

Two down...

2007-08-01T01:26:00.000+01:00

So that's Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni both gone in one day.This piece here is s little harsh on Antonioni's later work:Moreover, when he made a belated return to film-making in 1995, the result proved faintly embarrassing. Stuffed full of earnest voice-overs and toe-curling sex scenes, Beyond the Clouds was the cinematic equivalent of an old man reading poetry to a young woman while

Whoop-de-doo, I'm fucking old

2007-07-30T02:10:00.000+01:00

to meeeeeeee!

With these film classification descriptions you are really spoiling us

2007-07-29T04:00:00.000+01:00

Since the British Board of Film Classification began adding descriptive text to their certificates, reading about cinema releases has been much more fun. Take, for example, the current film schedule at the DCA.If it's violence you're after, then there's a wide variety to choose from. There's mild peril for the kiddies (Spirited Away), mild violence (The Blood of a Poet), moderate violence (The

My Childhood Hell, part one

2007-07-26T16:22:00.000+01:00

Bookstores these days have entire sections devoted to "Tragic Life Stories", so, never one to shy from extremely belatedly jumping on a tawdry bandwagon, it's time to share some of my own youthful traumas.Number one - I live to dance!Way back in the mists of time, I wanted to be a ballerina. I believe this syndrome is commonly referred to as "being a girl". Accordingly, I was signed up for ballet

Daily Mail Readers In Uninformed Outrage Shocker

2007-07-23T18:08:00.000+01:00

Example one.Example two.There's plenty more, but I wouldn't be so cruel as to expose my poor readers to such things...

Now that's more like it, Amazon

2007-07-21T22:44:00.000+01:00

Now they're recommending this lot:Classics of German Cinemawith the following films:Der Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Asphalt, The Blue Angel and Munchausen.I can sort-of see the point in the inclusion of the latter film (though these two doozies may have been a more accurate reflection of Nazi cinema), but would a bit of Murnau really have killed them?Jean-Luc Godard Collection Vol.1with

Shameful Confession Time

2007-07-20T15:36:00.000+01:00

I was watching The Queen round at my mother's house yesterday, and it brought back some horrible memories.On 31st August 1997, I was (surprise!) struggling to sleep, and thus was listening to BBC Five on the radio. News came in that there had been a car crash in Paris, that Dodi Fayed was dead, and Princess Diana injured. As later reports gave more details, it was announced that she had also

As long as I get to be Camus, not Sartre

2007-07-17T20:08:00.000+01:00

You scored as Existentialism,Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown intothe world, he is responsible for everything he does.”“It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”--Jean-Paul Sartre“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possessesthe Truth.”--Blaise

Snap!

2007-07-15T16:32:00.001+01:00

I was round my mum's house on Friday, and, due to a severe lack of anything better to do, we ended up watching America's Got Talent. I avoided the British version due to an aversion to circus tricks, "cute" kids and performing animals. The lucky Americans appear to be similarly afflicted (with an added dose of annoying warbling singers), but there was one stand-out highlight that had us in

I Can't Go Back To Savoury Now - John Shuttleworth

2007-07-13T03:02:00.001+01:00

He's right you know, you can't

"Betsie dull", say Amazon

2007-07-12T16:09:00.000+01:00

Good old Amazon and their recommendations. They sent me an e-mail today in the belief that I'd be interested in this:The Role of Elites in the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975-1981): Motors of Change?Christopher HillSynopsisThis study seeks to analyze the influence of individuals in democratic transitions, using Spain as a case study and examining, in particular, the role of elite actors

In other news...

2007-07-09T19:02:00.000+01:00

Isn't that Andrew Collins a lovely chap?And Grace Dent rocks :)

Perth: the world's most thrilling town

2007-07-09T18:00:00.000+01:00

Here's the big news in town today, as reported in the Dundeh CourierA Perth man was arrested after he was caught feeding the birds—wearing nothing but a back-to-front thong.Little was left to the imagination of shocked onlookers close to David Batchelor’s home in the Muirton area of the city last month.They promptly called the police and the 58-year-old has now admitted a charge of breaching the

Bravo!

2007-07-08T15:47:00.000+01:00

Many thanks to Talent in a Previous Life for giving a blow-by-blow account of yesterday's Live Earth concert shenanigans - courageously sitting through an abundance of interminably dull bollocks so the rest of us didn't have to. People get medals for less, you know.

2007-07-08T06:52:00.000+01:00

Here we go againIt's 6.52am.The sun is shining.And I'm wide awake.Bastard fucking insomnia, how I hate you so.And I can't give the fucking post a title.Great...

2007-07-08T03:25:00.000+01:00

What the internet was invented for

RIP George Melly

2007-07-05T14:57:00.000+01:00

One hell of a chap

And the prize for most ridiculous spam subject header of the day goes to...

