Maggie Thatcher Dead

[rashka]

I was surprised when I heard about the anti-Thatcher song.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/04...thatcher-song/

The BBC has come under fire for a decision not to air a song, which has hit top of the charts after the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in its weekly music countdown show.




The song, “Ding Dong! The witch is dead” from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, is now contending to gain the top slot in Britain’s weekly list of the top 40 best-selling singles that are usually played in full on a BBC Radio 1 chart show on Sunday.

However, the BBC has announced it will only air a 5-second clip of the 51 second song in the form of a news broadcast, with the BBC director Tony Hall saying the “tasteless” and inappropriate song may offend Thatcher’s supporters while banning it may lead to public outrage.

Thatcher’s death on Monday led to a hail of “Thatcher death parties” on the streets of different cities across Britain including Glasgow, London, Belfast and Manchester.

The protesters also took to the internet to voice their pleasure at the 87-year-old ex-PM’s death, with the word “witch” becoming a rally point for her opponents both on the web and on the streets.

[Loki]

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead enters chart at two

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead has failed to reach the number one spot in the music charts.

The Wizard of Oz song, which has been at the centre of an online campaign by opponents of Baroness Thatcher, reached number two after selling 52,605 copies.

However it was still more than 5,700 copies behind Duke Dumont and A*M*E with Need U (100%) which remained at the top for a second week.

Rival campaign song I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher entered at 35.

[Lusos]

Thatcher was a friend of Free Enterprise only in style, not in substance; Economist Murray Rothbard derisively reffered to Thatcherism as "Free-Market rhetoric masking statist content"

She instituted the Poll Tax. She did lower income taxes slightly, but she more than made up for it by large VAT tax increases.

Don't forget the effing Council Tax

[Graham]

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead enters chart at two

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead has failed to reach the number one spot in the music charts.

The Wizard of Oz song, which has been at the centre of an online campaign by opponents of Baroness Thatcher, reached number two after selling 52,605 copies.

However it was still more than 5,700 copies behind Duke Dumont and A*M*E with Need U (100%) which remained at the top for a second week.

Rival campaign song I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher entered at 35.

It was number one, in Scotland this week..Wouldn't waste my time, with the song. lol
http://www.officialcharts.com/scottish-singles-chart/

[Loki]

It was number one, in Scotland this week..Wouldn't waste my time, with the song. lol
http://www.officialcharts.com/scottish-singles-chart/

To be expected

[Graham]

To be expected

A've decided not to be so bad, offline also..

Was only a toddler when she was about.. My parents still managed to get a small council home, for us then, when I was born 1987.. Both lived in poor conditions before..

My mum hates her. I'll leave her to do the hating, not me. Not my generation.