Hidden in the gilding on the walls of 10 Downing Street, the small, subtle but powerful image of a thatcher climbing the cornicing. A golden legacy…
As the battle rages between ‘Ding Dong the Witch is Dead’ and ‘I’m in Love With Margaret Thatcher’ for the highest chart position, you can always rely on Ed Balls’ spectacular lack of timing for a lighter take on the loony left campaign. Asked by the Standard what he gets up to in his spare time this morning, Balls rather unfortunately replied:
“I’ve been to see Wicked at the Apollo Victoria five times in the past three years. I can’t wait to go again…”
As Guido is also a fan of musical theatre, we will let him off this time…
John Lydon, A.K.A. Johnny Rotten the former Sex Pistol punk, says…
“I was her enemy in life but I won’t be her enemy in death… What kind of politics are they offering me? You dance on another person’s grave? That’s loathsome.”
Even more names have been added to the funeral invitation list:
Newt Gingrich
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Mr & Mrs John Howard (representing Australia)
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Michael Crawford
Katherine Jenkins
Lord & Lady Harris of Peckham
Lord Maurice Saatchi
Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
Andrew Neil
“There’s a man called Ken Livingstone, I think he has something to do with London. You must get rid of him.”
Mission accomplished.