Who decided on the (in all but name) State Funeral for Lady Thatcher?

[lilelvis2000]

So Tony Blair will get a military funeral? He deserves it much more surely: Thatcher's war only lasted a few months, whereas some of the wars Blair started are still going.

Maybe that's why he got us in this mess.

Hopefully Blair will die in violent way leaving nothing to bury.

[stek]

Who decided on the (in all but name) State Funeral for Lady Thatcher?

If it was Michael Foot would he be Lying In A State?

[Sysman]

If it was Michael Foot would he be Lying In A State?

Duffle coat, surely.

[quackhandle]

I did hear on 5Live last week that it's almost a state funeral possibly due to the Queen and Phil the Greek attending, who have not attended a PM funeral since Churchill.

Apparently when MT was in power she and HM didn't get on that well, but due to MT's declining health in last 10 or so years (same age as HM?) she looked out for her at events/functions and they became quite pally.

qh

[Alf W]

Let's see the Thatcher apologists argue against some of this.

They should just wrap her in chains and chuck her in the sea.

Margaret Thatcher's funeral: 23 things you could pay for with £10m | News | guardian.co.uk

[KentPhilip]

George Galloway has started banging on about why Prime Minister's questions should not be suspended tomorrow.

BBC iPlayer - Watch Live - BBC Parliament

What an idiot..

[SandyD]

Wasn't Charles Darwin ordered to have a state funeral and burial at Westminster Abbey against his wishes? I believe he waned to be buried somewhere else, but after his death it was decided/ or it was ordered that he should be buried at Westminster Abbey?

Not sure if this story is true...

Anyway what I mean is perhaps Maggie didn't have a choice to decline the offer of a state funeral?

[d000hg]

Let's see the Thatcher apologists argue against some of this.

They should just wrap her in chains and chuck her in the sea.

Margaret Thatcher's funeral: 23 things you could pay for with £10m | News | guardian.co.uk

Is it things like baby incubators and malaria nets?

WGAS.

[hyperD]

Let's see the Thatcher apologists argue against some of this.

They should just wrap her in chains and chuck her in the sea.

What a delightfully partisan bien pensant you are. I wonder whether you will share the same sentiments with Brown or Blair.

BIDI

[vetran]

we could buy two weeks of the BBC world service, not really much of a contest is it?