What an idiotic and quite frankly childish stance to stance to take. Whatever you believe happened with Scargill doesn't alter what happened under Wilson and why it happened. All you did, which you know you did, was pluck numbers off the Internet without bothering to look into it any further. It's no way to conduct a debate and just makes you look stupid. It's been pointed out in detail what the Wilson governments strategy was regarding the mining industry in this country and the difference between that and what Thatcher did is poles apart.

I completely agree. I remember listening to Michael Heseltine going on about Gas fired power stations being the cheaper option. I was quite gobsmacked. It just seemed blindingly obvious to me if we had to purchase gas from overseas to fuel these things we were at the mercy of the market. I am sure he could point to figures at the time that said they were cheaper but it seemed to me a totally short termist outlook but then he is a Tory and that is how they view economics. You go with the price today and tomorrow something else will come along. The fact you may shaft yourself long-term was not his concern.

I hope she is burning in the pits of hell at this moment.

I'm off for a beer to celebrate.
Good riddance and all sail in her.

Tomorrow is another day.

There's lots of coppers could be in trouble for turning their backs on her cortege, is it an official protest?

Marginal costing!! not an unreasonable way of understanding the cost.

Given we have so few police on the streets would this event be anymore of a deterent than normal? Perhaps the canteens in police HQ's might suffer?

At a guess i would say this funeral has cost £6m

OTOH the extra pay the police and security forces receive will be spent and thus help stimulate the economy, and it must also be good for business for shops along the route, hotels, undertakers, (well, one!) etc.

It's an ill wind . . .

Charles Moore on Five Live, "Thatcher is reviled in parts of the country that are less important"

I don't know, surely you should remember ?

I thought the funeral was beautiful. And it was great that with the exception of a pratt who threw something at the horses and a couple of boos, the crowd was very supportive so we looked dignified to the rest of the world. Thankfully the idiots were all mouth and no action.

I want to know how Bernard Ingham managed to smuggle those two Dulux dogs in on his forehead

Well glad it's all over now.

Managed to sleep in and miss the tories' most expensive party political broadcast ever so quite pleased about that.