2007-07-03T15:28:00.000+01:00

"Freddy Kruger wears Rolex"Well, that's me sold

Over-reactions and crappy bombers R Us

2007-07-02T18:44:00.000+01:00

I've just been informed by the BBC six o'clock new on telly that this image:"haunts Scotland: terrorism smashing into people's lives" (you can see the report in question here, though I suspect it'll only work in the UK (thanks to the unique way the BBC is funded etc etc))Does it fuck! It's a car smashing into a window and setting the driver on fire, no need to exaggerate, for god's sake. Mind you

Out, out damn thought!

2007-06-29T22:39:00.000+01:00

So, those vivid dreams then...Last night I dreamt that I was reunited with my estranged father. And then I discovered he had a fetish for stripping naked and wanking in wardrobes, after catching him in the act.Thanks for that, brain, thank you ever so...

A brief update

2007-06-27T02:15:00.000+01:00

My, it's been a while, hasn't it?So I've been on the new medication for over a fortnight now. This two pills a day malarkey is a bit complicated for the feeble-brained. Or, to be a bit more accurate, the idea of taking one in the morning when you rarely see the AM doesn't quite work.Just to totally break with tradition, I can't sleep. They put me on medication that's supposed to knock me out, and

I Wanna Be Sedated

2007-06-06T00:36:00.001+01:00

I went to see the psychiatrist today.So, farewell then, fizzy orange mirtazapine, you singularly failed to do your job and instead gave me a terrible toasted cheese and sugar habit (not together, I hasten to add). Turns out it does that to everyone.I've had enough bad experiences with medication by now to know that it pays to know what you're getting into. It's helpful to know that the side

So...

2007-05-31T02:34:00.000+01:00

..what's Lou Reed doing in the Big Brother house?

Thank me for the music

2007-05-28T02:51:00.000+01:00

I don't normally do this, but there's a song that I feel the need to share with the world. It's Reparata (of and the Delrons fame) and Shoes.Enjoy.

You know you've been watching too much Peep Show when...

2007-05-25T18:53:00.000+01:00

..you begin to hear your own internal monologues in the voice of Robert Webb. That's insanitywang!In backwater media news, my local twice-weekly paper has a special "cute kids" 8-page supplement in today's edition. I'm not sure what's more surprising about this: that the age-old "beautiful baby" contest is apparently alive and well in the 21st century; that there isn't an outraged campaign by

The Day Today as documentary

2007-05-16T18:05:00.000+01:00

I was going to do a post on the media reaction to the Madeleine McCann abduction case, but Andrew Collins says it all really.It's a strange world where one missing child elicits incredibly awkward appeals by international footballers, other players donning wristbands, and a multitude of celebrities jumping on the "look at me, I really care" bandwagon.And I wonder if Gordon Brown will be offering

I for one welcome our new Serbian overlords

2007-05-12T21:52:00.000+01:00

It's that time again, the annual cheesefest that is the Eurovision Song Contest. And courtesy of the BBC website, here's my score cardWell, a crappy overwritten version anyway (damn you printer and your no ink left status). So the official Betsie verdict gives victory this year to Ukraine. With the UK's Scooch honourable runners-up. Naturally I'm not actually going to waste money voting, I'm not

2007-05-09T21:23:00.000+01:00

Apparently Siralan's Apprentices have never heard of the concept of doing a google search...

Bugger

2007-05-07T22:02:00.000+01:00

So I snip the top off the carton of soup and put it in the microwave for three minutes as stated. Summoned back to the kitchen by the magic "ping", I open the microwave door to be greeted by a tipped-over packet, a sea of spilled soup and approximately two mouthfuls of salvageable dinner. Great....

2007-05-02T14:55:00.000+01:00

pull yourself together girl...

I'm not IMDB. Gutted...

2007-05-01T01:44:00.000+01:00

Which Website are You?

Is it too late to claim the cash, do you think?

2007-04-28T21:57:00.000+01:00

(click for bigger pic)

2007-04-28T16:59:00.000+01:00

Fuck off, Gretna(Yes, I know, they are fucking off. To the SPL. Bastards)

Best tour name ever...

2007-04-21T01:17:00.000+01:00

The Decemberists' newly announced European tour in what those American types refer to as "the fall" (over here, that involves a grouchy old geezer firing his band members every five-uh minutes-uh), is being called "A Great Smiting of Chavs". Marvellous...

"is it something about history?" *

2007-04-20T23:09:00.000+01:00

So I've dragged my weary bones reluctantly into the 21st century, and I can now be found on myspace. I'm only there for the Urusei Yatsura track, honest...Edit 12.44am 26/4/07: So the post title is meant to be a quote from Friday's Peep Show. Only I've just watched the repeat and it should have been "is it something to do with history?"(one of the few lines that tickled my fancy in a largely

Sold!

