Thatcher statue is erected in Grantham – and immediately vandalised
Stretching her neck: some commenters have suggested the only appropriate element of the statue’s placement was the fact that a rope was fastened around its throat, making it appear that the controversial former prime minister was being hanged.
Council workers have placed a controversial statue of Margaret Thatcher on its specially-high plinth, behind a (temporary) wall, in an unannounced move – and still failed to prevent the public having its say.
As the BBC states,
The £300,000 statue was offered to South Kesteven District Council after plans to erect it in Parliament Square in London were rejected.
It has been placed on a 10ft (3m) high plinth under CCTV surveillance to minimise the risk of vandalism.
However, within two hours of it being put in place someone had thrown eggs at it.
That’s true:
Some might say it would be appropriate for bright businesspeople – in the spirit of enterprise that Thatcher supported – to launch guided tours of Thatcher’s history in Grantham, culminating in a visit to the statue… with eggs provided and included in the cost.
Council leader Kelham Cooke said that, as Grantham was Thatcher’s home town, it was appropriate that the debate on her legacy should take place there.
It seems clear her critics have passed the first comment.
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What did they expect would happen!!! She was a cruel heartless woman like the Government we have now!!
Fascist tories will be ordering their lackeys the police to have a police presence 24/7 around the statue because this piece of granite is sacred to the fascist tories!
yay!
When the statue was lowered it was a rope around her neck – they should have pulled it tighter!