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So the big news of the weekend was tha Thatcher has had a minor stroke (nice to see the miners getting one back) nothing serious unfortunately, but a promising sign for the future.

So what's everyone planning for the big day? I suggest a street party, is everyone coming? A street party on the A1, a nation joined in celebration from London to Edinburgh.

Altogether now "Ding Dong the Witch is dead, which old witch - the wiked witch..."

6 hours without moderation? I'm impressed.

Yeh - but you can only come to the party if you never voted for her.

People are allowed to make mistakes - it's the one chance for the nation to be united, practically. More so than the bleedin' JUbilee anyway.

Oh I can't resist it anymore - much as I've been trying




Margeret Thatcher was a wonderful, caring, intelligent woman. Not only a great leader, but also incredibly sexy



s away from the and that are bound to follow this post

Aarrghh, GML error, I've left myself unlurked for all to see



Ahhh, that's better

call me fluffy and sensitive but I think it's a bit much that any one could delight in someone having a stroke (minor or not) and even if it *is* Maragaret Thatcher.

A this thread has lightened up my day.

Orcus - only old enough to have *not* voted for her once.

I would not have voted for her more given the chance, honest!

Can we invite Ted Heath to the party?
But not Tony Blair, obviously.

Whisky, you've been reading too much Alan Clark.

Don't get me wrong, i'm not glad she had this minor stroke, i'm dissapointed.

I'm serious though - when she dies - i have street parties planned, i suggest others make plans too - and a massive A1 party would be the greatest of symbols of the weight from our historical shoulders.

Having followed a link on the autists page the other day i discovered the conciet of this thread lay with the band Hefner. Who have a song called "The Day That Thatcher Dies" which you can hear on line, the opening lyrics run:

"We will laugh
The day that Thatcher Dies
Even though we know it's not right
We'll dance and sing all night"

You know what will happen? The old bat will peg it in the Summer and the whole country will pour out into the streets to celebrate, and 'Brenda' will mistakenly think was are all celebrating her 50 years on the throne!!

'Brenda' will be dancing in the streets with us when the Old Bat pegs it. As I recall she didn't have much time for the Iron Baroness herself.

We were dicussing this in my teabreak at work earlier - one bloke commented.

"Well if she's falling sick it will be interesting to see what she's like when she *really* goes mad"

...maybe she'll go so far to the right she'll come out the other side. Next week we'll see her on the streets, selling the Socialist Worker...

Heaven forbid that anyone shoiuld have a street party to celebrate that. I mean the Tories brought in so much red tape to confine public meeting that you would end up having to have planed to hold said street party on the day Mrs T actually resigned as leader to have any hope of actullay being allowed to hold it on the right day.

Does anyone know if Yuri Gellar has any street parties planned for the foreseeable future, or do we have to ask Yuri that too.

Seriously though, some kind of 'reclaiming the streets' type street party, the length of the country - what a great thing that would be, all it would take would be a few people in each town to make some plans, a few preparation, and then wait for the nation to join in. I've got the tressle table if you've got the sausage rolls...

I know some musicians that'll turn up and play for free...

Yes, but as Uncle Demon Drawer said thanks to the massive level of beauraucracy (is that how you spell it?) it is virtually impossible to have a 'spur of the moment' street party.

Regulations require the persons holding the party to have third party insurance for £5 million, there has to be a certain proportion of wardens to people (and these wardens have to be trained by the police and in 'uniform'), an application has to be made to the higways authority for permission to close the street (even if it's a cul-de-sac) and they must agree to indemnify the authority from any actions resulting from the street closure. There are several other requirements which I cannot remember, but even with these a simple street party becomes a near impossibility - is it any wonder no-one is celebrating the Queen's Jubilee?

Basically, when Thatcher dies, celebrations should include those activities which she tried to stop - i.e. raves and drinking in public places....and of course street parties without permission.