2007-04-15T21:15:00.000+01:00

Today, I have been mainly looking at vintage advertising at Plan59 and fruit-related sister site Box of Apples

They don't make them like that any more

2007-04-13T01:24:00.001+01:00

I'm listening to BBC7 just now (quelle surprise), an adaptation of Dorothy L Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey stories. There's an actress in the cast by the name of Ambrosine Philpotts.Ambrosine PhilpottsMagnificent, isn't it? A moniker fit for a PG Wodehouse character, so quintessentially English, yet faintly outlandish is it.Ambrosine Philpotts.It seems she's been in a few films, including Expresso

What the fuck, part 2451

2007-04-12T22:41:00.000+01:00

So I just got home and switched on the TV, only to see some numpties on the screen going on about "local laws for local people", blaming UK Post Office closures on the EU (erm, how, exactly?), and wanting to have elected police officials. Turns out it was a Party Election Broadcast for the Scottish wing of the UK Independence Party, that charming bunch of xenophobes. Oh no, silly me, they're a "

Make your mind up...

2007-04-11T21:02:00.000+01:00

There's some conflicting advice on my 3 litre super-bargain cheap as chips supermarket own-label cider.On the one hand:Consume within 48 hours of openingOn the other:Please drink responsiblyOkay then...

Rainy days and Carpenters songs always make me cry*

2007-04-10T22:52:00.000+01:00

Sense prevailsOr perhaps not...From that last one:This is not the nation celebrated in its own mythology and the imagination of much of the outside world. Now apparently, we, the British, are prepared to betray our traditions, truth, duty, dignity, decency and ourselves. It seems that since we no longer recognise the concept of honour, we no longer have any shame. We think it is fine to say

Happy Easter

2007-04-08T23:40:00.000+01:00

(more here)

Copycat

2007-04-07T23:55:00.001+01:00

Bloody Tony Blair, jumping on my bandwagon...Powered by ScribeFire.

And finally...

2007-04-07T21:42:00.000+01:00

Rounding off YouTube Week, we have a small clip from series one of Peep Show.There a piece in the Guardian Guide by writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and there's more on the show here. The new series starts on Friday.

Plucky underdogs do it again

2007-04-06T17:20:00.000+01:00

For a nation of only 5 million or so, Scotland packs a fair punch when it comes to music. Here are a few of the best.The Rezillos - My Baby Does Good Sculptures.Josef K - Sorry For LaughingThe Associates - White Car In GermanyI was very very very pleased to find this one...Altered Images - I Could Be HappyOrange Juice - Rip It UpAztec Camera - ObliviousStrawberry Switchblade - Since YesterdayThe

2007-04-05T23:55:00.000+01:00

Just received the latest mailing from the evil people at Ticketmaster -"Don't miss Pink - standing"I'm looking forward to the next batch now:"Don't miss Westlife - sitting on stools till the key change""Don't miss Amy Winehouse - propping up the bar"and of course"Don't miss Elton John - still standing after all these years"

La Belle France

2007-04-05T17:33:00.000+01:00

So, the 1960s. An explosion of bands from Liverpool. Swinging London and Carnaby Street.Me, I'd rather have been in France.Jacques Dutronc:Les PlayboysLes CactusFrancoise Hardy:Il Est Des ChosesMa Jeunesse Fout Le CampHardy and Dutronc togetherAnd of course, the Grand Master himself, Serge Gainsbourg:Manon Bonnie and Clyde (with Brigitte Bardot)

Fabulous Absolutely

2007-04-04T17:48:00.000+01:00

YouTubery

2007-04-03T23:27:00.000+01:00

As it seems to be YouTube Week, I may as well continue with the theme...For your viewing delectation, I most humbly present Mr Stephen Fry and Mr Hugh Laurie in some excerpts from their BBC show A Bit of Fry and LaurieAnd for a change of pace, I bring you Mr Stewart Lee and Mr Richard Herring in some clips from their BBC show Fist of FunThis one features Mr Peter Baynham, who you may remember

Alanis Morissette in "sense of humour" shocker

2007-04-03T15:47:00.001+01:00

Disappointed

2007-03-31T22:06:00.001+01:00

From an article here:Concern has been raised for the wellbeing of a former mental health patient who has been selected as a contestant for The Apprentice.Jadine Johnson, 27, has reportedly been cleared to take part in the reality show alongside 15 other high-flyers for the chance to win a £100,000 job working for Sir Alan Sugar.But the senior financial advisor from Middlesex, who hopes the

