Scenes from Goldthorpe, northen England where an effigy of Margaret Thatcher in a ‘coffin’ is burnt together with a sofa and wood as people gather to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher : this image shows the horse drawn hearse carrying the effigy and a coffin pass Goldthorpe Union Jack Memorial club. Photograph: John Giles/PA
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An overhead view of the Cathedral interior showing the special seats and rug for the Queen and Price Philip in the front row and the empty plinth awaiting the coffin. From picture desk live: the best pictures from Lady Thatcher’s funeral
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Images from the rehearsal of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral - a full military dress rehearsal for the ceremonial funeral procession for the late former prime minister took place early on Monday in London
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“We had to walk a mile and a half round trip to pick up a government issue food parcel”
“A disaster for people working in manufacturing”
Guardian readers share their stories of life under Thatcher, from mining communities being torn apart to being able to buy their own council homes.
Of course the campaign around the song is childish and tasteless, but that’s the point. Even if, on musical grounds, I’d rather people were snapping up downloads of Shipbuilding, I appreciate that pathos and nuance are not what’s called for here. A playground V-sign is.
Dorian Lynskey on the possibility of Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead being the UK’s number one single on Sunday, in the wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death.
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From our archive: The Guardian front page from 23 November 1990, the day after Margaret Thatcher resigned.
Margaret Thatcher has died after stroke, aged 87. Photograph shows Thatcher in 1979 outside 10 Downing Street following her election as prime minister in May. She was Britain’s first female prime minister. From our gallery: Margaret Thatcher - a life in pictures
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Is The Iron Lady the new Downfall?
“Speaking to a crowd of supporters, Margaret Thatcher, as played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, explains what she would do as prime minister: “Crush the working class, crush the scum, the yobs.”
At least that is a scene from a pirated version of the film in Russia, which has been inadvertently reviewed by one of the country’s top film critics without realising that some rather pointed changes to the script had been made.”
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“Thatcher wasn’t a “great leader”. She was the most socially destructive prime minister of modern times.” - Seumas Milne on The Iron Lady
Great read from Comment is Free on “Thatcher revisionism”, which we spotted thanks the new Comment is Free Tumblr - check it out
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