Thatcher’s funeral plans are finalised

I must admit that I had a tinge of excitement when I saw one of the headlines in the daily papers. It read, ‘plans for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral have been finalised’. For a moment I thought that the old cow had snuffed it. Alas, I was wrong.

It actually referred to funeral plans that have been nearly five years in the making. She is going to have a state funeral. An honour that only a small handful of non-royals have ever had. Winston Churchill being the last.

Before she can officially have a state funeral, it needs to be voted on in Parliament, but I am sure that is just a formality. The old cow has asked that her body not be put on display. Apparently she does not want the same public outpouring of grief that accompanied Winston Churchill’s funeral. Don’t make me fucking laugh Maggie. I am no fan of Churchill, and could write endless stories of what a bastard he was, but I suspect that the general public have very different views about Churchill than they do Thatcher. Rest assured Maggie, there will be no outpourings of grief from many people in the part of the country where I am from.

As it will be state funeral we will be given yet another extra bank holiday, meaning that the economy is another £20 billion down on that day. That would not be so bad if it wasn’t for those public sector workers who are bankrupting us with their selfish strikes.

I am not going to bang on about Thatcher’s legacy, and why she should not have state funeral (not that I agree with state funerals anyway, or the state). I will briefly sum up the reasons. Margaret Thatcher is a horrible old cunt, with a disgraceful record of attacking the working class in this country. She does not deserve the accolade, and it is a scandal that a few out of touch hooray’s and chinless Eton boys, have pushed for the witch to be given a state send off. If the people could decide I suspect the decision would be very different.

Apparently, a major concern is that there are not enough troops to line the funeral procession, due to people being in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don’t worry about that. The only people turning up will be Daily Mail readers, and people who want to get at her. I cannot imagine scenes like the ones at Princess Diana’s funeral, where thousands of people where throwing flowers onto the funeral car.

My blood boiled when I read Harry Mount’s blog in the Telegraph. He wrote, “There will of course be wicked cheers and laughter from her opponents when she does die. I imagine some self-promoting fools will literally try to jump up and down on her grave. Just like last week's BBC programme, any nasty behaviour will just go to show how enduring and influential her unequalled political legacy still is.” What a fucking bell end.

Since when does influential necessarily equal being good? Hitler was influential, so was Stalin. Thatcher was, is, undoubtedly influential, but the influence she has fucking horrible.