RIP Maggie Thatcher.

[superblue24]

Why the heck is this thread still going? The funeral is over, we didn't get a day off - surely end of story?

Politics never sleeps.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

If you have 10minutes, this video is a very interesting watch: http://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc

Started watching, quite tired, latish on a Friday evening..........didn't have the intention to look at it all but got hooked and totally captivated until the end!

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Started watching, quite tired, latish on a Friday evening..........didn't have the intention to look at it all but got hooked and totally captivated until the end!

Much more so than Thatcher's funeral,which personally I found pretty unwatchable.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Much more so than Thatcher's funeral,which personally I found pretty unwatchable.

I can't believe you even tried! As I was working, I was unable to watch anything other than a few highlights on the news, but there were plenty who DID watch.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I can't believe you even tried! As I was working, I was unable to watch anything other than a few highlights on the news, but there were plenty who DID watch.

I didn't.Couln't avoid coverage of it anytime I tried to watch the news that day even in Spanish/Catalan!

 

[londonblue]

I can't believe you even tried! As I was working, I was unable to watch anything other than a few highlights on the news, but there were plenty who DID watch.

I took the day off work...and played golf. By the time I had finished my round she had been dispacted. (I'm not very good at golf!)

 

[Napster]

I know the funeral thread was closed. But the actual costs have been released. Way lower than original estimates

Cost of Baroness Thatcher's funeral was £3.6m, Downing St says - ceremony £0.5m, security £1.1m & further police cover £2m

 

[Benfleet A1]

I know the funeral thread was closed. But the actual costs have been released. Way lower than original estimates

Cost of Baroness Thatcher's funeral was £3.6m, Downing St says - ceremony £0.5m, security £1.1m & further police cover £2m

Which is roughly what we get back everyday from the rebate that she fought for from the EU. So as state funerals go, an bargain.

 

[South Bank Hank]

I know the funeral thread was closed. But the actual costs have been released. Way lower than original estimates

Cost of Baroness Thatcher's funeral was £3.6m, Downing St says - ceremony £0.5m, security £1.1m & further police cover £2m

Don't say that Paul. They'll be back to complaining about the govt not pumping MORE money into the economy again. I suppose it does however reduce my apparent welching/welshing to around 4p now.

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

A few million is small change for the government. And lefties don't usually object to state spending...

Morons. Most of the greasy socialist students weren't even born when Thatcher was PM and have no idea what the country was like before or during her reign.

 

[Swiss Tony]

A few million is small change for the government. And lefties don't usually object to state spending...

Morons. Most of the greasy socialist students weren't even born when Thatcher was PM and have no idea what the country was like before or during her reign.

Wise words SB,but may i add, tax dodging and brainwashed to your list of put downs.

 

[superblue24]

Which is roughly what we get back everyday from the rebate that she fought for from the EU. So as state funerals go, an bargain.

Hang on, wasn't that the exact same rebate that Blair gave back?

Thatcher fought hard for that money for the country, so sad that subsequent leaders lacked any bones in their back.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Thatcher fought hard for that money for the country, so sad that subsequent leaders lacked any bones in their back.

I prefer the analogy that she had more balls than any of them!

 

[Davros]

So techinically was only £1.6 million, as the police would/should have been working anyway?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Most of the greasy socialist students weren't even born when Thatcher was PM and have no idea what the country was like before or during her reign.

I do.It was a much more democratic,tolerant and civilised place.There is such a thing as society.

 

[Benfleet A1]

I do.It was a much more democratic,tolerant and civilised place.There is such a thing as society.

You forgot, skint, laughing stock and lame.

 

[steveo]

I do.It was a much more democratic,tolerant and civilised place.There is such a thing as society.

To be fair Barna thats complete bollocks.
How about blokes who wanted to go to work but couldnt cross a picket line in case their "mates" gave them a good kicking?

Can you pinpoint how democratic, tolerant and civilised it is to stop a man trying to earn a living with violence?

Come on don't dodge this one Barna.

 

[londonblue]

So techinically was only £1.6 million, as the police would/should have been working anyway?

Are you really stuggling to understand the idea of extra? The police costs are extra, i.e. would not have been working anyway.

Personally I'm glad the costs are a lot lower than was originally expected, and I don't see the need to "pretend" they're even lower than has been published.

 

[londonblue]

Morons. Most of the greasy socialist students weren't even born when Thatcher was PM and have no idea what the country was like before or during her reign.

Wise words SB,but may i add, tax dodging and brainwashed to your list of put downs.

Mods, why is it OK to use an insult when describing anyone that is left wing? I genuinely take exeption to that. Just because I am left wing doesn't make me:

A moron
Greasy
A tax dodger
Brainwashed

 

[southend4ever]

So the Metro claims that the cost of her funeral was 6p per British Tax Payer. I seriously believe something is very wrong about our taxes going towards a funeral FULL STOP but particularly when so many of the younger generation know little about her.