Ghana Needs A Leader Like Baroness Thatcher

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Frank Mensah, Tikobo No. 2 12 years ago

This writer must be crazy. Thatcher was no JF Kennedy. Even in her own country she was as loved as she was hated. I spent time with a British family who would turn off the Television anytine her "dirty" face was shown. She wa ...
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This writer must be crazy. Thatcher was no JF Kennedy. Even in her own country she was as loved as she was hated. I spent time with a British family who would turn off the Television anytine her "dirty" face was shown. She was as controversial as George Bush and as wicked and murderous as Jerry Rawlings.
Don Blunt 12 years ago

First we by all means reject Akufo-Addo but we hail Thatcher, maybe because she is "OBURONI", or what is the sense behind this?

First we by all means reject Akufo-Addo but we hail Thatcher, maybe because she is "OBURONI", or what is the sense behind this?
Onipa, USA 12 years ago

Well said, I have always clamored for a NATIONALISTIC STRONG leader (almost autocratic) in Ghana.

Well said, I have always clamored for a NATIONALISTIC STRONG leader (almost autocratic) in Ghana.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

A strong willed person is enough. A person who has the courage to fire his or her ministers when they are caught with their pants down.

A strong willed person is enough. A person who has the courage to fire his or her ministers when they are caught with their pants down.
Kojo T 12 years ago

We had such leaders like Osagyefo and rawlings. Both VERY nationalistic and patriotic. It was your kind with your muddled thinking that messed them up. When Nkrumah took office what was there to privatize. Did rawlings not a ...
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We had such leaders like Osagyefo and rawlings. Both VERY nationalistic and patriotic. It was your kind with your muddled thinking that messed them up. When Nkrumah took office what was there to privatize. Did rawlings not allow private initiative. What about K4 and his 8 years . What did you do? You still shout government should do this and government should do that and ask for Thactherim ? Wake up Black man. you have NO CAPITAL nor enterprise so how do you practice capitalism. We have a short fall of 2m houses take it up and fill the vacuum . Then agriculture has been goping down and it is a trillion dollar industry . Come up with the commercial farms to win. We do not need a Thatcher
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

If we solve the land tenure system, and able to bring interest rate down all that you are talking about will be solved. You cannot do commercial farming when the lands are with the stools and skins.

If we solve the land tenure system, and able to bring interest rate down all that you are talking about will be solved. You cannot do commercial farming when the lands are with the stools and skins.
mensah abrampa 12 years ago

You speak for yourself only so don't say "we". Like the writer rightly said we all have faults and weaknesses and still do commit mistakes. Your position is akin to throwing away the baby with the bad water. If some of her po ...
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You speak for yourself only so don't say "we". Like the writer rightly said we all have faults and weaknesses and still do commit mistakes. Your position is akin to throwing away the baby with the bad water. If some of her policies were good why can't our leaders bereft of original ideas borrow one or two from her? Grow up buddy.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

When she came to power Britain was referred to unofficially as the sick man of Europe, and she had to cure her. Among the diseases was inflation, and inflation is a deadly disease like cancer wreaks devastation and its cure i ...
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When she came to power Britain was referred to unofficially as the sick man of Europe, and she had to cure her. Among the diseases was inflation, and inflation is a deadly disease like cancer wreaks devastation and its cure is equally terrible. By the time the radiotherapy and chemotherapy has done its work you become more like a living dead. So the medicine Maggie prescribed for the ailing British economy brought devastation that many people never forgave her. But it was something she had to do.
mensah abrampa 12 years ago

Kobina don't pay any heed to empty vessels. We gain knowledge and wisdom by borrowing a little here, a little there , until we gain the fulness. You wrote a great piece that should be digested by good spirited and rational mi ...
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Kobina don't pay any heed to empty vessels. We gain knowledge and wisdom by borrowing a little here, a little there , until we gain the fulness. You wrote a great piece that should be digested by good spirited and rational minds. It's not for the mean spirited and those draped in mediocrity.
VNK 12 years ago

I will be the next Iron Lady in Ghana. You wacth

I will be the next Iron Lady in Ghana. You wacth

VNK 12 years ago

An Iron Lady with a scarpel not an axe with a lot of love for the Nation Ghana, that is what Ghana needs.

