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Final bill for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral comes to just £1.2 million…
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 17:16 EST, 29 July 2013 | Matt Chorley

Posted on 07/29/2013 7:02:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Margaret Thatcher’s spectacular ceremonial funeral cost the taxpayer just £1.2 million ($1.8 million), just a fraction of the sum claimed by left-wing opponents.

The final bill for the ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral was revealed by ministers today in a rebuff to critics who suggested the costs would top £10 million ($15.4 million).

Officials said that detailed work on the price of security, policing, staff overtime and hiring the Cathedral meant the total was much lower than early estimates suggested. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: funeral; ironlady; labourlies; maggiethatcher; restinpeace; statefuneral
Full Daily Mail title:
Final bill for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral comes to just £1.2m, a fraction of the £10m Labour MPs complained about
Lefties strike out again.
1 posted on 07/29/2013 7:02:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

In expensive when compared to the cost of unraveling her domestic and international policies by the left.


2 posted on 07/29/2013 7:04:08 PM PDT by llevrok (Hint: The Constitution is not written in cursive, Obama)
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To: Olog-hai

I had no idea....the dollar was standing up that well against the pound. But I don’t watch that commodity.


3 posted on 07/29/2013 7:10:15 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Justice for Trayvon: Dig up his body and shoot him again.)
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To: Olog-hai

So it’s like the cost of one day’s vacation for Barry and Moochelle.


4 posted on 07/29/2013 7:18:24 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Olog-hai

What is that amount? Two days of the Royals expensives for doing nothing.


5 posted on 07/29/2013 7:33:09 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: 23 Everest

That is the Queen Mother’s hat bill for six months.


6 posted on 07/29/2013 7:34:31 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: Olog-hai

Barry has pre-arranged a $1 BILLION funeral for himself. You don’t want to hear his plans.


7 posted on 07/29/2013 7:35:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Olog-hai

Meanwhile, last year we spent 1.4 billion dollars on o’dummy, wookie and their two worthless brats. I’d say the UK got a bargain.


8 posted on 07/29/2013 7:38:19 PM PDT by LouAvul (In a state of disbelief as to how liberals destroyed America in a mere 40 years.)
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To: 23 Everest

I think she’s been dead a while.


9 posted on 07/29/2013 7:43:37 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Busted!

Okay, Queen Liz II. Adjust it for inflation, currencies values. L3.4million


10 posted on 07/29/2013 7:55:50 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: 23 Everest

:)


11 posted on 07/29/2013 7:57:49 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

You have no nose.

};-D


12 posted on 07/29/2013 8:00:55 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: 23 Everest

13 posted on 07/29/2013 8:09:39 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

;^0 I haven’t visited the sandbox. You are better than me.


14 posted on 07/29/2013 8:13:50 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: Olog-hai

Cheap at twice the price


15 posted on 07/29/2013 8:16:53 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: 23 Everest

Okay, now I’m lost...


16 posted on 07/29/2013 8:17:24 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Olog-hai
She was worth every shilling.
17 posted on 07/29/2013 8:18:48 PM PDT by lightman (Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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To: EEGator

I don’t know how to post pictures.


18 posted on 07/30/2013 6:36:45 AM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: 23 Everest

Gotcha.
< this goes before img
> this goes after “K”
img src=”K”

K=the image’s URL
Go to Google, click images, search for image.
Click on image,when it zooms in on pic, right click, left click on Copy image URL.
Paste image URL where the K is.


19 posted on 07/30/2013 6:45:23 AM PDT by EEGator
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