When the time comes, should Margaret Thatcher be given a full state funeral

[sp1814]

You could argue that there's a precedent (Churchill), who led the country to victory in a 20th century war.

Two opposing stories, and their responses from the Daily Mail, show that there might be some division in the way her demise may be percieved:

http://www.dailymail....-worried-frailty.html

http://www.dailymail....Maggie-grave-man.html

[chrissa1]

Well I'm pro State Funeral.

[sandyRoe]

Churchill was a colossus. Can the same be said of Thatcher?

[Arti]

No, I don't think she should have one. There are still many scars from her 'rule'.

[mrs_overall]

Yes - marvellous woman

[mike11111]

The time to answer this is when the said lady dies. Am I the only one to find it rather sick that the intellectually bereft part of the socialist movement has nothing better to focus on than the demise of of a frail old lady?

[daffy654]

I wouldn't like her to have a state funeral, I don't feel she deserves one.

[chrissa1]

What scars? Stopping the Trade Unions from holding country to ransom by standing up to them?

[Mick-Talbot]

what the flump for?

[WuTang]

Maybe they could build a dancefloor on her grave - for the people

[mrs_overall]

...and she gave those Argentinians what for!

[bednobs]

i swear i saw this q a couple of months ago

[Arti]

Doc, that's not funny. We shouldn't be polluting the sea.

[MarkRae]

Under no circumstances should this odious person be given a state funeral.

"The Mail on Sunday has also learned that the Government will meet the full cost of a State funeral for Baroness Thatcher."

How many more worthwhile beneficiaries of your taxes can you think of...?

[mike11111]

Takes one to know one, Doc.

[jackthehat]

I'm not sure that she should be accorded a Full State Funeral.
However, she is certainly deserving of something more than Wilson et al received.

[mike11111]

Can someone explain to me how this "odious person" managed to win three successive general elections? Especially after the experience of the "not quite so odious" Heath.

[Arti]

David Cameron and co would have to be very brave to give that woman a state funeral, should she die on their 'watch'.

[spudqueen]

Yes, she gave the Argentinians what for, but she caused the war in the first place by withdrawing the ship which protected the Falklands. What a false economy! She would have save a few thousand pounds, and ended up spending millions of pounds, and a lot of lives.