Oxford Man To Turn His Back On Funeral

[FredPuli43]

An Oxford student plans a protest of getting people to turn their backs on Lady Thatcher's cortege. The Mail sees this as "disrupting". Do you? Should it be stopped? Should he not live in a £700,000 house?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308091/Dominic-Francis-Mastermind-plans-disrupt-Thatcher-funeral-Oxford-student-parents-live-700-000-house-Tunbridge-Wells.html

[craft1948]

No I think he can do as he likes, can he not afford a better house?

[beckersjay]

Says more about the 'Oxford student' than it does about Lady Thatcher...

[FredPuli43]

A twist on "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" , anyway!

[Prudie]

In Tunbridge Wells that's probably an ex-council house

[ChillDoubt]

Yet another wannabe who was an infant, wasn't adversely affected nor suffered hardship under her tenure.

Let him have his 15 minutes of infamy.

[woofgang]

just plain rude

[jim360]

I'm not sure what the price of his house really has to do with anything. I do wish people wouldn't be so disrespectful - and anyway, if he really understood Thatcher he's probably realise that the ultimate way of disrespecting her is to not turn up. To ignore her Looks to me like she hated that far more than anyone who disagreed with her shouting about it.

[Jeza]

I'll be glad when it's all over. I'm fed up of hearing about the pro's and con's of Maggie's era. No I am not desktop in disguise.

[douglas9401]

The woman's dead, what will she care. No real point in getting aerated on her behalf.

[mikey4444]

No I don't and no he shouldn't !

[BayBoy1]

chilldoubt, another wannabe, you say, who was an infant when thatcher was in power . Guess what ??? cameron was only thirteen ,when she was in power , and he is still only thirteen in his little Eton school - boy brain...

[LazyGun]

No, I do not see it as disruptive. No, it should not be stopped.

How very dare his parents own a £700,000 house in Tunbridge Wells-its a disgrace, or something, or actually an irrelevance...

[ChillDoubt]

chilldoubt, another wannabe, you say, who was an infant when thatcher was in power . Guess what ??? cameron was only thirteen ,when she was in power , and he is still only thirteen in his little Eton school - boy brain...
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Er, what's Dodgy Dave got to do with this?

[FredPuli43]

Yes, BayBoy, Cameron was 13 when she came to power and 23 when she left power. Old enough to have seen enough, don't you think? And Ed Milliband was born in 1969; he was about 10 when she came in and 21 when she left. That's the trouble when you get these youngsters in power; all they've got is blind ignorance and prejudice :) Thank goodness, there's nobody like that on AB

[Kromovaracun]

It's not disruptive. It's actually quite a subtle way for him to register his disagreement with the woman's legacy in a way that isn't profoundly insulting.

The £700,000 house thing is irrelevant and childish.

[bazwillrun]

"The £700,000 house thing is irrelevant and childish. "

a perfect description for this oxford wanabee , irrelevant and childish

hasnt he got any studies or something worthwhile to do ?

[DaisyNonna]

If he wants to embarrass himself, his family, his college and his University, let him do so. Does rustication still exist?

[Sharingan]

I think it's actually quite a respectful way of voicing his opinion. It's quiet, non disruptive and to the point. He's entitled to live in a £7million house if he so desires, it doesn't mean he has to agree with the government wasting millions of pounds on Margaret Thatcher's funeral whilst at the same time trying to force thousands of disabled people back to work via ATOS and cutting money spent on the NHS. I personally have no problem with this, I'm more worried that people's anger will seriously boil over into extreme violence, as apart from on this site locally ( and we live in a rural 'middle class' area) I've heard nothing but disgust voiced locally about the level of money being spent, so goodness knows what the feeling is in the defunct mining communities etc.

[bazwillrun]

the money is mere bagatelle

we waste around £53million every single day thrown into the eussr bottomless pit.

god knows how much we throw away on foreign aid etc etc etc

and people are harping on about a mere £10million...what you think it would be noticed if it wasnt spent for the funeral, dream on