Margaret Thatcher should not be granted a state funeral

Margaret "the milk snatcher" Thatcher, the wretched former Prime Minister of Great Britain, whose crusades against the working class devastated the nation's heavy industries and threw millions of decent, hard-working people onto the scrapheap of society, is now an elderly woman and is officially certified as insane (whereas when she was in power she was merely suspected of being so). Given her advanced years it can't be long now before she joins Colonel Gadafi, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il and all the other deceased dictators in the burning pits of Hell where she belongs, but when she does go the British Government is, incredibly, planning to grant her a state funeral. These plans are a national disgrace and, if enacted, will cause public outrage. That's because a state funeral would be an absolute insult to all the British people who suffered so much in the 1980's and 90's as the result of this vile woman's wicked policies. On hearing the plans, MP George Galloway said Thatcher should get "an unmarked watery grave" [1] but I say that would be too good for her and, instead, her corpse should be tied to the back of a refuse truck and dragged through the streets of London for the crowds to hurl abuse at, spit on, kick and stamp on, and what is left of her remains at the end of the day should be dumped in a landfill site for the seagulls to scavenge upon. In addition to the affront to the nation, the cost of a state funeral is expected to run into millions of pounds [1]. The last state funeral Britain staged was for Princess Diana in 1997 and that cost the taxpayer over five million pounds [2], but at least Princess Diana didn't do the British public any harm and was generally quite well-liked, but Thatcher? Surely she must be Britain's most hated politician, dead or alive? [3,4,5,6,7] Because so many people despise Thatcher so vehemently it would be an outrage to expect them to contribute to the cost of her funeral through their taxes - if she wants a fancy send off then Thatcher or her family should pay for it. Even supporters of Thatcherite ultra-free market economics recognise that it would be inappropriate for public money to be wasted on a state funeral and, to this end, there is a petition signed by over 33,800 people currently lodged with Her Majesty's Government calling for her funeral to be privatised, and it states: "In keeping with the great lady's legacy, Margaret Thatcher's state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders." [8] When Thatcher does go, I will celebrate by burning an effigy the tyrannical Tory in my garden and by setting off fireworks and I am sure millions of other British people will join me in similar celebrations, but if plans to give her a state funeral are not shelved, I will also join in the mass public protests that are sure to erupt outside St Paul's Cathedral where the service will be held and along the route of the funeral procession. [9] Thatcher was arguably the most divisive British politician of modern times because she ruined the lives of millions of innocent people, including those of my family, when she wrecked Britain's manufacturing industries. Also, she stole my milk when I was a little boy (which is where her "milk snatcher" nickname came from [10]) and for these reasons, plus the undue cost to the taxpayer, I affirm that the Government's plans to grant Margaret Thatcher a state funeral should be shelved. Thank you. [1] http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk... [2] http://www.businesspundit.com... [3] http://www.netmums.com... [4] http://uk.answers.yahoo.com... [5] http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk... [6] http://louderthanwar.com... [7] http://www.redmolotov.com... [8] http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk... [9] http://www.guardian.co.uk... [10] http://www.telegraph.co.uk...