The vast majority on the mainstream left managed to conduct themselves with some decorum today, Ed Miliband wore his morning suit, however it all got too much for one Thatcher-hater. Kevin Maguire’s Twitter timeline over the last week has been a textbook example of snide barrel-scraping bitterness:

Some flowers left outside House of Lords. For Mrs T? No cards twitpic.com/ci2s9c—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 09, 2013

Ken Livingstone giving the best political critiques of Thatcher—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 09, 2013

Glenda Jackson for Prime Minister—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 10, 2013

Surprised if Rupert Murdoch doesn't make the effort to go to Thatcher's funeral after all she did for him, and him for her—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 16, 2013

Thatcher gives an idea of what it's like to live in N Korea as we watch TV, listen to the radio and read some papers—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 17, 2013

No Nelson Mandela but F W de Klerk for Thatcher—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 17, 2013

Neglecting to note that Mandela’s daughter attended on behalf of her sick father.

Metropolitan Police estimate 37m mourners lined London streets for Thatcher's funeral. Only joking. It was 42m—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 17, 2013

If Mrs Thatcher made Britain so great why do her kids and grandkids all live abroad?—
Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) April 17, 2013

At least he can relax now.

See also:  Comrade Maguire’s Obsessive Maggie Death Fantasy

Click above to read the Screws’ 16-page pull out Maggie tribute they had prepared in the event of her death. Only for her to outlive them.

Via @DavidWooding

Guardian Witness, launched today, encourages readers to send in tips, stories, photos and videos straight to their newsdesk via a new app. As Guido readers have been been doing for this blog since the launch of our app last year.  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Free, faster and formatted for your phone.

The Android native app can be downloaded here. For all other devices you can download it here…

A mock-up of the ad Mirror bosses considered running following Maggie’s death, to remind readers “who’s on your side”. Well Maggie won more votes in every election than the side the Mirror backed against her every time. The way Mirror hacks have behaved over the last week shows a total lack of class, their hatred so great that they have been unable to resist any snide barb against her. Get over it, she beat you every time…

The Guardian’s effort was much more subtle…

However bad your Tuesday morning might be going, at least you’re not Guardian Special Projects editor Paul Lewis, who has been stuck in a lift for the last 45 minutes:

I am a stuck in an elevator with another guy. Engineers called. He just said: 'Dont worry, when the time comes, we'll decide who eats who.'—
Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) April 16, 2013

So the elevator engineer is on his way. No confirmation on when he or she will arrive. Anyone got any suggestions?—
Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) April 16, 2013

Tried to force open the doors. Didn't work. Security says lift engineer calls going to voicemail. Main thing I want is water.—
Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) April 16, 2013

Me and my stuck in a lift companion now discussing our chances of survival if the cables break. Three floors beneath us.—
Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) April 16, 2013

Guido looks forward to Reading the Elevator: a data-driven study into the causes and consequences of why the lift broke down…

Former Times editor James Harding is the new BBC director of news. The fact that the Beeb’s news team got scooped by the Speccie on the identity of their own new boss sums up the challenge Harding faces.

Now about that whole Nightjack thing…

ConservativeHome have bolstered their ranks following the departure of Tim Montgomerie. Mark Wallace, best known for his excellent TV appearances at the TPA and IOD and as the blogger behind CrashBangWallace, joins as Executive Editor. As expected Paul Goodman is Editor. Boris biographer Andrew Gimson is appointed Contributing Editor, and Iain Dale now has a weekly diary. At last some new competition…

Today’s Guido column in The Sun tells you:

• The crazy and kinky items confiscated by the police in Parliament.
• The Cabinet’s recess holiday destinations.
• Why the LibDem’s newbie MP is struggling.
• Who is Downing Street’s answer to Alan Partridge?
• Who is Damian McBride’s surprising new Tory drinking buddy?
• Maggie-tastic tributes and memories.

Only in Guido’s Sun on Sunday, column just 60p. Politics for the many, not the few…

David Leigh, the Guardian’s ‘public interest’ phone-hacker in chief, is retiring to spend more time with his two phones. Guido never got that apology for Leigh’s less than polite untruths back in 2011. That awkward admission in full:

“There is certainly a voyeuristic thrill in hearing another person’s private messages… unlike the News of the World, I was not paying a private detective to routinely help me with circulation-boosting snippets. That is my defence, when I try to explain newspaper methods to my current university journalism students, and some of whom are rather shocked.”

Send in the clowns…

Following sterling work from the Intern Aware team, HMRC are now investigating 100 companies for illegally using unpaid interns. Guido wonders whether the likes of the New Statesman, Left Foot Forward, Political Scrapbook or PoliticsHome are on the list. Not to mention the host of MPs currently advertising for unpaid positions. The net is closing…