Papers mark Thatcher’s death
Tomorrow’s newspapers pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher, some praising her for changing Britain for the better, others nodding at her ability to divide opinions, even in death.
The Spectator
Monday
David Cameron’s tribute to Margaret Thatcher: full text
Today we lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton. Margaret Thatcher didn’t just lead our country – she saved our country. And we should never forget that the odds were stacked against her. She was the shopkeeper’s daughter from Grantham who made it to the highest office in the land. There were
Margaret Thatcher in quotes
“I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.” – 1975 ‘To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’ ‘I always cheer up immensely if an attack is
Tributes pour in for Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher died this morning following a stroke. Downing Street said this afternoon that the former Conservative Prime Minister’s funeral will have the same status as the Queen Mother and Princess Diana, with full military honours, a service at St Paul’s Cathedral, followed by a private cremation. She will not lie in state, in accordance with
Thursday
Tax
‘Which letters of the law would you like to abide by?’
Smoking
Helpline
‘HELP!!’
Ducks
‘Don’t you think you’re taking a risk, not wearing flight socks?’
Twitter 2
‘Twitter’s OK, but I don’t get anything like the satisfaction I used to get from a good old-fashioned poison-pen letter.’
Matryoshka
‘How long have you felt like a man trapped in a woman’s body?’
Poor 2
‘Have you noticed how the gap between the poor and the poor is widening?’
Kindle 3
‘Dad loves the large print on his Kindle.’
Gannets
Sex
‘In hindsight, I regret curing him of his sex addiction.’
Prison Pilates
Prison pilates
Missiles
‘Eeeny meeny miney mo…’
Letters | 4 April 2013
Quantitative ease Sir: Unlike Louise Cooper (‘The great savings robbery’, 30 March), I don’t have a problem with inflation or quantitative easing. It’s the perfect tax: painless, easy to collect and fair. It’s painless because after having been collected you still have the proverbial pound in your pocket. OK, it’s worth less — but as
Googling the NUT
Googling lessons Delegates at the National Union of Teachers conference complained about Michael Gove’s ‘pub quiz’ curriculum and suggested that children didn’t need to learn facts any more because they could Google them. Some things you can Google about the NUT: — The union was formed on 25 June 1870 as the National Union of
Portrait of the week | 4 April 2013
Home Housing benefit for council and housing association tenants was reduced by 14 per cent for those deemed to have one spare bedroom and by 25 per cent for those with two or more spare bedrooms. Council Tax Benefit, claimed by 5.9 million families, was transformed into Council Tax Support, supplied by local authority schemes.