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."