Margaret Thatcher to be given state funeral.

[S1ur]

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?

[SparklyGothKat]

bugger, I thought she was dead, until I read the thread...

[WendyWeber]

But I thought the fat hausfrau adored Disraeli...

[MrsThierryHenry]

Sparkly!!!

Still looks a mad, mean old bint, though, doesn't she?

[SparklyGothKat]

what!!?? Lots of people thought the same!!

[WendyWeber]

I think that was a joke , sparkly

(I certainly thought the same )

[SparklyGothKat]

lol!!

[MrsWeasley]

Don't fret SGK I think MN is planning to bury her anyway tonight

[wrinklytum]

Oh bum,you mean she ISN'T dead?

(Wrinkly re-corks wine bottle for another time)

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

LOL at the confusion on this thread....

Why shouldnt she be given a state funeral - enlighten me?

[SparklyGothKat]

pmsl!! I was only young when she was in power, but I know what she did.

Can we bury her alive then??

[MrsWeasley]

I was telling DH about this thread and he started cheering before I could tell him she wasn't dead. He is in a bad mood now, says I am cruel for teasing him.

[WendyWeber]

Why should she, VVVQ????

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

That's not an answer WW

[WendyWeber]

There is a loooong list of 20th C PMs who didn't get one (and none of them sold off the nationalised industries )

[BreeVanderCampLGJ]

My intitial reaction would have been Bitch Troll from Hell....................what purpose did she serve...........??

Oh yes I remember...........she makes Labour look good...

[WendyWeber]

No, she didn't do that - she was long gone.

[wrinklytum]

I'm slightly biased re Thatcher as I spent my teenage years growing up in a Derbyshire mining town and saw the real havoc wreaked by her policies.In our area it was like a real war zone,and there was genuine hardship for families who were part of the strike.I feel she did tremendous damage to these communities.Having said that a very tiny part of me does admire the fact that she was such a strong woman.Though I can never forgive what she did to a lot of families I knew.

[Threadwworm]

So no-one liked my preview of the state funeral then?

[Blandmum]

Wendyweber, I really did shout that.

The bloke was so shocked as I looke like a middle age, middle class woman and he must have expected a more sympahthetic hearing!

And I was shocked because I just blurted it out, it was semi relex!

[Blandmum]