Statue of Thatcher to Go Up in Lincolnshire

[AmateurAgitator]

Council to shell out £100k on unveiling of Margaret Thatcher statue

The statue of the Iron Lady will be put on display on a 10ft plinth in Grantham, after originally being intended for a London museum

www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk

The council responsible are spending £100,000 on this, and putting it on a 10 ft plinth in the hope that it is not attacked.


The U.K. currently has the Highest unemployment level in 300 years.
Europe’s highest COVID infection level
More homelessness than EVER!
More people living in poverty than ever!
OH AND we are only weeks away from Brexit happening



I think this might set a new world record for the shortest amount of time to pass between the council unveiling of a new statue & the general public pulling it down and destroying it. Atleast I hope so.

 

[krtek a houby]

It should go up like Nelson in Dublin

 

[Serene]

The Government recently had to remind people that Thatchers Grave is not a nightclub.

 

[klang]

Finally a bit of fun to look forward to

 

[Pickman's model]

one more push, comrades, to get the saltersford water treatment plant renamed after the iron lady

help me launch a campaign to get saltersford water treatment plant renamed after margaret thatcher

saltersford water treatment plant near grantham recently this water treatment plant desperately needs a new name, and what better memorial to baroness thatcher could there be than to rename somewhere which handles a load of shit in her memory?

www.urban75.net

 

[Argonia]

What's Paul Kelleher up to these days?

Statue of Margaret Thatcher (London Guildhall) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[killer b]

I wondered why there was a spare massive statue of Margaret Thatcher hanging about for these suckers to buy - apparently it was originally commissioned by some weirdos called the Public Memorials Appeal (18 years in existence and this appears for be their third statue) to be stuck up in Parliament Square, but Westminster Council turned down the planning application.

Seems a bit remiss to raise £300,000 from charitable donations and get the statue made without securing planning permission first tbh.

 

[Pickman's model]

i have written to the bbc children in need appeal with a proposal for their 2021 effort. it seems to me that there would be quite a demand for being the person to blow up this thatcher statue. so they could do well by doing good and run a lottery in which the first prize is the opportunity to blow up margaret thatcher. i reckon they could raise millions. and maybe more if they throw in the opportunity to explode sir cliff richard.

 

[klang]

Seems a bit remiss to raise £300,000 from charitable donations and get the statue made without securing planning permission first tbh.

Thatcherism at its finest.

 

[Serene]

A statue of Thatcher sounds very Dickensian. They could try and erect it in one of Lancashires Satanic Industrial towns and get a stop watch out quick.

 

[klang]

They could try and erect it in one of Lancashires Satanic Industrial towns and get a stop watch out quick.

you watch how quick the thought of a Thatcher statue stops my industrial erection.

 

[DotCommunist]

HSS will hire out ladders by the day for less than 40 quid.

 

[JimW]

Funnily enough saw this just today:

 

[maomao]

HSS will hire out ladders by the day for less than 40 quid.

Don't need a ladder. Two blokes could climb it with a rope, first one on the other's shoulders then drop the rope.

 

[Sprocket.]

I nominate Goldthorpe as the town most likely to destroy the statue and the lorry they attempt to deliver it on. on.

 

[StoneRoad]

If they are daft enough to actually put this statue up, they'll need to surround it with anti-ram raid bollards, or someone'll borrow an army tank and flatten it.
(I've always wanted to drive a tank)

 

[Supine]

Urbanite day out anyone?

 

[Sprocket.]

Urbanite day out anyone?

Three of my old mates were arrested for pissing through the letterbox of thatchers dad’s shop, even though it was at that time a hairdressers.

 

[killer b]

Three of my old mates were arrested for pissing through the letterbox of thatchers dad’s shop, even though it was at that time a hairdressers.

the blue plaque on that shop is a lot higher than the blue plaques usually are.

 

[Doodler]

The Thatcher statue would be better put up somewhere else in Lincolnshire like at the Woodside Wildlife Park. It would at least stop the monkeys masturbating in front of visitors.

 

[Pickman's model]

The Thatcher statue would be better put up somewhere else in Lincolnshire like at the Woodside Wildlife Park. It would at least stop the monkeys masturbating in front of visitors.

yeh but you'd get some tory visitors masturbating in front of the monkeys

 

[danny la rouge]

yeh but you'd get some tory visitors masturbating in front of the monkeys

I mean, you get that anyway. It’s their public school background.

 

[A380]

I wonder where the artist got their inspiration?

 

[Doodler]

yeh but you'd get some tory visitors masturbating in front of the monkeys

A definite danger.

 

[Raheem]

Three of my old mates were arrested for pissing through the letterbox of thatchers dad’s shop, even though it was at that time a hairdressers.

Must have been after they closed the "but it was a hairdressers" loophole.

 

[Sprocket.]

Must have been after they closed the "but it was a hairdressers" loophole.

Two of the lads are still Goldthorpe residents.
(Anti-Thatcher Mobile Division)

 

[elbows]

Margaret Thatcher statue: More than 1,000 vow to attend 'egg throwing contest' at unveiling amid backlash

The £300,000 bronze statue will be placed on a 10ft-high plinth to prevent vandalism.

news.sky.com

Twitter user Sammy said: "Wasting £100k on a future rubble pile in the middle of a pandemic which is being used as a justification to completely wipe out public spending.

"If you have to put the statue on a 10 foot plinth because literally everyone hates it maybe consider not buying the statue."

Another user, Patrick O'Reilly, wrote: "The more I think about this the less I see it as a piece of sculpture and the more I see it as a £100,000 incentive for radical performance art."

Others compared it to a statue of Horatio Nelson in Dublin - that was blown up by an Irish Republican in 1966 despite sitting on a 134ft plinth - and the monument to Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein that was famously pulled down when he was ousted during the country's 2003 invasion.

 

[Yossarian]

Biggest problem with the statue being on a 10-foot plinth might be finding shit of the right consistency to be launched without falling apart but also splatter effectively when it hits the target.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

How to Topple a Statue Using Science

Bring that sucker down without anyone getting hurt.

www.popularmechanics.com

How to Pull Down a Statue (Published 2017)

Keep area clear of bystanders. In rare cases, use Sawzall or arc welder to sever the figure’s feet.

www.nytimes.com

Popular Mechanics blasted for guide on ‘how to topple a statue’

Now it’s Unpopular Mechanics. Popular Mechanics magazine has come under fire after publishing a detailed guide on toppling monuments. “Bring that sucker down without anyone getting hurt…

nypost.com

 

[gosub]

Margaret Thatcher statue: More than 1,000 vow to attend 'egg throwing contest' at unveiling amid backlash

The £300,000 bronze statue will be placed on a 10ft-high plinth to prevent vandalism.

news.sky.com

Up to 1800 now. Not sure how you make it a contest, but she was a big fan of competition