The rude word has since been removed from the statue, which cost £300,000 and was unveiled in May 2022.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12878654

A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

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Its installation was controversial and it has been egged and spat on – with some jokers even marking the statue as a public toilet on Google Maps.

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    8 months ago

    That is also weird because we haven’t had anything close to Thatcherism since she left office.

    • Jaccident@lemm.ee
      4·
      8 months ago

      You appear to have missed the bit when a certain neo-Thatcherite PM fucked the economy to ribbons in mid-2022 then.

      • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        8 months ago

        Lol, she wasn’t Thatcherite apart from dressing like her.

        She announced a public spending plan of £130 billion over two years. She was going to use the state to prop up business. Literally the opposite of Thatcher’s philosophy. Thatcher also wanted to control inflation and lower the deficit. Truss’s plans gave no consideration to any of that.