Everywhere you look people are discussing Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady, former Prime Minister of the UK.
To a very small few in the South of England, (te SE is the ONLY part of England she and hergovernment did not destroy and is therefore the only part of the country that will mourn her loss). I say loss but for the most part, the UK will celebrate, much as the US celebrated the death o Saddam or bin Laden, because to u, she was their equivalent.
Maggie was universally reviled in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and N England, as well as parts of the SW of England.
I was shocked that a few ignorant feminists in the US are regaling her as a feminist icon. Maggie herself stated that feminism was poison. She was not a feminist, she did nothing to support women, but promoted the rule of individualism, stepping over anyone to get as much money as possible and calling peaceful people like Nelson Madela a terrorist!!! This from someone who classed General Pinochet as a close friend! It does NOTHING good for feminism to class this awful excuse for a woman, a feminist!!
My real gripe here, as with so many others, is that we, the public, who almost completely could not care less about this woman, are being made to pay for a state funeral for her!!! I do not care that technically it is a ceremonial funeral, it's the same and will cost £10 million.
In a time of recession, this is like being spat in the face and told you'll be sued because your face took that spit!
The Guardian and other papers are suggesting that they privatise her funeral, after all, she was the queen of privatisation! I think that this, while merely a joke, is a good rule. Those foolish enough to think this horrific woman deserved this can take it from their own pocket and not out of the mouths of those who genuinely need that money! Shame on David Cameron, shame on the tories and shame on the Westminster oiks who support this.
Oh and in case any readers are not aware - her faily are rolling in money, they are very, very well off but are only paying 1 2 thousandth of the cost towards her funeral. on't know any other family that does nt contrribute more. If her family doesnot watto pay - why should wee. Plus - the fact that they don't pay more isa very good indicator of the kind of p0erson she was.
