BTW, I dont want the funeral to be ruined. Its just the only way I would actually watch the highlights. I hate funerals fullstop, I hate even having to attend family members/friends funerals (that sounds awful though). Too depressing and boring. SO no way would I chose to watch a run of the mill funeral with mass fawning over someone I dislike in the first place :S

But surely you can see the irony in it? Families, generations and whole communites are living in poverty in this country as a direct result of Thatcherism, yet the country can spen 10 million on a fake public display of grief for all the hooray Henries

Well at least you're not watching it. Most people who hated her are watching it and moaning when all they really have to do is turn the tv off

Well you might not think her legacy and the ideology of Thatcherism which is still prevalent today and dictates successive governments policies might not need to be condemned, or that those who felt the brunt of her time in office have the right to air their disgust at this endless adulation she is being given and all her critics are being silenced (even by the publicly funded state broadcaster), and that to fund this over the top ceremony with tax payers money whilst disabled people and those at the bottom are being trampled on (ironically as a result of her ideology) is disgraceful, but a lot of people do. Why people are expected to put up and shut up I'm really not sure, Thatcherism isn't over, the canonisation of the woman is beyond appalling and the way all of this is being funded by tax payers, with celebrities and the Queen invited, Big Ben silenced and the BBC censoring her opponents is unsurprisingly pissing a lot of people off, even those who are neutral towards her.

Theres quite a few turned backs amongst the sparse crowd.

http://oneyearbibleimages.com/turn_back.jpg

Sparse crowd? There's hundreds of people packed all along the route, 99% of which there out of respect

We can watch even if they don't agree, even if it is just to have a moan.

I have to say I'm surprised the turn out is so big.

You do realise I know you're not the only one who thinks this? Of course closing the roads/spending whatever amount of money on this is wrong when she could've had just a family funeral but she was a big figure in the UK, this was bound to have happened. I'm pretty neutral on this matter, I don't despise her/want the funeral to go wrong neither do I want it to be shoved in people's faces and have loads of money spent on it.

I am appreciating the momentus lengths our country can go to to remember somebody. It's moving and makes me feel proud, regardless of who it is.

Course you can but then to moan about it, you're just riling yourself up. Especially if people feel like the BBC is shoving it in their faces.

Yes and No Trouble
so far

The horses can sense the evil they arent happy.

Not really riled about it, don't agree with what is being spent on it etc but it is a moment in history as well, and plus I am nosy.

Yeah it definitely is a historic moment.

No they just want dinner

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Oh Arista, you're amazing

Well that's fine, I'm absolutely of the opinion that her family and friends deserve respect and do hope the funeral goes well, but after everything that has gone on in the last week I feel a lot of it has been an attempt to stir up more anger from her detractors in the hope of making a political point should anything kick off...I agree with Vicky on that. And for that reason I think the government and media will only have themselves to blame if it does, but of course it'll be spun into a crusade against the demonstrators and any real points that were made will be ignored.

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This is a lovely service.

Thatchers granddaughter isn't bad at all.

haha Thatcher mentioned a compassionate society? lul

How much coverage and interviews have they given to protesters? I'd hope a fair balance considering this is the BBC, but I shan't hold my hopes up after the Ding Dong censorship

Who is the young man sitting in the front row? Her granson? :conf:

Man I hate religion

I do like crowd singing though, it's uplifting, even if the lyrics are...well, not to my taste. Only thing I like when I have to attend a Church service

Man I hate religion

I do like crowd singing though, it's uplifting, even if the lyrics are...well, not to my taste. Only thing I like when I have to attend a Church service

This made me laugh

https://twitter.com/unnamedinsider/s...71957452120064

Wonder if they're going for the full racist version of Jerusalem.

I really love this song. I find it so moving.

Which part of Jerusalem is racist?

I'd rather watch Cash in the Attic.

I do find it amusing that whilst all this is going on the ticker banner on BBC News has 'unemployment has increased by 70,000 to 2.56million - with more than 900,000 people out of work for at least a year'. Slightly ironic given whose funeral this is

I think the service is finished. :suspect:

I've got my hymns mixed up, so I was completely wrong about it.

I will try and dig it out now, as that's going to bother me.

So many stairs. Imagine if they slip! :eek:

So glad there has been no trouble so far,it was a lovely service,we are good at things like this in Britain.

It was. I really enjoyed it. I heard some screaming before though. Must be the protesters. :suspect:

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The Queen and Prince Philip! :amazed: