Some Brits have no respect for the late Iron Lady

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

BBC in hot seat as anti-Thatcher song climbs chart

LONDON (AP) — Opponents of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies.

By Friday the online campaign had propelled the "Wizard of Oz" song to No. 1 on British iTunes and into the top five of the music chart used by the BBC to compile its weekly radio countdown.

David Karpf, who studies online campaigns, said the chart battle was an example of a new kind of protest enabled by social media — "A way for people to signal protest en masse without shouting from the rooftops."

"It's a form of symbolic protest," he said.

The unusual campaign has caused a headache for the BBC. With the ditty near the top of the charts, the broadcaster faced the prospect of airing the words "The Wicked Witch is Dead!" on its Sunday countdown show, just days before Thatcher's funeral, scheduled for Wednesday.

Some lawmakers from Thatcher's Conservative Party had called for the publicly funded broadcaster to drop the song, while others warned that such a move would mean censoring a form of dissent.

The BBC, caught between allegations of censorship and complaints about poor taste, split the difference, saying it would broadcast only part of the tune — along with a news item explaining why it was there.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20130412/EU--Britain-Thatcher.Song/

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Some Brits have no respect for the late Iron Lady

The Iron Lady had no respect for a lot of Brits. Karma is a b!tch, isn't it?

[Póg mo 1,749]

You got to love the British sense of humour!

[himher 634]

Good thing their version of whatever SNL is didn't target her. If you wanna play you gotta have thick skin.

[Pooky 3,844]

Good thing their version of whatever SNL is didn't target her. If you wanna play you gotta have thick skin.

So you've never heard of Spitting Image, then?

[himher 634]

So you've never heard of Spitting Image, then?

I have now. Thanks for the laugh