United Kingdom - Statue controversy
April 14, 2013, Sunday
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REVERED or reviled, history shows that the placement of a public statue of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher anywhere in the capital risks becoming a lightning rod.
Reactions to the idea of Thatcher atop the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square mirror the emotions stirred up by the death of Britain's "Iron Lady" on Monday.
Some people left flowers at her home, while others "celebrated" with street party and buying "Wizard of Oz" song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead."
Reactions to the idea of Thatcher atop the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square mirror the emotions stirred up by the death of Britain's "Iron Lady" on Monday.
Some people left flowers at her home, while others "celebrated" with street party and buying "Wizard of Oz" song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead."
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