Thatcher has died

Please, no tax-payer funded funeral. I'm sorry to hear she has died. I remember all those hopes pinned on her appointment, but she pulled the ladder up behind her and did little for women, much for herself.

Not sure what you mean absent - what has the world being overcrowded got to do with being sad when someone dies, whoever it is?

j08 - it was meant to read like a headline!

Sad news.

I would have thought the OP could have managed a "Mrs" in the thread title. Out of simple decency.

If the Tory party and their donors and the Thatcher family want to provide a big funeral, it's up to them, but please - not with my taxes.

I suppose we shall hear about nothing but the Thatcher years now for at least a week.

I'm sad in a way. First woman PM and, despite whether you agreed or didn't with her policies, she at least stood up for what she believed in and didn't dilly dally like the rest of them.

ticktock It would be a pretty overcrowded world if they didn't.

I shall shed no tears for that woman who did so much harm to the country and who set us on the path that has led us to the mess we are in now.

I think it's always sad when someone dies.

I can't pretend to be saddened - I just remember all the men and women who died in the Falklands war.

Not a state funeral surely? There have been two state funerals for Prime Ministers – Wellington and Churchill. This woman was so divisive, I should think a state funeral would cause an uproar. Besides, the country can't afford such a pantomime in times of austerity. It needs to save up for the next inevitable state funeral when HM the Q pops her bucket.

A lady that lived a long and productive life.

Wish I could have admired her more as the first woman PM of this country but her politics and mine were miles apart.

Well - the first female prime minister so worthy of note.
Sad for her family.
I am off to NZ tonight and will miss the fuss about the (state?) funeral etc etc. Good timing for me I think.