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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMargaret Thatcher's death greeted with street parties in Brixton and Glasgow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-party-brixton-glasgow
Several hundred people gathered in south London on Monday evening to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's death with cans of beer, pints of milk and an impromptu street disco playing the soundtrack to her years in power.
Young and old descended on Brixton, a suburb which weathered two outbreaks of rioting during the Thatcher years. Many expressed jubilation that the leader they loved to hate was no more; others spoke of frustration that her legacy lived on.
To cheers of "Maggie Maggie Maggie, dead dead dead," posters of Thatcher were held aloft as reggae basslines pounded.
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Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,466 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)virgogal
(10,178 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)Compared to the Bronx, it is very safe..
There are block parties going on there tonight..
virgogal
(10,178 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)where so many people celebrate your death. Was it worth it to end up so hated except by your fellow partners in crime. It wouldn't be worth it to me.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)I've often wondered how someone can live a cruel and heartless existence and have no shame about it. What could they possibly be thinking? I like to think no one will be dancing in the street when I finally pass on.
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Skittles
(152,964 posts)estimate is that 4 in 100 people are sociopaths - pretty chilling statistic
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Not compassionate people with a soul . . . but regressive, selfish, profit-batshit and counterproductive fuckers that set us back decades.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)they are also the mean bosses and asshole coworkers / neighbors
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,150 posts)...
He said he saw police officers trying to negotiate with some of the party-goers but they were "getting jostled and they retreated pretty quickly".
A police spokesman said the protesters refused to leave peacefully and bottles and cans were thrown at officers.
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"They had set fire to bins and had loud music playing and were being generally quite unruly.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22077072
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)ocpagu
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By, Maggie, and don't you dare coming back this time.