Mr Bloom Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I've lived in S2 all my life and the general feeling is and was she's the greatest leader we've ever had, :hihi: Now I KNOW you're joking! :hihi: Thanks for the laugh though.:hihi: S2 - that great neo-liberal stronghold!:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Glypta Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 No, its the fault of a government so out of touch with the people that it thought it would be a good idea to waste 10 mill on a farce You are of course aware that the details of the state funeral for Thatcher were proposed and agreed by Gordon Brown and Tony Blair when Labour were in government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 You are of course aware that the details of the state funeral for Thatcher were proposed and agreed by Gordon Brown and Tony Blair when Labour were in government? You mean when things were going well for the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Glypta Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 You mean when things were going well for the country? I think in 2008 the shyt had pretty much hit the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2 blade Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 You are of course aware that the details of the state funeral for Thatcher were proposed and agreed by Gordon Brown and Tony Blair when Labour were in government? Don't be silly it always the Tories fault don't you know Our great and prosperous Labour leaders cannot possibly have done such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 It's an important point. The core of the plans were formulated under Labour. This funeral would not be substantially different if they were in power. It may be we'd be discussing a £8m funeral instead of a £10m one but there was always going to be thousands of mourners, many onlookers and a massive security operation. I'm not going to argue about this today. There's no point. It's not very dignified for either side to be doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Don't be silly it always the Tories fault don't you know Our great and prosperous Labour leaders cannot possibly have done such a thing. Here's what JP had to say: Powerful stuff from John Prescott in his Sunday Mirror column where he frothed about Maggie one last time. Prezza went off on one about the Tories hijacking her funeral: “Even in death, she is spinning from her grave. She claimed she never wanted a state funeral, but she planned to give herself the same ceremonial one as the Queen Mother. And her “children”, the out-of-touch Tory Boys Cameron and Osborne, are getting YOU to foot the £10million bill for the biggest political propaganda exercise this country has ever seen. This is what “Operation True Blue” is about. It’s not a remembrance. It’s a rebrand.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Glypta Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Here's what JP had to say: Powerful stuff from John Prescott in his Sunday Mirror column where he frothed about Maggie one last time. Prezza went off on one about the Tories hijacking her funeral: “Even in death, she is spinning from her grave. She claimed she never wanted a state funeral, but she planned to give herself the same ceremonial one as the Queen Mother. And her “children”, the out-of-touch Tory Boys Cameron and Osborne, are getting YOU to foot the £10million bill for the biggest political propaganda exercise this country has ever seen. This is what “Operation True Blue” is about. It’s not a remembrance. It’s a rebrand.” Does he mention that every detail of the funeral was proposed by Gordon Brown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Wow! Looks like there's an unbelievable turn out in London!! The streets are empty!! Amazing! It's what she would have wanted..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Does he mention that every detail of the funeral was proposed by Gordon Brown? Every detail? was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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