Putting Paint And Powder On A Suppurating Wound.

[poliphilo]

Usually when a Prime Minister dies- full of years and wisdom- there are polite tributes and most people barely notice. Churchill was the exception and now Thatcher is another. With Churchill there was near universal adulation (maybe it was complete- in our household it certainly was.) With Thatcher the two halves of the nation she divided are doing their best to drive one another off the field with spitting anger on the one side and majestic contempt on the other.

Parliament has been recalled to pay tribute. Ed Miliband has instructed his lot to show deference and dignity- thereby masking and muffling what most of his natural supporters actually feel. If things go according to plan- as mandated from the top- there will be a display of unanimity that misrepresents the nation and allows Thatcher's heirs, on both sides of the House, to luxuriate in a self-basting, slow-browning glorification of the Governing Class.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I really feel that parliament ought to be able to talk about the effect the woman had on our national life without some of the ad feminam personal attacks e.g. dancing on her grave etc. But it seems like this is not what our overlords want.

Although why this is so urgent that they should be recalled to do it is beyond me.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I see it as provocation. Her admirers are daring the rest of us to do something unseemly.