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The cost of Margaret Thatcher's funeral?
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Joeva | Report | 14 Apr 2013 21:20 |
Kay ???? |
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Kay???? | Report | 14 Apr 2013 21:11 |
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Joeva | Report | 14 Apr 2013 20:43 |
Thanks for postings this Linda , but having read about this proposal I am not convinced this will ever come to fruition.The reason for my doubts are that this will rely on donations and not set up from funds from Lady Thatcher herself. |
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Linda | Report | 14 Apr 2013 20:27 |
I heard on sky news they are going to build at a library in her name like they have in America its going to cost about £15m and its going to teach our youngesters her values they have got £1m towards it already. |
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Guinevere | Report | 14 Apr 2013 16:45 |
"No, there isn't a vacancy for a new leader" |
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LilyL | Report | 14 Apr 2013 16:41 |
I found this gem which I hope might raise a smile. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:59 |
As Winston Churchill's funeral was a State one in 1965, all funerals of former P.M.'s since have been private. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:59 |
Mayfield, no need to apologise for drifting off the subject, I will only get upset if the thread turns into a "for and against Thatcher bashing saga" as some other threads have :-) |
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Guinevere | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:57 |
Hi Mayfield, |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:52 |
I agree she was successful in getting the EU drawback, the cost of the funeral still concerns me as does the possibility that this may be used as a precedent in the future. |
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Mayfield | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:46 |
Hi Guinevere, |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:41 |
The funeral costs - I would surmise that they have increased greatly due to anti feeling and threats of protesters. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:40 |
Kay????, again I am going off topic, but I think that the reports about her house and tax havens are hinting at Mark Thatchers alleged connection with off shore tax havens, we should keep in mind she was a frail old lady who in her latter years was increasingly prone to memory loss, so could be that due to that someone in the family was dealing with her affairs, and let's face it Mark Thatcher was involved in a lot of dodgy dealings ;-) |
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Guinevere | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:30 |
I think it's likely that she would have used legal tax avoidance methods, it's only recently that it's become a "scandal" to do so. |
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Kay???? | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:22 |
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Guinevere | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:17 |
Mayfield, what has that to do with Thatcher's funeral? |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:10 |
Merlin, re tax dodger, not the subject of the thread, but this is the link ;-) |
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Mayfield | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:10 |
Regarding Lindi's post on Mr Blair. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:03 |
My own personal view is that the funeral should have been a semi-private event, with government representatives, a representative of the Queen, and perhaps a Guard of Honour of Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, a place she had a close association with, followed at a later date with a memorial service at either, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, or the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. |
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Guinevere | Report | 14 Apr 2013 15:01 |
It was tongue in cheek following revelations about Thatcher's tax avoidance, Merlin. |
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