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I don't think its to do with 10 years service.
Churchill was in office for 9 years in total.

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I think what Andrewb was saying was that he hopes no-one is disrespectful at the funeral.

No-one should be disrespectful or cause trouble at a funeral.

If you don't like someone and don't respect them then you should stay away from their funeral not go and cause trouble. :(

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On what grounds then, would she get a state funeral?

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i'll give the bitch the same respect she gave the miners.:mad: churchill tory or not was a differant matter, as west ender says,was a great war time leader, is not fitting fer other PMs in my book,no matter which party they hail from.:(

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LOL!:D
Karma on the way for making me laugh!

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the miners wont be seen causing trouble

they will tunnel from underneath and steal the coffin then dance on it for a while and put it back before anyone notices a thing

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I have no idea i'm afraid.
Maybe andrewb can enlighten us?

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I have a hunch that Margaret Thatcher's coffin will be under very tight security. ;)

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I wasn't suggesting people be disrespectful at her funeral.
I just don't respect her at all.

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I don't think there will be any 'dis-respect ' shown , maybe one or two street parties in various part of the country , which probably be described in the Tory press as 'funeral teas' where the celebrants were overcome with grief :eek: :eek:

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I've done a bit of googling and it seems that state funerals are normally reserved for Sovereigns.

However, a few others have had them. Charles Darwin was one and the most recent was Winston Churchill in 1965.

It seems that permission has to be given from the monarch.

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The article gives us lots of detail about protocol and planning, but precious little about why she deserves the funeral .... she won three elections, and won the Falklands War .... not really all that much is it .... it's like saying that Jean Chretien, a former Canadian PM, deserves a state funeral because he never lost an election, and he kept us out of Iraq .... sure she was a major figure in World Politics, but is that what state funerals are supposed to recognize? Nelson I can understand, Wellington too, not so sure about Palmerston (although he did give the world gunboat diplomacy), Gladstone, maybe, and Churchill I can understand.

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Just in case she gets the lid open and climbs back out:confused:

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No doubt the funeral will be well attended .... give the people what they want and they will turn out in droves:theband:

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No, to stop the nutters getting to her like they did with Eva Peron in Argentina. :(

Poor old Eva had to be buried about 200 ft down because the nutters kept trying to dig her up.