Thatcher is dead

[mao]

REJOICE!

does this now mean we can have nice things, like a revolution?

Rejoice!

 

[golightly]

State funeral, but not lying in state so no one can piss on her.

 

[fractionMan]

I was expecting more from the "Live: Baroness Thatcher dies" link on the BBC website.

 

[billy_bob]

The thing is, are they going to bury her in a publicly accessible place so people can dance on her grave?

I vote for preserving in pickling vinegar, mounting on the fourth plinth and erecting a 'Hook a duck and win a punch' stall.

 

[KeeperofDragons]

Maggie! Maggie! Maggie!
Dead! Dead! Dead!

Maggie
dead
Maggie
dead
Maggie Maggie Maggie
Dead dead dead

 

[Artaxerxes]

Favourite comment -

The only state funeral where the 21 gun salute is aimed at the coffin

 

[Dan U]

Somewhere the taxpayers alliance is tieing itself in knots over the state funeral issue.

Someone should start a poll denanding Blair and Brown get state funerals, that should kill the idea stone cold.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

there goes my plan to stop drinking today

 

[Pickman's model]

there goes my plan to stop drinking today

you can stop when the pubs shut

 

[butchersapron]

Nicked off twitter:

Rottweiler Derby @sredniivashtaar
"No such thing as society?" NO SUCH THING AS YOU

 

[CNT36]

Everyone at work seems to like her. At least she had balls.... and some crap about aspiration.

 

[Ranbay]

Some people on Twitter think Cher is deas

#nowthatchersdead

 

[marty21]

Has Scargill said anything yet? Is he dancing?

 

[Barking_Mad]

haha I just stood up in the office and said "Rot in hell you old cow!" whilst pumping my fist.

I got a few funny looks until I explained.

 

[Pickman's model]

Maggie! Maggie! Maggie!
Dead! Dead! Dead!

i remember on the poll tax riot the 'out out out'

i was beginning to lose hope she was mortal

 

[cantsin]

aye, despite the initial rush of shameful glee, it's hard to be too celebratory as we have to deal with her legacy

Beeb saying she spent most of her final days at the Ritz, she'll have died wealthy and comfortable, having helped leave a neo lib legacy that dominates global politics to a greater or lesser degree....if I was her family , I'd be celebrating a life well lived.

A public outpouring of disgust at her memory / legacy might help mitigate that , but not sure if it will happen.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wish she'd died another day. I have loads to get done today and this is eating into my getting stuff done

 

[nino_savatte]

Alwyn Castle - nr Highbury Corner

Excellent! I'll be there. That pub is in Canonbury?

 

[fractionMan]

I've picked a gravestone for her

 

[sihhi]

The coverage looks pretty bad on the internet:

"In the 1960s, while the British feminist movement was burning its bras, Margaret Thatcher was challenging the gender barrier within the Conservative Party. She led the party in opposition and in 1979 became Britain’s first female prime minister. She inherited an economy in chaos that made the country the ‘Sick Man of Europe.’ Her first job was to turn that around."

 

[quimcunx]

CNN used this apparently. or hoax...

 

[keybored]

What's all this I hear that Cher has died?

 

[goldenecitrone]

Has Scargill said anything yet? Is he dancing?

Helmut Kohl has said 'Verpiss dich, du alte Fotze." Must be German for Rest in Peace.

 

[Barking_Mad]

In the words of Bill Maclaren,

"They'll be dancing in the streets tonight"

 

[pk]

Ha ha, about fucking time! Surprised this is only 7 pages long. Should be some good parties this weekend then...

 

[Ms T]

Bloody hell, we've spent the last couple of weeks at work worrying about Mandela and then the big one happens when we're not expecting it!

 

[KeeperofDragons]

i remember on the poll tax riot the 'out out out'

i was beginning to lose hope she was mortal

So were a lot of us

 

[wiskey]

Can we smelt her down and make something useful?

 

[pk]

 

[sunnysidedown]