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Margaret Thatcher's death has unleashed a wave of vitriol and hatred. The first of several planned ‘Thatcher death parties' across the United Kingdom began with more than 200 revellers gathering in Brixton, south London. They danced the conga, drank champagne and chanted: ‘Maggie, Maggie, Maggie – Dead, Dead, Dead.'
When former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell wrote a positive tribute to the ‘First Lady of girl power' on Twitter she received so much abuse she felt the need to delete it. She later tweeted to her 203,000 followers: ‘I'm sorry if I offended u. X'
Second most trending topic on Twitter was: #nostatefuneral
A website set up three years ago asking ‘Is Margaret Thatcher Dead yet?' was updated yesterday – with the word ‘YES'. It ran the slogan ‘Margaret Thatcher is dead. This lady's not returning' and encouraged people to host parties, publishing a music playlist including Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead from The Wizard Of Oz.
Within an hour of her death being announced, nearly 155,000 people had ‘liked' the page on Facebook, 12,500 people had tweeted about it and an internet campaign launched urging people to download the song and make it No.1 in the charts.
Happy: A woman drinks from a bottle and holds a front page of a newspaper displaying an image of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she and others celebrate her death in Brixton, south London.
Happy: In south London attendees were carrying banners, with one saying: 'Rejoice, Thatcher is dead'
Street party: People celebrate the death of Baroness Thatcher in Brixton, south London
Similar disgraceful scenes were witnessed in Glasgow and further ‘parties' were planned in Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester. Sickening messages also began flooding the internet minutes after the official announcement. And at a National Union of Students conference in Sheffield some delegates cheered and applauded when informed of the former prime minister's death.
Macabre celebrations: Champagne was flowing as the Left took to the streets to celebrate the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Jolly affair: The hastily organsied party saw revellers holding signs reading 'Gotcha! Now get the rest'
Dancing to the beat: They did an impromptu Highland Fling on the pavements of Glasgow - although it was condemned by the city council
Eighties Trotskyist firebrand Derek Hatton, a sworn political enemy of Mrs Thatcher from his days as deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, sent one particularly vile message. He tweeted: ‘The issue isn't about whether she is now dead, I regret for the sake of millions of people that she was ever born.'
Former London Mayor and Labour MP Ken Livingstone claimed that ‘almost everything that's wrong with Britain today is her legacy'. He added: ‘She created today's housing crisis, she produced the banking crisis, she created the benefits crisis.'
Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, said: ‘We've been waiting for a long time to hear the news of Baroness Thatcher's demise and I can't say I'm sorry. I will not be shedding a tear for her.'
And an Oddbins store manager was suspended for encouraging customers to buy champagne after Baroness Thatcher's death.The Twitter account for the Crouch End branch in north London read: ‘If for any reason, anyone feels like celebrating anything we have Taittinger available at £10 less than usual at £29. Just saying …'
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When former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell wrote a positive tribute to the ‘First Lady of girl power' on Twitter she received so much abuse she felt the need to delete it. She later tweeted to her 203,000 followers: ‘I'm sorry if I offended u. X'
Second most trending topic on Twitter was: #nostatefuneral
A website set up three years ago asking ‘Is Margaret Thatcher Dead yet?' was updated yesterday – with the word ‘YES'. It ran the slogan ‘Margaret Thatcher is dead. This lady's not returning' and encouraged people to host parties, publishing a music playlist including Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead from The Wizard Of Oz.
Within an hour of her death being announced, nearly 155,000 people had ‘liked' the page on Facebook, 12,500 people had tweeted about it and an internet campaign launched urging people to download the song and make it No.1 in the charts.
Happy: A woman drinks from a bottle and holds a front page of a newspaper displaying an image of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she and others celebrate her death in Brixton, south London.
Happy: In south London attendees were carrying banners, with one saying: 'Rejoice, Thatcher is dead'
Street party: People celebrate the death of Baroness Thatcher in Brixton, south London
Similar disgraceful scenes were witnessed in Glasgow and further ‘parties' were planned in Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester. Sickening messages also began flooding the internet minutes after the official announcement. And at a National Union of Students conference in Sheffield some delegates cheered and applauded when informed of the former prime minister's death.
Macabre celebrations: Champagne was flowing as the Left took to the streets to celebrate the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Jolly affair: The hastily organsied party saw revellers holding signs reading 'Gotcha! Now get the rest'
Dancing to the beat: They did an impromptu Highland Fling on the pavements of Glasgow - although it was condemned by the city council
Eighties Trotskyist firebrand Derek Hatton, a sworn political enemy of Mrs Thatcher from his days as deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, sent one particularly vile message. He tweeted: ‘The issue isn't about whether she is now dead, I regret for the sake of millions of people that she was ever born.'
Former London Mayor and Labour MP Ken Livingstone claimed that ‘almost everything that's wrong with Britain today is her legacy'. He added: ‘She created today's housing crisis, she produced the banking crisis, she created the benefits crisis.'
Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, said: ‘We've been waiting for a long time to hear the news of Baroness Thatcher's demise and I can't say I'm sorry. I will not be shedding a tear for her.'
And an Oddbins store manager was suspended for encouraging customers to buy champagne after Baroness Thatcher's death.The Twitter account for the Crouch End branch in north London read: ‘If for any reason, anyone feels like celebrating anything we have Taittinger available at £10 less than usual at £29. Just saying …'
More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ile-internet-taunts.html?ICO=most_read_module