Margaret Thatcher Day!!
Tomorrow, Friday 28th February, MPs are to vote on whether to name the August Bank Holiday as 'Margaret Thatcher Day'. Totally disregarding those who were adversely affected by Margaret Thatcher's actions, there are those who want to pay tribute to her by forcing her name on to our calendar. Politicians are public servants. Thatcher did her job to the best of her ability and, I'm sure, did what she thought was right. However, the nature of politics is that when you act for one section of society you are acting against another. To pay tribute to a politician in this way, especially one who is hated as much as Thatcher is, is an insult to all those who suffered under her premiership. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-naming-the-august-bank-holiday-as-margaret-thatcher-day?source=facebook-share-button&time=1393435643 DING DONG ... The Margaret Thatcher Day movement has been halted. Congratulations everyone involved in stopping it in i...