Gary Gibbon
Baroness Thatcher funeral: stop all the clocks?
Big Ben will be silenced during Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. But there’ll be no clock-stopping for the guests – who’ll have to take out a huge part of their day.
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Thatcher’s children: growing up in 1980s Britain
For entrepreneur Rachel Elnaugh, Margaret Thatcher’s premiership helped make Britain great again. But for writer Naseem Khan, life under the Iron Lady inspired antipathy and a sense of injustice.
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Young Conservatives’ tribute to ‘hero’ Thatcher
Most of them were not born when Margaret Thatcher was in power but they describe her as a “hero” – Channel 4 News spends the day with young Conservatives paying tribute to the Iron Lady.
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Margaret Thatcher’s funeral – pomp but little protest
The biggest political funeral since Sir Winston Churchill’s death almost half a century ago is held for Margaret Thatcher at St Paul’s cathedral, with readings from politicians and family.
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Thatcher funeral security stepped up after Boston bombings
Police flood the streets of central London for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, with 4,000 officers lining the route. Security has been ramped up following the Boston bombings in the US.
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Thatcher funeral prompts protests across the UK
Few post-war politicians polarised British politics like Margaret Thatcher – so it was not surprising that as well as demonstrations of affection, her funeral inspired protests across the country.
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Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Watch live: Margaret Thatcher’s final journey – full military honours for the Iron Lady as the former prime minister’s cortege passes through central London. She died last week, aged 87.
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Thatcher makes final journey to Westminster
The body of Baroness Thatcher is lying in the chapel at parliament for a private service ahead of her funeral tomorrow.
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Private service for Margaret Thatcher ahead of funeral
Family, friends and colleagues have paid their respects to the Iron Lady ahead of the former prime minister’s funeral.
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‘Don’t expect me to shed any tears for Margaret Thatcher’
Former miner Dave Douglass says everything Margaret Thatcher stood for was “alien” to the Durham pit community he came from.
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Gary Gibbon
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Fears over police security build-up for Thatcher funeral
Protesters at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral could face arrest for causing offence to mourners but human rights groups are warning against heavy-handed policing.
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Troops rehearse for Thatcher funeral procession
A full military rehearsal for Baroness Thatcher’s funeral took place in the early hours of this morning through the streets of London.
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Thatcher Ding Dong misses top chart spot
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead the song “chartjacked” by opponents of Margaret Thatcher fails to reach the number one spot.
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Thatcher funeral scale ‘mistake’ says bishop
The Anglican Bishop of Grantham – where Baroness Thatcher was born – questions the scale and cost of her funeral, as details of Wednesday’s service are published.
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Gary Gibbon
Heseltine: another Tory leader could have delivered ‘Thatcherism’
Could any Tory leader have delivered “Thatcherism”? Before the Iron Lady died Gary Gibbon asked Michael Heseltine about his views of the woman he served then tried to topple.
