Hague tried to justify it by saying that "the rebate she negotiated for this country from the EU has brought us so far £75bn ... I think that puts money in perspective." He failed to mention that the twin crises of housing and jobs our country faces are direct results of Thatcher's deindustrialisation and right to buy policies. She closed the factories and mines, sending her riot coppers in to batter anyone who disagreed, and sold off the country's stock of housing. Blair continued what she had started and now we find ourselves in this mess, and we're told that cuts are the only solution.

So cut the funeral!!