To spend my morning watching the funeral of Maggie Thatcher (on BBC) ?

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

She was our first woman prime-minister - a significant personal achievement, especially for the daughter of a grocer from Grantham, born in 1925

Also I agree with those that say these ceremonial occasions are something we do really well in Britain.

So AIBU to be watching this morning - in spite of disagreeing with many of her policies ? Will you be watching ?
And what do you make of both her personal achievement and her legacy ?

Yanbu - I feel just the same.

I have turned it off already, Terry Wogan bumbling on was more that enough for me!

I've been wondering where the threads were, seemed like there was a mn black out haha.

I am watching, I'm too young to remember her but its still history that I can watch.

YANBU...I am watching too....having laughed myself stupid reading The Daily Mash's comments here

I think she achieved massive amounts in very male dominated worlds.

Avoiding the funeral and all news too today.
£10,000,000? .

I am watching on Italian telly. Like a bit of British pomp for the expats.

They have spelt her name wrong.

Oh dear God, and as if my magic, Macca has just shuffled onto my ipod with Hey Jude. (please tell me he isn't.....)

If that's what you want to do-fine by me!!

I'm off for a walk in the sun with the dog!

Grr Gideon

Well, whilst the bumbling pre-amble was going on I came on here to see if there was a thread yet ... I felt we should have one !

YY to "she achieved massive amounts in very male dominated worlds" Jake

Sun's gone here diddl, back to drizzle. Otherwise I'll be doing the same, with four client's dogs, and meeting one of my staff with another four, should be a very jolly riot as a lot of them are young gun-dog breeds.

Am contemplating recording the funeral to look at later.

I think you can get BBC on iPlayer

miemohrs Yes you can watch live on PC but I've found the picture can be a bit shite.

It's no skin off my nose. If you want to watch it, watch it!

I've got it on in the background - mainly because I'm not really old enough to remember much about her and I'm too lazy to google - though I'm sure that the info will be highly selective.

Choosing to not watch it, unfortunately isn't, going to stop the huge sum of money that is being spent on it (those who know more about her, would she have approved of all this expenditure)?

I'm off to bed but will switch on if I can drag myself up at one.

YANBU.

I've just turned bbc 1 on. I wouldn't have stayed in especially to watch it, but as I'm in I will.

I am. Hated her politics, however, my DH is a PC working today so I'm glued to the tv waiting for the shit to hit the fan and worrying unreasonably I know but he worked the riots so these things always make me slightly nervous

No. My television would be in tiny pieces before the hour was out.
Yes, she achieved massive amounts in a male dominated world. That's why Elvis Costello will be blaring out in this house today.

skipped I think she helped plan her own funeral so presumably not too worried about expenditure!

Am 1000s of miles away from whole shebang, thank GOD!

sparklekitty is your DH expecting trouble?

I like all the pomp and ceremony of these things. I am no huge fan of MT but she did indeed inspire much music

I hope there's no trouble...if only for the sake of her family.