Given Maggie's anti-state political record, surely it should it be a private funeral (or, at best, entail a public-private partnership)? On 15-Jul-08, at 8:25 PM, Tracey Skelton wrote: > The 'no' figure has dropped to 79% as of 4.20 Thursday (I'm voting in > Singapore). > > > On 7/15/08 9:12 PM, "Stuart Hodkinson" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> The Guardian is running an online poll: >> >> Should Thatcher get a state funeral? >> >> Poll, Do you think Margaret Thatcher should be granted the rare >> honour >> of a state funeral when she dies? >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2008/jul/15/margaretthatche >> r >> >> It's currently around 85% saying 'no', which is clearly not enough. >> >> Although, a state funeral might attract an interesting wake. >> >> Stuart > *************************************************** Nick Blomley Dept of Geography Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada [log in to unmask]