Margaret Thatcher fans plan US-style memorial as row grows over funeral
Source: The Guardian
Supporters of Lady Thatcher have unveiled plans to honour her in the manner of a US president by creating a library and museum in her memory.
The Cherish Freedom Trust has announced that it wants the institution, which will be based in central London, "to bring Margaret Thatcher's legacy, values and achievements to life for the wider public from around the world".
Cabinet ministers and other senior Tories have expressed their support for the scheme, which is due to start fundraising on a large scale after Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday.
All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy. In the UK, although some former prime ministers have been commemorated in museums or at their former homes, none has been honoured with the equivalent of a US-style presidential library.
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Lord Prescott said the taxpayer should not foot the bill because it was simply a "political propaganda exercise" for the Tory party. I despised everything she stood for. She may have been a woman, but in her policies she showed no compassion to the sick, needy and the desperate," he wrote.
"Even in death, she is spinning from her grave. She claimed she never wanted a state funeral, but she planned to give herself the same ceremonial one as the Queen Mother.
"And her 'children', the out-of-touch Tory boys Cameron and Osborne, are getting YOU to foot the £10m bill for the biggest political propaganda exercise this country has ever seen.
"Thatcher split this country, north and south, the haves and have nots, 'one of us' or 'the enemy within'. This country paid enough thanks to that woman. So why the hell should we continue to pay now she's dead?"
Why should the tax payers foot the bill? What did she ever do for them?
