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steve2470

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Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:30 PM Apr 2013

Margaret Thatcher funeral: Galloway attacks 'canonisation of wicked woman'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/15/thatcher-funeral-galloway-wicked-woman



George Galloway has denounced the decision to spend £10m on the "canonisation of this wicked woman", a reference to Lady Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday.

The Respect MP will attempt to ensure that parliament continues to sit during the funeral. David Cameron, with the agreement of the Labour frontbench, has proposed cancelling the morning sitting of parliament on Wednesday to allow MPs and peers to attend the funeral.

The cancellation would mean that for a fourth week in a row Cameron would not have to face prime minister's questions. Cameron last faced the half-hour session on the day of the budget.

Galloway said on BBC2's Daily Politics: "We're spending £10m on the canonisation of this wicked woman, this woman who laid waste to industrial Britain, to the north, to Scotland, to south Wales. We've already had the recall of parliament last week, with MPs being paid up to £3,700 to fly back from the Caribbean holiday that they were on and then fly back to start their holiday again, for a totally unnecessary fawning over this woman. And now they want to cancel prime minister's questions. It's absurd."
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Margaret Thatcher funeral: Galloway attacks 'canonisation of wicked woman' (Original Post) steve2470 Apr 2013 OP
Vague attempt to get another 15 minutes of attention. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #1

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
1. Vague attempt to get another 15 minutes of attention.
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:32 PM
Apr 2013

That's not a defense of the funeral issues : just a comment on a bellend.

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