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Date: 09 April 2013 17:08:59
I know how divisive a figure Margaret Thatcher was and is. I have debated whether to blog about this, because I know people are plainly capable of the red mists when it comes to Thatcher, but some reaction to her death has pushed me to respond. My mother was a stay at home mum with me in the 1980s so she hates her. My grandfather was a diesetter whose company went bust during her tenure as PM, and so he was made redundant. He hates her too (my father hates Arthur Scargill). What gets me is people celebrating someone's death with a street party. Someone who was a mother and a grandmother; whose relatives no doubt loved her and are mourning her death. I am appalled that British people could be so insensitive. I do think that a mistake was made by offering her a public funeral.. Although Churchill got a state funeral, Thatcher's will still be public, at St pauls Cathedral. Churchill wasn't as divisive, in terms of whether he deserved such an honour. His domestic policies weren't popular but he saw the country through WW2. That was enough for everyone. I think Sir Mark and Carol Thatcher and the family, and the City of London and its police, should be ready for the demonstrations that will happen during the funeral, because some of the British public have shown that they do not care if someone is mourning someone or not. When the primary school teacher who bullied me dies (i don't believe she has yet), although she has coloured my life for the 25 years and counting after I left the school, I will not be dancing on her grave. I might think "Good riddance", but I will be keeping that to myself. Maybe others could do the same. If her policies destroyed your livelihood, you have a right to be angry. Just try to be more sensitive to the fact that she was part of a family, and keep your hatred to yourself. British people are better than this.