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.

  • @JacktheladEnglish
    -34•9 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      17•9 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•9 months ago

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