By Karen Barnes
Two of England’s top football clubs, Manchester United and Manchester City, chose to not show a minute’s silence to Margaret Thatcher before the start of their derby game on Monday, April 8, 2013 — the day that she died — probably in fear of the riot it would most certainly provoke.
This was a wise idea seeing as for years now, a party on the Saturday after the former English Prime Minister’s death has been planned for Trafalgar Square; it seems that people throughout the UK just couldn’t wait and took to the streets the very same day. As to how her ‘Ceremonial Funeral’ will be received, we’ll have to wait until Wednesday, April 16, to see.
Public antipathy towards her and towards any notion of an official State Funeral is high. People on the streets can think of far better ways to spend such a vast amount of money, rather than on the public figure-head most hold to blame for countless issues that have not only plagued the UK and their lives personally, but the politics of the whole world also.
On being asked to come up with the three most influential policies and problems surrounding Margaret Thatcher, I replied with a list of 42 that had been posted on a Facebook site called, “David Is A Twat Who Hasn’t Got A Clue.” This is no joke. Furthermore, no doubt this list will get longer still.