Thatcher died of a massive stroke at around 11am UK time in the famous five-star Ritz hotel in Piccadilly in central London, where she had been staying for a while.



The Queen has given her permission for Thatcher to be given a ceremonial funeral just like Princess Diana and the Queen Mother were given in 1997 and 2002. She will be given military honours and the funeral is to take place at St Paul's Cathedral. It will no doubt be televised.

There were those who wanted her to be given a state funeral like Churchill in 1965. But there were probably people who were worried that the militant Left would kick off again had she been given one.

Cofgod wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 3:08am:


Do all PMs get a state funeral? If not then she should not have one.

Oh. Troll thread. there was already a thread about it and andrei thought he was better than everyone else and wanted his own.

SOB

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 5:52am:


sure ya dont

she seemed like the kind of person that privately held a lot of very controversial opinions and anti-progressive sentiments but was crippled for whatever reason to ever act on them in policy

Swagman wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 8:22am:



good onya, swagman, f me these leftards are dumb. i almost hope that leftard-ism takes hold long enough to see them all scrounging at the dump with the seagulls .

f me, i dont mind working hard and paying for their softco*k lifestyles but the least they could do as they wheel their trolleys out of aldi and manoevere their obese bodies into their second hand taragos chock full of the next generation of sloths, well the least they could do is fall to the ground and give thanks to the people who have given them this lifestyle.   

ie  smacking WAKE UP TO YOURSELVES AND GIVE THANKS TO THE MARKET AND THE BUSINESSPEOPLE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO KEEP YOU NUMPTIES AFLOAT

aquascoot wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 9:25am:



"Ding Dong."

thatchers impact was very mixed. it's very difficult to honestly consider her either a great success or a great failure.

JC Denton wrote on Apr 9^th, 2013 at 10:20am:


This is a fair comment.

To my family in the south of England she was a success.

When she came to power in 1979, the country was in a mess -

Under the Callaghan Labour Government, the Unions were running riot.
Bin men were out on strike so rubbish was even piling up in Leicester Square.
The Miners were threatening to walk out.
The teachers were on strike.
The Public Sector Union NUPE was on strike.

The top rate of tax was an incredible 85% (EIGHTY FIVE) - Leyland Daf was going broke, British Airways was nationally run, the Coal Board was nationalised.

It was the malaise of the 1970s and Britain was the sick old man of Europe.

Mrs Thatcher took the Unions on, she needed to - they were running out of control.
She streamlined the tax system - she enciouraged businesses to run business and not get dragged down by national wage disputes etc.

More people bought their council houses under Mrs Thatcher in the South of England than ever before.
People started to own their own homes.

We went from a weak Government to a strong one - over a period of time.

Now she wasn't popular in areas which were impacted by this move to capitalism no doubt.
South Wales, Yorkshire, Scotland, Liverpool - areas where the unions are strong. "Working Class areas" if you will.

So yes she was hugely divisive.
To my parents she was terrific, she was what we needed.
To others my parents' age in those areas I mention she was the devil incarnated.

Such is life - but Britain re-generated under Thatcher.
Absolutely.