Tories Against Thatcher

31/05/2022

Question: is it ever justifiable to vandalise public property? Discuss...

18/05/2022

Once the initial furore dies down (and people stop throwing eggs at the statue), can we open a discussion on what else we can use the Thatcher statue to commemorate, besides her neoliberal free market economics that caused and continues to cause the greatest wealth inequality this country has ever seen? Get involved, have your say...

A couple of options have already been floated:

a) A memorial to the Argentinian and British lives lost in the Falklands War.

b) A monument to the thousands of miners and their families who lost their livelihoods in the Miners Strike.

c) A statue to the last politician who tried and failed to impose a Poll Tax.

18/05/2022

Some light entertainment for you
https://twitter.com/politicsjoe_uk/status/1526815095396999178?s=24&t=SMj9gsXUw8z4WCGDntrlXA

15/05/2022

A great day for everyone, now the fun and games can really start....

“Work is under way in Grantham this morning to install a memorial to commemorate Grantham’s most famous daughter, Margaret Thatcher. The 10.5ft memorial is being placed on a granite plinth in the heart of the town. https://t.co/QjRZTOpfPt”

22/04/2022

If you really want to stop this statue then sign our petition here https://chng.it/pbHzJyM2 we may have only 3 weeks to get enough signatories to force a re-think on an issue that so far has had little or no participation from the local people. If you're not happy the local council have just steamrollered this project and disregarded all dissenting voices...then sign the petition and pass it on....now!

Tories Against Thatcher: Stop Maggie Memorial in Grantham

22/04/2022

Statue to be erected 'as soon as May 15' https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/unveiling-of-margaret-thatcher-statue-could-take-place-as-s-9250739/?fbclid=IwAR2Jsz5LDEliIJ4qqe4Jg1oOagPKy0PvcKsNNAun1cji9RM2zj0dP2Hc76U

Still no information on who is paying for this, and no response whatsoever from councillors as to our and everyone else's problems with this statue. Rather like Johnson's government they seem to think it okay to disregard people who disagree with them. Pretty much like Thatcher's own autocratic version of 'democracy', so no wonder they want to erect this statue.

Remember, the £100k it would have cost to hold a local referendum is now being spent on the 'grand unveiling' of this unwanted statue. Utterly disgraceful.

A £300,000 statue of Margaret Thatcher could be just weeks away from installation as council workers make the final preparations to the stone plinth.

22/04/2022

No debate, no information, no clarity...rather like the Johnson government. This is doing Conservatism no favours at all...the party that used to stand for democracy now mired in autocracy, and the Thatcher statue epitomizes it all. Sorry folks, but that's the verdict from a lifelong Tory voter...

A £300,000 statue of Margaret Thatcher could be just weeks away from installation as council workers make the final preparations to the stone plinth.

16/02/2022

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14/02/2022

We were on the local news last week....see the video below, its a really good overall appraisal of the various issues around the Thatcher statue...