Maggie’s out ... Plans for Thatcher statue opposite UK parliament rejected
Plans for a statue of Margaret Thatcher to be erected opposite the British Parliament have been rejected.
A meeting of Westminster Council’s planning committee unanimously rejected the statue, which was to be placed in Parliament Square.
The one and a half-times life-size statue was to feature Baroness Thatcher dressed in her peers’ robes.
But councillors agreed this did not reflect her importance in history as a Prime Minister.
The meeting also said the statue should first receive approval from the Thatcher family before going ahead.
.@toryboypierce .@Kevin_Maguire You'll have to settle for the #Thatcher Mug .... Westminster Council have cancelled the statue! pic.twitter.com/4npIL2jqcc
— Maggie Aitch (@FreeBesieged) January 23, 2018
- Press Association
