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Margaret Thatcher to be given state funeral.

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S1ur · 13/07/2008 21:43

Is this true? because the Daily Mail reported it so obviously I need something more reliable than that

Last year Guardian reported 'there were no plans' for a state funeral.

Anyone heard this from anywhere other than the DM?

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Sobernow · 13/07/2008 22:48

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Heated · 13/07/2008 22:50

Cos she was the first female PM? Was she the longest serving PM until Blair?

Also wondering how representative this thread is - ie all wanting to dance on her grave? IL's northern family hate her (ex miners), my southern family love her as they did well in the 80s. Wondering what % of the public voted for her?

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 22:50

My immediate reaction was "is she dead?" too.

That's a no, then?

Oh well.

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policywonk · 13/07/2008 22:52

Heated - don't think the Tories ever got more than 50 per cent of the vote in GEs under her (and that's just the people who actually voted), so those who voted for her are going to come to considerably less than 50 per cent of the adult population.

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smallwhitecat · 13/07/2008 22:52

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 22:53

I don't see why she qualifies though, unless all other PMs after Jim C will get a state send-off too?

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Sobernow · 13/07/2008 22:55

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 22:56

MB, did you really & truly yell

'Fucking hell no! I remember what you bastards did last time'

???

If so am very impressed

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smallwhitecat · 13/07/2008 22:56

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 22:58

I don't see why that is a good reason, swc.

PMs don't generally get state funerals, do they? WC was an honourable exception & deserved it for his wartime service & stonking oratorical contributions

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ranting · 13/07/2008 23:00

Am a bit bemused that you feel the need to equate lefty with labour, yes traditionally it is the party of the left, that does not mean that left thinking would be voters would now vote for them.

Having said that, there isn't a cat in hells chance that I would ever think the Tory party would represent my views either.

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smallwhitecat · 13/07/2008 23:01

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WilfSell · 13/07/2008 23:01

rofl at swc's retort in the context of intellectual paucity of the opposition until VERY recently...

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smallwhitecat · 13/07/2008 23:05

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 23:07

Nelson was a PM???

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 23:07

Wellington was a PM?????

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smallwhitecat · 13/07/2008 23:10

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 23:10


I really really don't see why she should get one for being the 1st woman PM. (Why didn't Disraeli get one? Or Lloyd George?)
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zippitippitoes · 13/07/2008 23:11

wellington was pm twice

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 23:12

Was he, zippi? God, I am more ignorant than I knew

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smallwhitecat · 13/07/2008 23:12

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zippitippitoes · 13/07/2008 23:12

who decides anyway is it the queen

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WendyWeber · 13/07/2008 23:13

And Disraeli, swc?

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