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Margaret Thatcher: This is a state funeral, and it is a very big mistake

Written by: Kamran Mofid
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The decision to acknowledge Lady Thatcher, but not Clement Attlee, makes the Queen appear partisan and is out of kilter with the impartiality of the modern monarchy

“So the question arises: what’s so special about Maggie Thatcher? Defenders of next week’s funeral arrangements say that she was a “transformational” prime minister. This is true. But so was Clement Attlee, who introduced the welfare system and the National Health Service, thus fundamentally changing the connection between state and individual. Yet the Queen did not attend Mr Attlee’s funeral, a quiet affair in Temple Church near Westminster. According to a 1967 report in Time magazine, “all the trappings of power were absent last week at the funeral of Earl Attlee … there were no honour guards or artillery caissons, no press or television, no crush of spectators. Only 150 friends and relatives gathered for a brief Anglican ceremony in honour of the man who had shaped the political destiny of post-war Britain.”

The decision to acknowledge Lady Thatcher, but not Attlee, makes the Queen appear partisan and is totally out of kilter with the traditional impartiality of the modern British monarchy.”

Read more:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9984619/Margaret-Thatcher-This-is-a-state-funeral-and-thats-a-mistake.html

And see further on the Great Clement Attlee:

The Spirit of '45: When Britons Chose the Common Good

http://www.gcgi.info/news/358-the-spirit-of-45-when-britons-chose-the-common-good-

  1. The Memorable Speech on Thatcher: Glenda Jackson
  2. A moving and telling account of Thatcher and Thatcherism
  3. Thatcherism- the poisonous ideology that became the global norm
  4. Margaret Thatcher: A Reflection
  5. In Search of Virtue in Europe: The Tragic Consequences of the Value-free, Nonvirtous Leadership
  6. In Pursuit of Fairness and Responsibilty for the “Top and the Bottom” in today’s Value-free Britain
  7. The Fairest Question: Why should the taxpayer fund 'lifestyles' like those of the Sir James Crosby, Andy Hornby, and Lord Stevenson?

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