I am Welsh.
I lived in Wales through much of Maggie’s time in power, I saw the hardship…I also remember the dark times before Maggie came into power.
Despite that, I cannot celebrate or rejoice the death of another human being.
She was a mother, a grandmother, a friend and her life was not just those years in power. Anyone who doubts that just has to watch her children and her grandchildren at the service, her daughter biting her lip and holding back tears and her grandson’s shoulders heaving as he composes himself in grief, both with the world watching. I imagine what it would be like if people had protested at the funeral of my mother, how I would feel, and my heart goes out to her family. There are real human beings involved, this is their time to grieve the woman they knew away from politics; let them do it in peace.