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.

  • MrScottyTayEnglish
    39•10 months ago

    A lot of the issues we have today stem from her privatisation and the north has never recovered. Her effect on the country has not stopped just because she’s no longer PM and ultimately dead.

    • @JacktheladEnglish
      -34•10 months ago

      Yes, it’s been so awful that no government has ever wanted to reverse it.

      • @[email protected]
        17•10 months ago

        Well, a lot of the policy and austerities she set were “reversed” because they weren’t sustainable. However, once you normalize a political ideology and set a precedent, it’s hard to prevent it from happening again.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•10 months ago

        Why would a capitalist dictatorship reverse something that benefits the capitalist class?