Statue of Thatcher to Go Up in Lincolnshire

[TopCat]

The Heras fencing is gone. Fill yer boots.

Thatcher statue vandalised again... this time in "patriotic" paint

Demo to call for removal of 'evil' Thatchue

thelincolnite.co.uk

 

[Cid]

What it really needs is some cunning scrote to drill a hole in it and pour in a bunch of salt. Quietly like so the rot can spread from the inside... Which seems apt.

 

[srb7677]

The most suitable place for a Thatcher statue is Trafalgar Square, where it can be shat upon all day long by pidgeons, symbolic payback for the millions she shat upon whilst in government.

 

[muscovyduck]

I wonder how much the council (or whoever) will spend on cleaning the thing before they accept defeat?

Potentially the sculptor (Douglas Jennings) is on the hook for the maintenance.

If its the council they might be able to get a grant for it. Or find some other complicated way of funding the constant clean up. Although I also suspect a council that thought it was acceptable to put this statue up in the first place has a questionable attitude to public money and might be willing to drain their own budget indefinitely on this.

 

[srb7677]

Potentially the sculptor (Douglas Jennings) is on the hook for the maintenance.

If its the council they might be able to get a grant for it. Or find some other complicated way of funding the constant clean up. Although I also suspect a council that thought it was acceptable to put this statue up in the first place has a questionable attitude to public money and might be willing to drain their own budget indefinitely on this.

It is a sign of a council more interested in what it thinks than what the people think.

Thatcher always was and still is a controvertial and divisive figure, loved by many of those who did well out of her, but often hated by everyone else.

It is surely bad form and a mark of municipal contempt when a council decides to honour someone so hated by so many.

Statues should be reserved for those widely admired by most of the population, and not for those who are hated by half the people. People don't hate for nothing.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

This seems to have been forgotten, understandably I guess, as theres more pressing matters really in a sense.

 

[Pickman's model]

This seems to have been forgotten, understandably I guess, as theres more pressing matters really in a sense.

yeh, missed this Grantham: Thatcher's home town to pair with Reagan birthplace

 

[Dystopiary]

Weird. I was just thinking yesterday, it's about time that statue got at least paint bombed or something.

 

[Pickman's model]

Weird. I was just thinking yesterday, it's about time that statue got at least paint bombed or something.

Just bombed would suit me

 

[Elpenor]

I went to an Aldi in Grantham the other week, had I more time I might have got some eggs

 

[WouldBe]

I went to an Aldi in Grantham the other week, had I more time I might have got some eggs

Eggs? You want an angle grinder and decapitate it.

 

[Elpenor]

Eggs? You want an angle grinder and decapitate it.

I suppose there’s a 50% chance Aldi would have one in stock

 

[Puddy_Tat]

urban day out?

we could stop at stamford hill on the way north

 

[8ball]

Just bombed would suit me

I like the idea with the injection of some caustic chemical that eats it from the inside. Could do a nice job with a bit of filler and paint so that no one notices til she starts crumbling.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I like the idea with the injection of some caustic chemical that eats it from the inside

A bit like the effect of Thatcherism on Britain then eh

Little bit of politics there

 

[Cid]

I like the idea with the injection of some caustic chemical that eats it from the inside. Could do a nice job with a bit of filler and paint so that no one notices til she starts crumbling.

I mentioned this upthread, just needs to be salt.

 

[elbows]

Just get Truss to visit it and with her luck it will probably fall down.

 

[existentialist]

Couldn't they just drill holes in it and use it as a urinal?

 

[8ball]

I mentioned this upthread, just needs to be salt.

Yeah, I was referring to your idea.

I don’t know enough about the chemistry involved to be sure that salt would be enough, so amended slightly to avoid arguments with people picking holes regarding stuff I don’t know.

 

[A380]

 

[ska invita]

Eighteen-year-old woman charged with defacing controversial statue

An 18-year-old woman was charged with criminal damage after a controversial statue was vandalised.

www.granthamjournal.co.uk

 

[A380]

Eighteen-year-old woman charged with defacing controversial statue

An 18-year-old woman was charged with criminal damage after a controversial statue was vandalised.

www.granthamjournal.co.uk

Good on her.

I look forward to a typical Urban Response: 18 year old actually does something to protest. About something that has been around for a few years.

Loads of posters chip in commenting on how she did it wrong and should have done it better…

 

[planetgeli]

Loads of posters chip in commenting on how she did it wrong and should have done it better…

It looks like 'burn in Holl' to me.

 

[ska invita]

It looks like 'burn in Holl' to me.