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The throngs at services for Thatcher (Updated with new images) (Original Post) TalkingDog Apr 2013 OP
lol. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #1
There just aren't that many rich people. HomeboyHombre Apr 2013 #2
Wow! She deserved all that adulation! She was beloved by so many! Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #3
lord Shpincter & lady Douchebottom were delayed olddots Apr 2013 #4
Oh my Oilwellian Apr 2013 #5
Well, to be fair, it's obvious the first one is before or after the procession muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #8
Obvious? I'm not so sure TalkingDog Apr 2013 #10
This guy is just waiting for a bus. NV Whino Apr 2013 #23
Information on the image in question TalkingDog Apr 2013 #12
And 9:10 was before the hearse went by muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #14
exactly Liberal_in_LA Apr 2013 #11
Hee-larious! knr joeybee12 Apr 2013 #6
Turn out SamKnause Apr 2013 #7
Well earned malaise Apr 2013 #9
I can't abide the woman, but to be objective, Beacool Apr 2013 #13
We're they sad or happy? tblue Apr 2013 #15
They're British, so it was impossible to tell. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #16
Nice. (nt) Demoiselle Apr 2013 #25
See for yourself. Beacool Apr 2013 #19
Tourists, People Who Don't Know ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 #21
They just wanted to make sure she was dead. NV Whino Apr 2013 #22
Here's a good one Cal Carpenter Apr 2013 #17
Were any eggs tossed at her hearse? nt Ilsa Apr 2013 #18
I find it amazing that everyone KNOWS what she did to the country BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2013 #20
To quote that esteemed philosopher hifiguy Apr 2013 #24
 

HomeboyHombre

(46 posts)
2. There just aren't that many rich people.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 05:28 PM
Apr 2013

And the ones that got the most from Thatcher are "too busy" to show up . . .

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
8. Well, to be fair, it's obvious the first one is before or after the procession
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 06:34 PM
Apr 2013

The last photo in the sequence here shows the actual procession: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22179697

It's not that surprising Leeds didn't have anyone turn out to watch in on an outside screen. The North and Thatcher have hated each other for decades. There are pictures from what one village (used ot be a mining village) did today here: http://liberalconspiracy.org/2013/04/17/extraordinary-pictures-as-goldthorpe-re-enacts-thatchers-funeral/

TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
10. Obvious? I'm not so sure
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:13 PM
Apr 2013

hattiebrett Hattie Brett 16h

Wow this is the only person waiting to Thatcher's procession on the strand. Whatever you thought of her, bit sad. pic.twitter.com/g82Au82NVJ




TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
12. Information on the image in question
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:16 PM
Apr 2013

Meanwhile coffeebody notes the lack of crowds near Charing Cross station:

Policing the Funeral



Police struggle to control the emotional crowds outside Charing Cross Station

Sent via GuardianWitness

By coffeebody

17 April 2013, 09:10

https://witness.guardian.co.uk/assignment/516e3c1de4b049aa25e5e87b/278064

muriel_volestrangler

(101,150 posts)
14. And 9:10 was before the hearse went by
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:27 PM
Apr 2013

That's also at the bit where the coffin went in an unremarkable car from Westminster to an intermediate church, which was where they put it on the horse-drawn carriage. Unsurprisingly, people preferred to watch the section with the pomp and circumstance, not the bit that looks like any other funeral.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2013/apr/17/lady-thatcher-funeral-live-blog

SamKnause

(13,041 posts)
7. Turn out
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 05:59 PM
Apr 2013

What a contrast when compared to the turn out for the late President Chavez.

This makes me happy !

The world needs thousands of people like the great Hugo Chavez !!!!

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
13. I can't abide the woman, but to be objective,
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:20 PM
Apr 2013

in London there were plenty of people who gathered to watch the funeral procession go by.




ChangeUp106

(549 posts)
21. Tourists, People Who Don't Know
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:34 PM
Apr 2013

These people just wanted pictures or to be part of the event. Can't tell you how many "liberals" I follow on Twitter who tweeted RIP on the day she died because they saw that movie a few years ago. Completely clueless.

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
17. Here's a good one
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:16 PM
Apr 2013

Here's another picture from Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, where an effigy of Lady Thatcher in a coffin was burned together with a sofa and the word "scab".

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
20. I find it amazing that everyone KNOWS what she did to the country
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:33 PM
Apr 2013

They must have a more professional news media than we have..... I know BBC is one of the better places to get US news.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
24. To quote that esteemed philosopher
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 05:03 PM
Apr 2013

B. Bunny, "It is to laugh."

Exactly the way that horrid woman deserved to be "remembered."

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