Tory Students Petition for a 250 foot statue of Thatcher

[The Nihilistic view]

Fucking yes. About time a union did something stupidly right wing for a change!

[Trolldierstan]

Building a 250 foot statue of anyone, really, is like dumping ten entire cases full of thousand dollar bills into a furnace.

This is a terrible idea.

[Costa Fierro]

They should build it in the Falklands.

[Stoic Melancholics]

They should build it in the Falklands.

Better yet, Buenos Aires.

[Fartsniffage]

They should build it in the Falklands.

If you're doing that then it should be one foot on the Falklands and one on South Georgia......and she should be a true Scotsman under her skirt....

[Costa Fierro]

They should build it in the Falklands.

If you're doing that then it should be one foot on the Falklands and one on South Georgia......and she should be a true Scotsman under her skirt....

Well most Argentinians would agree she's a cunt anyway.

[Cetacea]

On an unrelated note, there are universities with night clubs???????

all the Universities I went to(3) had nightclubs

and this is definitely students taking the piss

[The Wolven League]

I fully support this iniative, but I believe that before any tax Pounds are wasted, the students should set up a collection for the statue themselves. That's what they did for the Statue of Liberty!

If they want that statue so bad, they'd better be willing to pay for themselves. It's what Thatcher would have wanted.

I'm gonna build a monument, and I'm gonna make the Kentish pay for it!

[New confederate ramenia]

If you're doing that then it should be one foot on the Falklands and one on South Georgia......and she should be a true Scotsman under her skirt....

Well most Argentinians would agree she's a cunt anyway.

Argentines*

[The Two Jerseys]

Apparently this entire thing was supposed to be deliberately absurd to make a point about... something.

What was the point?

They were making a point about how ridiculous the petition system is, and apparently they decided to run with it just for the laughs.

[Ermarian]

I can just see the Reagan fanboys going "hmmmmmmm...".

[Eol Sha]

Made out of iron? It'll look like the damn thing is covered in blood every time it rains. Which I'm sure some will find appropriate.

The Scots will have a riot.

Seriously, though, iron? I get the symbolism, but just make the damn thing out of granite or marble.

The last time this matter was debated in the Union, the specifications called for the statue to be made of highly polished bronze in order to reflect the sun across the English channel to impede the vision of French sailors attempting to cross.

I know there's a stereotype that conservatives are dicks, but seriously? Really? If ever there were a time to prove a stereotype correct this would have been it.

Kyprianou’s vision favours constructing the statue from iron rather than bronze, although a provision is included for a 30 foot tall bronze handbag to provide the dazzling reflective effect.

Sorry. This will be it. If ever there were a time to prove a stereotype correct this will be it.

[Risottia]

So this happened.

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A petition calling for the construction of a 250 foot (76.2 metre) iron statue of Margaret Thatcher has been approved by Kent Union to go through to the next stage of student consultation.

The petition states that: “The signatories call for the construction of a 250 foot (76.2 metre) Iron statue of the Iron Lady – Margaret Thatcher, that would then be placed on Campus.

“The statue would be built in the Graeco-Roman style and its design inspired by the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the original seven wonders of the world).

“The statue would be placed on a 50 foot (15-metre) high white marble pedestal in the square across from the Universities nightclub, The Venue.”

And who's supposed to pay for that? The public coffers? The college coffers?

Hm.

[The Wolven League]

So this happened.

...
A petition calling for the construction of a 250 foot (76.2 metre) iron statue of Margaret Thatcher has been approved by Kent Union to go through to the next stage of student consultation.

The petition states that: “The signatories call for the construction of a 250 foot (76.2 metre) Iron statue of the Iron Lady – Margaret Thatcher, that would then be placed on Campus.

“The statue would be built in the Graeco-Roman style and its design inspired by the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the original seven wonders of the world).

“The statue would be placed on a 50 foot (15-metre) high white marble pedestal in the square across from the Universities nightclub, The Venue.”

And who's supposed to pay for that? The public coffers? The college coffers?

Hm.

The UN. Because Thatcher was very well-renowned for her compassion, benevolence, and humanitarianism.

[Fartsniffage]

[The Scots will have a riot.

Seriously, though, iron? I get the symbolism, but just make the damn thing out of granite or marble.

Yes, because nothing would please the Scots more than the English quarrying away half of Ben Nevis to build a statue of Thatcher.....

[Lipnitia]

I wonder if Argentinian news stations already picked this up

[Eol Sha]

[The Scots will have a riot.

Seriously, though, iron? I get the symbolism, but just make the damn thing out of granite or marble.

Yes, because nothing would please the Scots more than the English quarrying away half of Ben Nevis to build a statue of Thatcher.....

Well, if you're going to build a Thatcher statue, you might as well rub it in. Think of it as pouring the contents of a salt shaker into a gaping thigh wound.

[San Lumen]

Thatcher should have a monument of some sort but perhaps in London not her hometown. How many capital cities have statues or monuments of female politicians? Ottawa is the only one i can think of.

[Fartsniffage]

Thatcher should have a monument of some sort but perhaps in London not her hometown. How many capital cities have statues or monuments of female politicians? Ottawa is the only one i can think of.

You mean kinda like this?

[Risottia]

Thatcher should have a monument of some sort but perhaps in London not her hometown. How many capital cities have statues or monuments of female politicians? Ottawa is the only one i can think of.

Vienna.

Sankt Petersburg (it was a capital).

Paris.

Berlin.

Just a few.

[Vissegaard]

I think Thatcher deserves an iron statue in England and one made of guano in the Falklands.

[Ethel mermania]

They have got to be taking the piss.

They said in the article they did it to highlight the problems of the petition system.

But that said Britain does need a statue larger than the statue of liberty facing France with a 30 foot bronze handbag. Because nothing looks as marshal and intimating as a giant woman with an oversized purse.


I support.

Edit: maybe we can get John Cleese in drag to pose.

[Savoy-Habsburg]

Thatcher's statue? That's the most absurd thing I heard since long....

[Empire of Symphonia]

This is pretty funny to say the least. But hey, gotta let some people try to put their fantasies into reality.

[Ifreann]

Thatcher's statue? That's the most absurd thing I heard since long....

Thatchue.