Margaret Thatcher dies: latest reaction
Every move she made was charged by negativity; she destroyed the British
manufacturing industry, she hated the miners, she hated the arts, she hated
the Irish Freedom Fighters and allowed them to die, she hated the English
poor and did nothing at all to help them, she hated Greenpeace and
environmental protectionists, she was the only European political leader who
opposed a ban on the Ivory Trade, she had no wit and no warmth and even her
own Cabinet booted her out.
20.06 The first volume of Baroness Thatcher's authorised biography will be published immediately after her funeral.
Allen Lane, which is part of Penguin Books, said Monday that "Not for Turning" by Charles Moore, Telegraph columnist and former editor, was commissioned in 1997 on the understanding that it would not be published during the former British prime minister's lifetime.
Moore was given full access to Thatcher's private papers and interviewed her extensively. The publisher said that Thatcher also supported requests for interviews with others, including those who worked most closely with her and her family.
Permission was also granted to former and existing civil servants to speak freely about the Thatcher years.
20.03 The House of Lords has also been recalled on Wednesday, and will sit at 2.30pm, the same time as the Commons. The Government will put down a motion, which is expected to pay tribute to Lady Thatcher, according to the Speaker's Office. The Prime Minister is then expected to give a statement to the Commons, followed by the Leader of the Opposition.
There will then be time for backbench MPs to make their own tributes to the former prime minister.
20.00 Lord Powell, a key foreign affairs adviser to Baroness Thatcher, said he spent an hour with her las night.
Speaking to Channel 4 News he said:
I saw her last night, yes.
I spent an hour or so with her and I am very pleased that I did.
I think I would regard it as very private, I wouldn't want to talk about it.
19.55 The BBC has been criticised meanwhile after news presenters, including anchor Huw Edwards, failed to wear a black tie while fronting a special programme on her death.
The corporation was heavily criticised when veteran newsreader Peter Sissons went on air in a grey suit and burgundy tie to report on the Queen Mother passing away in 2002.
Margaret Thatcher was a divisive figure in life - and she is already dividing opinions after her death.
Baroness Thatcher, who died this morning aged 87 after a stroke, has been granted a ceremonial funeral - one level down from a state funeral.
She will be given a formal send-off equivalent in standing to Princess Diana and the Queen Mother, but requested before her death that she should not lie in state.
She will be given a ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral.
But after the announcement her critics hit back at the decision, with #nostatefuneral one of the top UK trends on Twitter and an e-petition quickly gaining thousands of signatures.
Laura Goodman commented: "Surely the woman who privatised everything isn't going to get a publicly funded state funeral #nostatefuneral."
Dai Rhys tweeted: "#nostatefuneral for the apartheid supporting, Pinochet loving, community destroying, war mongering, milk snatching Devil incarnate #Thatcher."
20.20 Morrissey, the music star and longtime critic of Baroness
Thatcher, has taken the opportunity to berate her as "barbaric"
and without an atom of humanity".
Every move she made was charged by negativity; she destroyed the British
manufacturing industry, she hated the miners, she hated the arts, she hated
the Irish Freedom Fighters and allowed them to die, she hated the English
poor and did nothing at all to help them, she hated Greenpeace and
environmental protectionists, she was the only European political leader who
opposed a ban on the Ivory Trade, she had no wit and no warmth and even her
own Cabinet booted her out.
20.06 The first volume of Baroness Thatcher's authorised biography will be published immediately after her funeral.
Allen Lane, which is part of Penguin Books, said Monday that "Not for Turning" by Charles Moore, Telegraph columnist and former editor, was commissioned in 1997 on the understanding that it would not be published during the former British prime minister's lifetime.
Moore was given full access to Thatcher's private papers and interviewed her extensively. The publisher said that Thatcher also supported requests for interviews with others, including those who worked most closely with her and her family.
Permission was also granted to former and existing civil servants to speak freely about the Thatcher years.
20.03 The House of Lords has also been recalled on Wednesday, and will sit at 2.30pm, the same time as the Commons. The Government will put down a motion, which is expected to pay tribute to Lady Thatcher, according to the Speaker's Office. The Prime Minister is then expected to give a statement to the Commons, followed by the Leader of the Opposition.
There will then be time for backbench MPs to make their own tributes to the former prime minister.
20.00 Lord Powell, a key foreign affairs adviser to Baroness Thatcher, said he spent an hour with her las night.
Speaking to Channel 4 News he said:
I saw her last night, yes.
I spent an hour or so with her and I am very pleased that I did.
I think I would regard it as very private, I wouldn't want to talk about it.
19.55 The BBC has been criticised meanwhile after news presenters, including anchor Huw Edwards, failed to wear a black tie while fronting a special programme on her death.
The corporation was heavily criticised when veteran newsreader Peter Sissons went on air in a grey suit and burgundy tie to report on the Queen Mother passing away in 2002.
Margaret Thatcher was a divisive figure in life - and she is already dividing opinions after her death.
Baroness Thatcher, who died this morning aged 87 after a stroke, has been granted a ceremonial funeral - one level down from a state funeral.
She will be given a formal send-off equivalent in standing to Princess Diana and the Queen Mother, but requested before her death that she should not lie in state.
She will be given a ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral.
But after the announcement her critics hit back at the decision, with #nostatefuneral one of the top UK trends on Twitter and an e-petition quickly gaining thousands of signatures.
Laura Goodman commented: "Surely the woman who privatised everything isn't going to get a publicly funded state funeral #nostatefuneral."
Dai Rhys tweeted: "#nostatefuneral for the apartheid supporting, Pinochet loving, community destroying, war mongering, milk snatching Devil incarnate #Thatcher."
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