Thatcher's Funeral
source: http://www.markthomasinfo.com/section_policy_updates/thatcher.asp
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The news last year that discussions were taking place between Gordon Brown and the Queen over a state funeral for Mrs Thatcher was not popular with those on the left in the UK, who see the country still crippled by her policies, with many viewing the current credit crunch as her true legacy. Although Thatcher could do nothing wrong so far as the conservative right was concerned, on the left she built up a tremendous reservoir of hate through her attacks on the trade union movement and manufacturing industry, as well of course the Poll Tax.
It was Tommy Sheridan who suggested she should be burnt at the stake and her remains scattered over the Yorkshire coalfields, while others said they'd be quite prepared to pay for the funeral so long as she was buried alive, preferably with a stake through her heart.
Now comedian and radical activist Mark Thomas has designed a postcard to protest the prospect of a state funeral to be downloaded and sent to Elizabeth Windsor (aka the Queen) at Buckingham Palace and listing various protests the sender would be prepared to make at the event, including of course throwing coal at the coffin.
It was Tommy Sheridan who suggested she should be burnt at the stake and her remains scattered over the Yorkshire coalfields, while others said they'd be quite prepared to pay for the funeral so long as she was buried alive, preferably with a stake through her heart.
Now comedian and radical activist Mark Thomas has designed a postcard to protest the prospect of a state funeral to be downloaded and sent to Elizabeth Windsor (aka the Queen) at Buckingham Palace and listing various protests the sender would be prepared to make at the event, including of course throwing coal at the coffin.
