Margaret Thatcher Statue London
1 paid for by an anonymous donor it was intended for a plinth among statues of former prime ministers of the united kingdom in the members lobby of the house of commons.
Margaret thatcher statue london. It was commissioned in 1998 from the sculptor neil simmons by the speaker s advisory committee on works of art. The statue is placed in the middle of a green in the middle of grantham after the police despite warnings from the police approved the request to be a target of political vandals. A controversial 300000 margaret thatcher statue will be erected in grantham after councillors approved the plan.
It was unveiled by the speaker of the house of commons michael martin on 21 february 2007. The statue of margaret thatcher in the guildhall london is a marble sculpture of margaret thatcher. The city of lincolnshire was born nearly 30 years after leaving downing street and agreed to honor its most famous daughter with the bronze statue which was originally in london.
The sculpture was originally designed to stand in a square close to the houses of parliament a sculpture of margaret thatcher that was turned down in london amid fears of it being vandalised could. Sixteen months after the controversial statue was. Boris johnson wants a statue of margaret thatcher boris johnson the mayor of london has said he would like a statue of margaret thatcher erected in the capital as senior servicemen suggest.
Margaret thatchers 300000 statue should still be erected in her home town say supporters despite fears that protestors could tear it down. Margaret thatcher to get hometown statue raised above vandals on a 10 foot plinth written by by tara john cnnlondon after being rejected in london over concerns about potential vandalism and. The 10ft monument to britains first female prime minister will be sited in st.
It was ordered in 2003 following a change in rules to allow the depiction of living prime ministers in parliament under certain conditions.