Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

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Sad to here this

[Chippiewill]

She'd requested that she not have state funeral, and they've complied with her wishes.

There does still appear to be a partially state funded event, still seems rather ironic.

[MilksAreUs]

Ding dong the witch is dead which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding dong the wicked witch is deadddddd

Yay! - rip tho i wouldnt want death to happen to anyone. But she made peoples lives miserys!

[Southe,]

Not happy about my tax money being used to give her a fancy send off. Her racist daughter and bankrolling mercenary son can pay the bill.

Have Ding Dong at number 1 and people planning to take pictures of them with there backs turned to a switched of tv during her funereal. Any other things being planned?

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Not happy about my tax money being used to give her a fancy send off. Her racist daughter and bankrolling mercenary son can pay the bill.

Whether you agree with her policies or not, she deserves it based on the fact that she led the Falklands War (the only just war we've engaged in since 1945) and like Churchill she's being honoured with a ceremonial funeral, with the family meeting half of the costs.

I think the attitudes shown, ie bringing in family, just go to show how low those on the left are willing to sink concerning her legacy.

Have Ding Dong at number 1 and people planning to take pictures of them with there backs turned to a switched of tv during her funereal.

That's such a graceful and kind comment concerning an 87-year old who has just died, you come across really well.

There does still appear to be a partially state funded event, still seems rather ironic.

I don't see the irony at all. Mrs. Thatcher was never an anarchist, and few would even say she's as far as a libertarian. She stated she did not believe industry should be run and subsidised by the government, she never said anything concerning state funerals and pomp & ceremony.

Indeed of the few things she did say concerning that, she requested also that a fly past not take place as she would consider it a waste of funds.

[lemons]

Churchill she's being honoured with a ceremonial funeral

Churchill had a state funeral, js :p

security for her funeral will be so big next wednesday probs be protests n everything

[AgnesIO]

Whether you agree with her policies or not, she deserves it based on the fact that she led the Falklands War (the only just war we've engaged in since 1945) and like Churchill she's being honoured with a ceremonial funeral, with the family meeting half of the costs.

I think the attitudes shown, ie bringing in family, just go to show how low those on the left are willing to sink concerning her legacy.



That's such a graceful and kind comment concerning an 87-year old who has just died, you come across really well.



I don't see the irony at all. Mrs. Thatcher was never an anarchist, and few would even say she's as far as a libertarian. She stated she did not believe industry should be run and subsidised by the government, she never said anything concerning state funerals and pomp & ceremony.

Indeed of the few things she did say concerning that, she requested also that a fly past not take place as she would consider it a waste of funds.

She doesn't need to have any money towards a funeral given by the taxpayer.

She's the one who wanted everything privatised, not the public!

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She doesn't need to have any money towards a funeral given by the taxpayer.

She's the one who wanted everything privatised, not the public!

She didn't want everything privatised, please read on her beliefs and what she did in office and then come to a real conclusion. You're just deploying the Joey Bartonesque school of thought, despite the fact that Joey Barton never reimbursed the taxpayer for his short stay in prison.

If she owned an industry and wanted subsidies to her company from the state, then you'd have a point. But she didn't.

[Chippiewill]

I don't see the irony at all. Mrs. Thatcher was never an anarchist, and few would even say she's as far as a libertarian. She stated she did not believe industry should be run and subsidised by the government, she never said anything concerning state funerals and pomp & ceremony.

Indeed of the few things she did say concerning that, she requested also that a fly past not take place as she would consider it a waste of funds.

It certainly seems a waste when you could just do the funeral privately and the state not pay for it.

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It certainly seems a waste when you could just do the funeral privately and the state not pay for it.

You could say that with any historical figure then. Why bother reburying Richard III? why hold a funeral for Churchill? why hold one for the Queen Mother? why bother holding one for Princess Diana? heck, why even have any tradition, pomp and ceremony anymore? scrap the lot, scrap the State Opening of Parliament. Scrap the Britannia as Labour did. Scrap military shows. Scrap the Changing of the Guard and just replace with normal dull security.