Britain snubs Argentina's Fernandez over Thatcher funeral

[lunasun]

But the last President of apartheid South Africa was invited...................
http://news.yahoo.com/britain-snubs-argentina-over-margaret-thatcher-funeral-092537571.html

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not invite Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to Margaret Thatcher's funeral next week in a snub likely to deepen a long-running diplomatic dispute over the Falkland Islands.
Members of parliament from Thatcher's ruling Conservative party have hailed Britain's victory in the Falklands war as one of her greatest achievements and her funeral is expected to follow a Falklands theme.
More than 700 armed forces personnel will take part in the ceremony and the 10 coffin bearers will be drawn from regiments and units that played a pivotal role in the conflict.

The war boosted Thatcher's flagging political fortunes at the time and cemented her image as a patriotic defender of what was left of Britain's Empire, helping her win a landslide victory at a general election in 1983.

In a ceremonial funeral with military honours and attended by the Queen, Thatcher's coffin will be drawn on a gun carriage by six horses through London to a service at St Paul's Cathedral, a format that has drawn criticism from some politicians and commentators for its pomp and public expense.

[sharp_stick]

1. Why would Fernandez

want to go anyway?

Other than another stupid stunt over the Falklands I can't see her wanting to get anywhere near the UK.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. I wouldn't want to go if I were her.

Thatcher's toxic. I don't see how being associated with her in any way would help her politically.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. She would have had to attend using an airline vice government plane