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Margaret Thatcher's funeral

I've just got back from Margaret Thatcher's funeral at St Paul's.  A rather stiff, solemn, ever-so-British occasion, I thought the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, spoke extremely well.

The music was wonderful and the voices around me rose to the occasion.

But for me, the really moving moment came at the end.

As the great church doors were opened, the military pall-bearers carried the coffin down the steps.  There then wafted into the church, over the heads of the assembled grandees, this great roar of appreciation and applause from the crowd outside.  The authentic voice of England, expressing its gratitude to the great lady.  

It made me, standing there in a suit, want to join in and shout out my approval and say "thank you" to the greatest leader this country has had since Churchill.

Thank you, Mrs Thatcher for saving this country. 

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