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Sixteen arrests after Thatcher death party
  Date  April 15, 2013 - 2:08AM 
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"Old and young turned out last night to mark the former prime minister's death 
in a "celebration" that was many years in the planning". Photo: AFP

Sixteen people are in police custody after hundreds of demonstrators gathered 
at a London landmark to protest against Margaret Thatcher's legacy and mark her 
death with a party.

Metropolitan Police officers made the arrests - mostly for drunk and disorderly 
conduct - in the early hours of Sunday as crowds revelled in Trafalgar Square, 
Whitehall and surrounding streets.

Those arrested are aged between 18 and 44 and remain at a central London police 
station.

Of those arrested, eight suspects were taken into custody for being drunk and 
disorderly and two were arrested for assaulting officers.

Union members from across the UK, who had fierce battles with Thatcher in the 
1980s, rubbed shoulders with those demonstrating against today's welfare cuts.

Old and young turned out last night to mark the former prime minister's death 
in a "celebration" that was many years in the planning.

Despite the depth of feeling and a large police presence, there was no serious 
trouble.

A police spokesman said the last of the protesters left Trafalgar Square about 
2am and there were no reports of any damage to property.

During the protest people drank cider and champagne, waving sparklers and 
letting off party poppers - and they chanted slogans about Thatcher, who died 
at The Ritz hotel on Monday.

Members of the National Union of Mineworkers travelled to the capital from 
northeast England, with others joining them from Scotland and Wales.

UK Uncut members, protesting about welfare cuts, also joined the demonstration.

One protester, drinking from a mug that read "I still hate Thatcher", said the 
event - initially planned by now defunct anarchist group Class War - had been 
years in the planning.

The 49-year-old, who gave his name only as Steve, said: "I was here during the 
Poll Tax riot in the 1990s."

"I've come from Brighton to be here today," he said.

"I believe it's something not to be celebrated, but something that needs to be 
marked in history."

Former miner Dave Douglas from Newcastle, part of the delegation from the 
miners' union, said Thatcher was a "terrible woman".

"We're absolutely furious at this image that is being presented on television, 
that the whole country is in mourning," he said.

"In the north of England, in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands, people are 
celebrating the fact she's gone because we don't support what she did to our 
community, our industry and our unions."

PA 


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