Letters / Privatise her funeral
In response to Maurice Mullay’s eulogy, may I offer film director Ken Loach’s opinion on “Britain’s defining leader” (SN, 9 April 13):
“Margaret Thatcher was the most divisive and destructive Prime Minister of modern times.
“Mass unemployment, factory closures, communities destroyed – this is her legacy. She was a fighter and her enemy was the British working class.
“It is because of policies begun by her that we are in this mess today.
“Remember she called Mandela a terrorist and took tea with the torturer and murderer Pinochet.
“How should we honour her? Let’s privatise her funeral. Put it out to competitive tender and accept the cheapest bid. It’s what she would have wanted.”
Rosa Steppanova
Tresta
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