This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Do not venerate Margaret Thatcher. Treat her as any other peacetime Prime Minister.
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Why all this glorification of Margaret Thatcher?
She was a peacetime Prime Minister. First among equals. She won three elections, but so did Tony Blair. Harold Wilson won four. There were no grand costly funerals on the deaths of Attlee, Macmillan, Wilson, Heath and Callaghan. So why treat Margaret Thatcher differently?
The fact that she was a women should make no difference. Women have been striving for equality for decades, and rightly so. But not to be treated more favourably than their male counterparts.
There can be no justification for an extravagant funeral for Mrs. Thatcher, on a par with Princess Diana and the Queen Mother. She is not royalty.
The country cannot afford this grand event with the huge security costs.
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