I Don't Believe All These Numpties Moaning About 10 Million

[Iluvspikey]

being spent on Margaret Thatcher's funeral - don't they realise, if they hadn't have gone, then it wouldn't have had to cost so much for security.
You get people who want to protest peacefully - okay fine, but you always get your what I call 'rent-a-mob' who want it to errupt into a running battle with the police causing carnage in it's wake. Every eventuality has to be covered

[Old_Geezer]

This is the news forum not the joke one.

[anneasquith]

ill be a numptie then, :)

[Ratty2E]

Well said Spikey!

[Zeuhl]

/but you always get your what I call 'rent-a-mob'/

Do you?

Always?

Where were they today then?

Other than in the Daily Mail's fevered imagination

[youngmafbog]

Sorry OG but he has a point.

1) It was mostly armed forces - paid anyway
2) There were always going to be crowds plus VIP's to protect so most of the Policinig bill would be there whatever.

Plus, it appears the plans were approved under the last labour Government.

So put that in your pipes and smoke it lefties.

[anneasquith]

did i miss the 'rent a mob ' ?

[jim360]

Today was surprisingly quiet. I'm almost disappointed there weren't any major protests, at least not at the funeral. A few quietly turning their back and one small incident but a very quiet day, when a dead woman was given respect.

[magsmay]

I don't believe it cost that much -they will be calculating the wages of all the service people/police etc. -who would have been working anyway so that cost is irrelevant.

[jake-the-peg]

I think that many people think that DC is using this as one big PR exercise for the Tory party and that is not an appropriate use of public funds.

10 million is not a huge amount of money for such an event - it is the intended purpose of the event that is the issue

I think the 'numpties' are the ones calling people names when they disagree with their opinions!

[sir.prize]

Here's a one-man rent-a-mob

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/17/frankie-boyle-thatcher-funeral-commentary-twitter

[Gromit]

It works out at 16p per person.

[2sp_]

Where would you even rent a mob from?

Pretty sure Hertz don't do them.

Anyway, even if the protesters stayed away, the security for all those foreign (and native) dignitaries would have still cost millions.

I didn't like the woman or her politics but wouldn't stoop to protesting at anyone's funeral. The hated person is the only one who won't know about the vitriol aimed at her. Imagine how the family feel.

Can't wait for it all to be over.

And I want my 16p back, Gromit.

[Svejk]

With hindsight,it was obviously too early for the 'rent a mob'.
Either in their pits or waiting for the offy to open.
Where do they get the money for those obligatory cans?

[woofgang]

I asked on the eulogy thread if there is a breakdown of the costing anywhere and how much of it is money that would have been spent anyway, for instance the salaries of the servicemen.

[society]

'rent-a-mob' - lol

[DJHawkes]

my ex used to say as an RAF JT he was paid from 12am until 11.59pm 7 days a week imagine their hourly rate?

[2sp_]

I feel sorry for those servicemen and women who didn't like Thatcher but have to work at her funeral.

[Old_Geezer]

Sorry but I don't believe there is any point made. A state funeral in all but semantics is obviously going to cost more than a small force of officers ensuring that a small family funeral goes off without a hitch. I am amazed at the justifications brought up for all things 'Thatcher' at the moment. I find it difficult to believe anyone is seriously suggesting it would cost £10,000,000 for a lower key family event. It has to be a wind up.

[Titehead]

It didn't cost 10m anyway, the forces are paid regardless so are the old bill. Anyway I don't care if it cost 100m take it out of the 100's of billions she saved but having the balls to stand up to our EU enemies.

[Titehead]

There are very few of those 2sp