Absolutely not - she didn't request a state funeral so any tax payer funded one is disrespectful to her wishes. I quite like(d) the private company bidding idea. That is, after all, what she would have wanted. But then I suppose she'd have also wanted to rob the poorest of some more valuable money so maybe this'll keep her spirits happy too.
I sincerely hope and expect that if this goes ahead there will be some kind of riot that kicks off. I wouldn't usually support that but if you're going to use tax payers money to fund a funeral for a woman whom for a lot of those tax payers she will have destroyed their communities, then you'll get what's coming to you. And the minute I see the police turning into some military style force, sh*t will hit the fan.
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Originally Posted by Livia
How much does everyone think a state funerl is going to cost, in real terms? Probably less than it costs the country to keep all our alcoholics and junkies on benefits for a day. And why the hell shouldn't the military be involved? The military had respect for Thatcher and she had respect for them. This woman did get us a HUGE rebate from the EU, I don't see why that shouldn't be mentioned now. Like her or hate her, she was a great stateswoman and politician. As for the call that she was unpopular, I'd remind everyone that she never lost an election. She was in power for over a decade.
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I'd actually rather support them considering Thatcher herself will have inadvertently pushed a lot of them into that position as a result of her policies.