An Iron Lady with a scarpel not an axe with a lot of love for the Nation Ghana, that is what Ghana needs.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

I will support you only if you will tough and honest

I will support you only if you will tough and honest
Joe Boateng ---Dabaa . 12 years ago

MR.Philip Baidoo Jnr,You are right but where can we find even one sensible politican in Ghana ,To name a few a person like Asiedu Nketia ,Kennedy Agyapong ,Ofui Gyato Ablkwa. All these craps are ruling Ghana what do expect? ...
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MR.Philip Baidoo Jnr,You are right but where can we find even one sensible politican in Ghana ,To name a few a person like Asiedu Nketia ,Kennedy Agyapong ,Ofui Gyato Ablkwa. All these craps are ruling Ghana what do expect? MR.Baidoo answer me please!.
Wiseman 12 years ago

Baroness my foot.WAR CRIMENAL

Baroness my foot.WAR CRIMENAL
TROUBLE-MAKER 12 years ago

How many heard about the passing of Heath, Callaghan, Wilson and Douglas-Home? Not that many, because they did not make any memorable waves.
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Not many people heard of their passing because ...
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How many heard about the passing of Heath, Callaghan, Wilson and Douglas-Home? Not that many, because they did not make any memorable waves.
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Not many people heard of their passing because they were NOT dictators like Thatcher.
How old were you when she was Prime Minister? If a perfect Gentleman like Sir Jeffery Howe could hit Thatcher on the head with his folder and resigned immediately from her cabinet,then you should know who really Thatcher was.
Apart from all the stupid policies and politics and things she introduced like the hated Poll Tax which started at £50.00 a month which has now hit £150 a month in typical band "D",what good things can you relate to Thatcher?
On immigration,her government was responsible for children born to foreign parents in the UK NOT entitle to British nationality until they reach certain age and must NOT travel outside the UK during that period.
Had Thatcher been and African leader,she would have been labelled a DICTATOR by the West.

NONSENSE!!
Agyeman 12 years ago

Ghana does not need such a cold hearted bitch like Thatcher who engineered quite many deaths with her drunken policies.Good riddance

Ghana does not need such a cold hearted bitch like Thatcher who engineered quite many deaths with her drunken policies.Good riddance
Odopa.com 12 years ago

The evil that men do lives after them!!
Even jesus was condemned.

One good thing: many people like me was able to buy our council houses without the huge deposit!

In 1993, the poll tax was replaced by the council tax ...
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The evil that men do lives after them!!
Even jesus was condemned.

One good thing: many people like me was able to buy our council houses without the huge deposit!

In 1993, the poll tax was replaced by the council tax which is much fairer.
The Band system goes with the PRICE of the Property while the Poll tax was to be paid by the people who lived in the property.

These taxes are being used to developed UK. It pays parts of the Police expenses, the street lights, the rubbish collectors. I am sure if you are paying then you should know how the council tax is being used.

In Ghana, ONLY the civil servants pay tax. Hence the country not being developed to it capacity.

Yes Ghana deserve a character like Maggie T to enforce people to pay work and pay tax.
TROUBLE-MAKER 12 years ago

You sounded very selfish.The fact that you bought your Council House without putting down a huge deposit does not mean Thatcher was fair to the entire citizens of Britain. Lucky you,but how about those who were NOT in positio ...
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You sounded very selfish.The fact that you bought your Council House without putting down a huge deposit does not mean Thatcher was fair to the entire citizens of Britain. Lucky you,but how about those who were NOT in position to buy theirs because they were on low income and got stuck in their council homes?

It was John Major who replaced the hated Poll Tax to Property Tax and just a few days ago after her death John Major said when he did that Thatcher refused speaking to him for a long time.She wanted her hated legacies to continue and I guess she enjoy it when people are suffering.

Long before Thatcher introduced the Poll Tax,was the UK not being developed,Police expenses not paid,Street lights not there,no rubbish collectors?
What are they doing with the huge income tax taken from your salary? Britain is the most taxed country in Europe if not the world, and there`s nothing more like take-home pay anymore because your take-home is where you are going to pay another tax called property tax after your income tax.
Try Thatcher type of government in Ghana and see their reaction.Don`t even go there.
FRANK,LONDON 12 years ago

You are one of the few fortunate ones who had the deposit to buy council houses meant for the poor at ridiculously low prices.Margaret Thatcher did not allow rhe proceeds from the sale of the council houses to be invested in ...
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You are one of the few fortunate ones who had the deposit to buy council houses meant for the poor at ridiculously low prices.Margaret Thatcher did not allow rhe proceeds from the sale of the council houses to be invested in the provision of more council houses hence the huge housing deficit in london which has led to exorbitant rents in london.Now the poor and workers in london are using almost a third of their wages to pay rents in london.Her policies made so many people jobless in Britain.No doubt there was jubilations all over the United Kingdom whwn she died.
TROUBLE-MAKER 12 years ago

Thank you.Her legacies are still hurting people today.

Thank you.Her legacies are still hurting people today.

USMAN. 12 years ago

In the UK you cannot be a politician if you are not an accomplished professional. In Ghana people are made to occupy management positions straight from the classroom all because an individual can speak English like a parrot. ...
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In the UK you cannot be a politician if you are not an accomplished professional. In Ghana people are made to occupy management positions straight from the classroom all because an individual can speak English like a parrot.People take faulty decisions and this is the cause of the payment of numerous judgement debts. This is how far our useless university education has brought us.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

When Thatcher entered parliament she was 34 years old, but she learned. The problem with our people is they don’t learn. They are filled hubris and arrogance, and yet they know anything.

