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 ?

many

Don't - the fact she had got herself through uni to be mixing with Millionaires she did on her own?

the horses look unsettled

why does dimbleby keep blathering.

Oh dry your eyes dawndonna. When this is all over everyone who is not filled with hatred etc will move on while all your lot are still frothing and spewing your bile and going grrrrrrrrr at your computer screen.

Ach, can we not just talk about the frocks this morning?

That middle horse at front of procession is massive!

I'm boycotting TV and Radio coverage and wearing red. never mind the politics but the money spent on the funeral could be put to better use, early years and childcare greatly underfunded as is the adult care system.
The woman robbed families of their jobs and broke communities, yes we should pay respect to the dead, but she isn't a heroine and should be laid to rest the same as the majority of us without pomp and ceremony.

I am sick to death of Dimblebies dominating our airwaves and screens.
Down with this sort of thing!

Well I am watching. I love a bit of pomp.

And the Chelsea Pensioners (bless them)

Thatcher WAS good for women because she succeeded on merit and not positive discrimination in favour of women.
Encourage women in all areas of life to succeed, yes, but don't discriminate in favour of us. I find it really patronising. Men will only be convinced women are just as capable if we win on merit alone.

one horse is nipping the other

You're a one to talk Maggy, you have posted plenty of froth and bile in your time

oh, I have a Horse Factoid!
Apparently these special black ones are only good at galloping and have been trained for a whole week to walk slowly.

Perhaps they silenced the bells of Big Ben in case anyone in the crowd broke into a spontaneous rendition of "Ding Dong the Witch is dead !" - personally I found that song making the charts this week quite amusing.

Just because it's a funeral we don't have to all leave go of our critical faculties. I'm sure she made some mistakes. But then it would be hard to be prime-minister for a decade and not do so.

Men in uniform...bring on the eye candy...

She was an iconic leader.

Huge crowd. I wasn't expecting so many to turn out

Not surprised there is booing. This is a political event, if they wanted a funeral they should have kept it private. You can't detatch a sad personal event from its political context in this case.

I've not read the whole thread but does anyone else think it's a bit distasteful of people to be taking pictures?

Has Her Maj got ANOTHER new car??

I think it's very symbolic, because she and Major were the last of a generation that has now passed into history, before the passage to the dishonest sheen of Blair and Cameron.

this really is way ott

Argh gstq never fails to bring a tear

Nowhere does pomp like Britain!