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Margaret Thatcher's funeral was deeply political
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Apr 17, 2013 10:35am |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Giles Fraser |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 17, 2013 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Was the service "too political"? That was always going to be the question. But how could it have been otherwise? It was never going to be straightforward to distinguish Margaret Thatcher the person from Margaret Thatcher the politician. Apart from Denis, she was all politics. And the service inevitably reflected this. Outside the cathedral, the whole military shebang did have the feel of a state-backed quasi-political event – the Tory party and the wider establishment (even the BBC) all in their natural harmony.
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