Margaret Thatcher died today – and everyone’s got an opinion, even those who (impossibly it seems to most of us) hadn’t ever heard of her. I’m not going to bother adding mine. There’s enough hot air on the subject. But I haven’t shifted from my view that to celebrate a death, any death, with glee and spite […]
Why the prospect of Thatcher’s death sickens me
Thatcher at Chequers 1993 (BBC Radio 4, via Flickr) Margaret Thatcher is a frail old woman and it seems fairly likely that she’ll die quite soon. I couldn’t really care less whether she does or not, but I’m beginning to dread the day she finally packs her handbag for the last time and shuffles off. Perhaps […]