When Thatcher entered parliament she was 34 years old, but she learned. The problem with our people is they don’t learn. They are filled hubris and arrogance, and yet they know anything.
kweku 12 years ago

this woman was so much hated that people mostly remember her for the evil deeds she did. that is why she her funeral is only by invitation. we never had any leader as evil as this woman and we denounce our liberal leaders. su ...
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this woman was so much hated that people mostly remember her for the evil deeds she did. that is why she her funeral is only by invitation. we never had any leader as evil as this woman and we denounce our liberal leaders. suppose we had someone like this woman that did so much damage to the poor of her nation. what will we say? let Ghana be Ghana please. do you know how this woman governed? why does she have only a bit over 2000 person invited at her funeral. do you think any leader of Ghana will pass with only invitees attending his funeral?
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

The invitation is only for the St Paul's Cathedral. Everybody is allowed. What about the people lining the streets.

The invitation is only for the St Paul's Cathedral. Everybody is allowed. What about the people lining the streets.
Atikopo#1 12 years ago

Baidoo, Philip Kobina, kwasea!!

Ko te boto!!

Baidoo, Philip Kobina, kwasea!!

Ko te boto!!
J.ZAGURU. 12 years ago

Even a common voting system is faulty, general election falsified, inaccurate time-table or calendar of events in the civil service,salaries falsified and pay roll of working Ghanaians inaccurate, bonusses gone amiss and you' ...
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Even a common voting system is faulty, general election falsified, inaccurate time-table or calendar of events in the civil service,salaries falsified and pay roll of working Ghanaians inaccurate, bonusses gone amiss and you're comparing a white lady's ability and performance to dummy Ghanaians.... you're making serious error of judgement.NO ONE COULD GOVERN (animals)GHANAIANS BETTER WHEN WAYWARDNESS IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN GHANA.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

What is lacking is the character.

What is lacking is the character.
Fairness for All Ghanaians 12 years ago

A very good analytical and intelligent article but how many of our brain-dead ghanaians and Africans would agree with it, because they are all thieves with their mouths in the trough.

A very good analytical and intelligent article but how many of our brain-dead ghanaians and Africans would agree with it, because they are all thieves with their mouths in the trough.
GHANANI 12 years ago

Blackman's way of thinking.Always the white person is better than the black person. We just need a leader who understands our problems and is prepared to solve them no matter the opposition and pressures from outside and with ...
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Blackman's way of thinking.Always the white person is better than the black person. We just need a leader who understands our problems and is prepared to solve them no matter the opposition and pressures from outside and within the nation.Ghana does not need a leader like Margaret Thatcher who supported apartheid,called Nelson Mandela a terrorist and whose death has sparked celebrations all over Britain.The rampant poverty in Britain today and the high cost of house rents in London today are the results of Thatcher's policies.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

This has got nothing to do with white or black. There are not many white leaders who can measure up with the integrity of Mandela. But for now it is for the memory a very remarkable woman.

This has got nothing to do with white or black. There are not many white leaders who can measure up with the integrity of Mandela. But for now it is for the memory a very remarkable woman.

CHE 12 years ago

Margaret Thatcher certainly represented the propertied class whose interest she served well by siphoning community and state interests to the profit schemes of her political master who funded her political campaigns.She was a ...
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Margaret Thatcher certainly represented the propertied class whose interest she served well by siphoning community and state interests to the profit schemes of her political master who funded her political campaigns.She was a destructive figure who ruptured the economic and social fabric of postwar Britain and left a country that was more divided, more selfish and, for the have-nots, more resentful than at any time in its recent history.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

Your idea is to keep everybody poor. In every society there are some who will always be rich. The society that she left even those who are unemployed are able to own cars.

Your idea is to keep everybody poor. In every society there are some who will always be rich. The society that she left even those who are unemployed are able to own cars.
Omanbapa Osei Oy3ade3yie 12 years ago

This dunderhead does not even know that Maggie Thatcher OPENLY supported Apartheid in S. Africa.!

I believe Nelson Mandela is strong enough not to collapse on reading/hearing this from a black African

If Thatcher was so ...
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This dunderhead does not even know that Maggie Thatcher OPENLY supported Apartheid in S. Africa.!

I believe Nelson Mandela is strong enough not to collapse on reading/hearing this from a black African

If Thatcher was so popular, entire UK would have been unanimoulsy saddened about her death, but rather 60% do thank God that she's gone and 40% otherwise.
Philip Kobina Baidoo 12 years ago

If Mandela was strong enough he would have come to her funeral. Mandela would commend me for writing this. Try and watch the movie Invictus.

If Mandela was strong enough he would have come to her funeral. Mandela would commend me for writing this. Try and watch the movie Invictus.

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