Quentin Letts ran a piece in the Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1037118/QUENTIN-LETTS-Rejoicing-death-Why-Left-hate-Lady-Tha tcher.html) a couple of days ago asking the question “Why is the left so full of hate for Lady Thatcher”?

It is a fair, if rather dumb, question.

The answer is that she was an incredibly divisive figure who viscerally hated the Left and made it her mission to remove the last traces of social or community politics from our country whatever the cost. She was someone who pursued policies based entirely on freakish ideology, or rapidly sketched polemics that had an utter disregard for the devastating effects they would have on ordinary people.

Quentin must know that she really hated ‘the Left’ (with a fiery intensity). Why is he surprised that ‘the Left’ might hate her back?

On the question of a possible state funeral for Thatcher I think Frankie Boyle said it best in this week’s ‘Mock the Week’. Commenting on the fact that any possible state funeral would cost £3 million, Frankie said:-

“... for £3 million they could give everyone in Scotland a shovel and we would dig a hole so deep that we could hand her over to Satan personally.”

That would be £3 million of taxpayers well spent.