Minor Gripe

2007-03-31T20:33:00.001+01:00

Dear Auntie Beeb,Please please please desist with your annoying habit of starting Doctor Who earlier than the advertised broadcast time.As I was already aware of this quirk, I tuned in this evening at 6.57pm, three minutes ahead of when it was due to start, but, alas, I wasn't early enough.I'd rather not have to sit through most of whatever crappy light entertainment bollocks precedes it in order

Songs for Europe

2007-03-30T19:11:00.000+01:00

Eurovision beckons once more, and the UK 's entry seems awfully familiar. And not just because Scooch were basically the Tesco Value Steps.This is Scooch performing their Song of Europe winning Flying The FlagAnd this is the opening credits to the sadly short-lived Scottish sitcom The High LifeThe High Life was written by and starring Forbes Masson and Alan Cumming (before he buggered off to

Ooh, dilemma

2007-03-28T18:40:00.001+01:00

What to watch - the second half of Italy v Scotland, or the new series of The Apprentice? Tough one...Edit: The Apprentice won out, it being pretty clear by that stage how the game would end. In a rather good review over here, Andrew Collins describes the first candidate to be fired, Andy Jackson, as looking "like Frank Sidebottom without wearing a papier mache head". I'll let you be the judge:

2007-03-26T19:40:00.001+01:00

Gerry and Ian. sitting in a tree...powered by performancing firefox

Show Me The Funny

2007-03-26T01:37:00.000+01:00

Family Guy: never knowingly amusingI like The Simpsons. I like South Park. I like King of the Hill. Even American Dad can occasionally prove intermittently amusing. But Family Guy? People like this? Really? They laugh? What at? Unpleasant characters, dull storylines, endless pointless and stultifyingly unfunny cutaways - it's hideous, just hideous...

It's a family affair

2007-03-25T22:50:00.000+01:00

So, as the self-appointed family historian, I've been working on the family tree for a few years now. Some lines are easier than others (the McKennas refuse to reveal their whereabouts prior to 1919, whereas unlikely as it may seem, my Smiths were an absolute dream). I've got notes scattered across about eight different notepads, a growing collection of certificates and census results downloaded

Dear Mr Spammer

2007-03-22T16:24:00.000Z

Congratulations on coming up with the e-mail subject most likely to lead to instant deletion - "James Blunt's Smash Hit"? I think not, my friend...

The best man won

2007-03-20T18:48:00.000Z

Channel 4. Sunday. Another Pointless List Show.This one was the 100 Greatest Stand-ups. The list in full is here, and the top ten was as follows:1. Billy Connolly2. Peter Kay3. Eddie Izzard4. Richard Pryor5. Harry Hill6. Bill Hicks7. Bill Bailey8. Victoria Wood9. Chris Rock10. Ross NobleThe peculiar love of the British public for Peter Kay flummoxes me somewhat, but as least taste and decency

The ones that got away

2007-03-14T23:35:00.000Z

There's an article in today's Guardian detailing the books which British adults have failed to finish reading. Amongst their ranks are such worthy tomes as the fourth Harry Potter book, David Blunkett's memoirs and Celebrity Racist Jade Goody's autobiography. Being neither a child nor an idiot, my own list is a little bit different.There are the books which have been hiding at the back of a

It's My Blog And I'll Read If I Want To

2007-03-14T06:42:00.000Z

Good old insomnia, my faithful friend, keeping me up past the dawn chorus...So: things to do in cyberspace when you're half dead1. Fire up Pandora, and press skip when it repeatedly tries to convince me that I like Country music2. Read old stuff on this here blog. Yeah, yeah, mock all you like, I care not a jot. You know what? I happen to quite like some of the gubbins wot I wrote, so nyah! I

What the....?

2007-03-12T23:45:00.000Z

Well this sounds like a must-see:Killing Brigitte Nielsen Monday 19 March 2007, Sky Travel – Reality show in which six people are flown to Greece and conned into thinking model Brigitte Nielsen has been murdered.(Description courtesy of thecustard.tv)Well, that sounds just thrilling doesn't it? Some people go on holiday, someone tells them a past it celebrity has died, they shrug their shoulders,

Stasis

2007-03-09T19:11:00.000Z

We apologise for this interruption to programming, normal service will resume shortly...(fyi: my blogger account has been blocked, after someone somewhere (or possibly some software, but I have my theories) decided that this was a spam blog. I had been planning a post on a TV advert for spam fritters, but I think I'll avoid that one now...)

Simon Mayo is a tease

2007-02-20T15:56:00.001Z

So I tune into 5 Live, arriving in the middle of a debate about Margaret Thatcher's legacy, and I think to myself "Yes! She's dead!"But no. There's only a crappy statue of her being unveiled. Boo.(I don't normally wish ill upon people, but to every rule there's an exception)powered by performancing firefox