Noel Gallagher - Britain was better under Thatcher

Following the release of The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as former Prime Minister Magaret Thatcher, it seems a topical subject to discuss her era these days. Now former Oasis rock star Noel Gallagher has offered his opinion on her reign, which surprisingly he says Britain was better under the former Prime Minister.

‘We were brought up under Thatcher,’ Noel Gallagher said. ‘There was a work ethic – if you were unemployed, the obsession was to find work. Now, these kids brought up under the Labour Party and whatever this Coalition thing is, it’s like, “Forget that, I’m not interested. I wanna be on TV.” It was a different mindset back then.’


http://www.filmnav.co.uk/2012/02/05/noel-gallagher-britain-was-better-under-margaret-thatcher/

Pretty much, though I think his reasoning's stupid, to put it slightly. From experience though, those are fighting words up North. Good thing he's Noel Gallagher, or otherwise nasal restructuring would be on the cards...

Sharky wrote:

Pretty much, though I think his reasoning's stupid, to put it slightly. From experience though, those are fighting words up North. Good thing he's Noel Gallagher, or otherwise nasal restructuring would be on the cards...

Yeah....he gets away with saying this because he's a Northener.

Had it been a Southerner spouting this, like Damon Albarn, then I'd expect a strong backlash.....

Maybe his teeth were better under the Thatcher era....

Actually Noel is now denying these claims on his blog. We've updated our story likewise -

http://www.filmnav.co.uk/2012/02/05/noel-gallagher-britain-was-better-under-margaret-thatcher/

He starting to look like Rowan Atkinson.

jet set willy wrote:

Actually Noel is now denying these claims on his blog. We've updated our story likewise -

http://www.filmnav.co.uk/2012/02/05/noel-gallagher-britain-was-better-under-margaret-thatcher/

Thought so.

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any great working class art, fashion, youth culture etc came to be IN SPITE of that woman and her warped right wing views and NOT BECAUSE of them

What a knobhead.

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Also for the record, on the day that she dies we will party like it’s 1989. Just so you know.

What happened in 1989? Didn't Thatcher's prime ministership end in 1990?

Biggest event of 1989 was the Left losing the Cold War.

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Also for the record, on the day that she dies we will party like it’s 1989. Just so you know.

What happened in 1989? Didn't Thatcher's prime ministership end in 1990?

He either meant that or one of the big Stone Roses concerts in '89.

Sharky wrote:

CJB wrote:

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Also for the record, on the day that she dies we will party like it’s 1989. Just so you know.

What happened in 1989? Didn't Thatcher's prime ministership end in 1990?

He either meant that or one of the big Stone Roses concerts in '89.

Or a play on words from Prince's `Party like its 1999' song.....with Thatcher's end fairly close.