Margaret Thatcher Day?

And he's getting paid for that?!!

is it a wind up ariadne ? sounds like it might be time to emigrate. Only going as far as wales - but I can't imagine it would be a winner there.

Smacks of old USSR.

I don't think it's a wind up - I checked before I posted, and his comments indicate he is serious!

I think a bronze statue in every town and city would be nice too don't you? And would no doubt regenerate local economies as peasants flocked to pay homage and leave garlands of flowers.
And rename every high street "Thatcher Street" and rename Wembley Stadium the Thatcher stadium and what about the Albert Hall - time for a name change to the Margaret Hall?
I think we should call August bank holiday Mo Farah day. Still have to pinch myself that he got those 2 gold medals when a small group of other nationalities had been dominating both events for an awful long time.

Nice to have somewhere to vent frustration and chuck tomatoes, I suppose?

Please, ladies, be sensitive - we have some devout Thatcher fans on GN!

I think it would improve the productivity of the country no end in that a lot of people [me included] would have to ignore it and go into work that day.

We could have Thatcher statues, decorated like the Grommit ones in Bristol.

What on earth are we supposed to DO? Listen to eighties music, rifle our wardrobes for shoulder pads and dance around wearing Spitting Image face masks?

No; sit and starve in a hovel and beat ouselves with sticks would be more appropriate [imo]. Or, have a huge bike ride a la Norman Tebbitt

All of the above I think.

A hovel? Surely you mean a cardboard box, Tegan. And pay poll tax into the bargain.

As long as the box doesn't have a spare bedroom - oh, no that's the new lot's idea!

What a thought! Would have to hide somewhere, or take a day trip to France to avoid it.

As the saying goes, "You can put a cat in the oven but it still don't make a biscuit". They can call the day Margaret Thatcher but it still won't make me a Tory.