What I find very sad is the number of people who have held onto this level of hatred for this woman who was required to step down from politics over two decades ago.

What is also very sad is the number of people who have kept so many false claims going to justify hanging on to their grievances and who refuse to find out the true facts about what she may or may not have said or done.

I think it was only a year or so ago that papers were released which showed that she did not set out with an agenda to finish off the Unions.

Even more telling are the number of people who were affected by the actions at the time of Unions who were all too well aware, and very unhappy about, the way those such as Arthur Scargill whipped up fervour against the Govt for their own agenda.  Those who quite callously were prepared to see people lose their livelihoods, their homes, their families - those who's own homes and life-long income and pensions were assured.

What did they do to help those communities that did suffer in the end?  Seriously - WHAT did those leaders go on to do for those communities?  Nothing - they used and then dumped them.

It has been very interesting to listen to the 'ordinary' people as well as politicians from all sides at the time, talking about what they knew. 

Whilst I don't agree with a lot of what she, and her Cabine,t did at the time and that has shaped our society not necessarily for the best, she was a very straight politician, the likes of which we have had since.

The facts about her insistence on reducing unnecessary expenditure on such things as flights to Europe for EU meetings, and the minimum staffing are there for anyone to check.  Her insistence on paying for her own expenses out of her own pocket - all there to be seen.

Since then, we've had one Govt after another mired in sleaze, lies, and not just failure to change things, but a complete greediness to capitalize on and benefit from those changes made under her leadership.

Her passing is not going to wipe out the years of lying and cheating since she left office.; nor the number of politicians who had an eye for the main chance to profit on their power and connections.

So, to keep bashing on about the miners, the closures etc as though she was still doing it for over 20 years after she resigned, is just pointless clinging to an old broken mind-set that does nothing for anyone.

So, although she had been gone from politics a long long time ago, she hasnow finally gone from life.

Has anything actually changed to make our lives better or worse for that?

No.

She is being accorded the funeral that has been decided for her achievements which are all too often forgotten.

In this case, the only 'evil' that she is deemed to have committed to 'live after' her is totally mis-associated - vent your ire on Scargill and those who had mismanged so many public companies for that.

She did a lot of good and that will be 'interred with her bones'.

To hold parties and encourage others to celebrate, to go out of one's way to vilify someone who worked hard for their country and as honestly as they believed they were doing, reflects far far worse on those who revel in the squalid limelight of their own miasma, than it could ever say about her.

I repeat - I did not agree with a lot of what she did, I do not like a lot of the legacy her changes have left us with - but then I completely despise those who went on to deliberately profit by bending those changes to their own rules, to practice deceit, to dissemble, to bring far worse shame and troubles to this country.

They've all had the opportunity to 'put things right' - all those you have voted for since - and not one of them has done so.

No-one is perfect - she made mistakes - she could not share the same goals and paths that everyone could. But she was as true to a country as anyone could ever hope for and she served it well.

For that reason, she deserves at least some respect in passing.