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Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead : Britain Celebrates Thatcher's death
- Published_at:2013-04-09
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:iBreakLatestnews
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- description: "nostatefuneral" "Rejoice Thatcher is dead" "Margaret Thatcher" "Margaret Thatcher died" "Margaret Thatcher dies" "RIP Margaret Thatcher" "British prime minister" "Thatcher funeral" "Margaret Thatcher funeral" "Breaking News" "News" "Breaking Today" "UK News" "World News" Left's chorus of hatred: Champagne in the streets, students union cheers and vile internet taunts •Glasgow: More than 300 people attended impromptu street party •London: Over 100 people gathered in Brixton to 'celebrate' •Facebook campaign to take 'Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead' to number one •Durham Miners' Association: Her death was a 'great day' for coal miners •Second most trending topic on Twitter: #nostatefuneral •NUS National conference reported to have cheered at news of her death Baroness Thatcher's death unleashed a wave of vitriol and hatred from the Left. The first of several planned 'Thatcher death parties' across the country began last night with more than 200 revellers gathering in Brixton, south London. They danced the conga, drank champagne and chanted: 'Maggie, Maggie, Maggie -- Dead, Dead, Dead.' Banners were held stating 'Rejoice Thatcher is dead' by drunken crowds, many of whom were too young to remember her as prime minister. Similar disgraceful scenes were witnessed in Glasgow and further 'parties' were planned in Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester. Sickening messages also began flooding the internet minutes after the official announcement. And at a National Union of Students conference in Sheffield some delegates cheered and applauded when informed of the former prime minister's death. Eighties Trotskyist firebrand Derek Hatton, a sworn political enemy of Mrs Thatcher from his days as deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, sent one particularly vile message. He tweeted: 'The issue isn't about whether she is now dead, I regret for the sake of millions of people that she was ever born.' Former London Mayor and Labour MP Ken Livingstone claimed that 'almost everything that's wrong with Britain today is her legacy'. He added: 'She created today's housing crisis, she produced the banking crisis, she created the benefits crisis.' Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, said: 'We've been waiting for a long time to hear the news of Baroness Thatcher's demise and I can't say I'm sorry. I will not be shedding a tear for her.'
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