Margaret Thatcher has died.

  On 4/11/2013 at 1:10 PM, Iain C said:

Even the right-wing press are asking questions about the politicisation of Thatcher's funeral: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9984619/Margaret-Thatcher-This-is-a-state-funeral-and-thats-a-mistake.html

ten.

fucking.

million.

pounds.

I believe the word is "austerity."

same send off as the queen mum. what a world.

Jeremy Clarkson's been invited!

wait a min i thought disabled ppl were getting fucked because we didnt have enoguh money but we can spend 10mil on this also on mega tax cuts for rich fuckers lmao

The Conservatives (who basically run the coalition government anyway) are doing all they can to maintain the so-called 'integrity' of this individual. Therefore the expensive funeral is inevitable and will probably be televised to the masses by the BBC without any critical thought involved regarding the serious consequences of her actions on the lives of the British public.

I love it, the Tories are digging their own grave with this. It's going to go down in history as the most hypocritical act in the history of mankind.

Margaret Thatcher more sacred to Tories than Mohammed is to Muslims: http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/04/whatever-happened-telegraph-defending-right-offend

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The Telegraph's front page today leaves little doubt as to what they think the BBC should do on Sunday when the Radio One Chart Show ends up having to play Ding Dong the Witch is Dead:

It may not be a leader column, but any editor worth their salt knows the power a slanted headline can have. It's fair to guess that the Telegraph's headline if the BBC had banned the song wouldn't be standing up for the right to offend.

Which is odd, since that's exactly what they wrote in 2006, when someone other than Thatcher was being slandered:

Why we will defend the right to offend

The furore in Europe and around the world over the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed, and which ridicule other aspects of Islam, is but the latest example of an increasingly dangerous cultural clash…

The editor of France Soir was sacked for publishing the cartoons, which first appeared in Denmark, even though he was seeking to uphold freedom of speech. Other papers have followed suit. Adhering to the prevailing disregard of freedom of speech in his own party, EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has criticised the publication as provocative. It certainly was: but does appeasement of forces hostile to Western values not perpetrate a far greater wrong?

…The right to offend within the law remains crucial to our free speech. Muslims who choose to live in the West must accept that we, too, have a right to our values, and to live according to them. Muslims must accept the predominant mores of their adopted culture: and most do. One of these is the lack of censorship and the ready availability of material that some people find deeply offensive: anyone who wishes to see the cartoons can find them within a few clicks on the internet.

Those Muslims who cannot tolerate the openness and robustness of intellectual debate in the West have perhaps chosen to live in the wrong culture. We cannot put it better than the editorial in an Arab paper in which the cartoons briefly appeared yesterday (before all copies were suddenly withdrawn): "Muslims of the world, be reasonable."

Thatcherites of the world, be reasonable.

behead those who insult margaret thatcher (pbuh)

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  On 4/12/2013 at 1:52 PM, Iain C said:

 

Margaret Thatcher more sacred to Tories than Mohammed is to Muslims:

spin much?

i just wish everyone would stop talking about her.

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Protesters plan to line the streets by St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday so they can "turn their backs" on Baroness Thatcher's casket, it can be revealed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9987976/Margaret-Thatcher-funeral-protesters-plan-to-line-streets-and-turn-their-backs-on-casket.html

i like the sound of this protest better than the uncouth 'wicked witch' one.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/krs-dan/sets/72157633204452269/with/8635143457/

'they all have prison records'

I love this. I dont really care about Thatcher or the politics surrounding her and her policies (dont get me wrong i would probably hate her if i was an adult during her reign) but this rant is amazing, it feels like a movie. Glenda Jackson has some serious balls.

British parliament is weird, id love to just watch a 12 hour marathon of raw footage of Blair trying to sell the Iraq war while people are yelling over him

had to post cause klaus nomi

dont say anthing bad about thatcher :()

Have I got news for you was good last night. They had Ken Livingstone on.

And...

I hope God is shitting blood all over Maggie's face right now.

(with all due respect, of course)

  On 4/14/2013 at 5:01 AM, LimpyLoo said:

I hope God is shitting blood all over Maggie's face right now.

 

 

(with all due respect, of course)

FLOL

http://stereogum.com/1321212/watch-snls-pro-thatcher-punk-history-sketch/video/

http://youtu.be/R0dMzq_XLIM

http://youtu.be/LsbFcouT9WQ

marginally funny, at least they went to some effort with the sets and understood their references. sort of anti-modern SNL