10 Margaret Thatcher Funeral - April 15th, 2013 - BBC Newsnight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYuH7_1pohY

Summary:

It was an impressive send-off, there were flags, there were military bands, there was a choir of children and a huge crowd, who all paid their respects to Margaret Thatcher. In this program panalists discuss whether this funural is too big for Britain. The funeral of the first female prime minister was unique and there is said that no prime minister will ever have a funeral like this, because it takes decades to find a prima minister like Margeret Thatcher. There kind of rituals are symbolic for power and leadership. Miss Thatcher had a lot to do with the military, so it was obvious they were involved in the funeral as well.

 

Opinion:

I think it is quite remarkeble how this funeral is set. The fact that this funeral on its own cost 10 million pounds is exorbitant in my eyes. Of course Margaret Thatcher was a extraordinary woman and the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, but many people were not agreeing with the choices she made. That is why I think that this funeral is overdone. Especially now, because of the economic crises I think money could be spend in another way. Also people were almost cheering that Margaret Thatcher had died, I think the funeral could have been a little smaller.