The rude word has since been removed from the statue, which cost £300,000 and was unveiled in May 2022.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12878654

A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

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Its installation was controversial and it has been egged and spat on – with some jokers even marking the statue as a public toilet on Google Maps.

  • @[email protected]English
    76•7 months ago

    Cool. Crime but who cares.

    Now the important question. Who the fuck paid 300k for a statue of her.

    If public funds were involved. That’s a fucking hanging offence.

    If not. Tut tut typical sign of tory refusal to invest in mental health.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•7 months ago

        Yeah but when you shift in a public toilet. It takes it away.

        So unless they gave they statue a realistic digestive tract.

        Its a useless waste.

  • @[email protected]
    55•7 months ago

    That lady (the pensioner, not Thatcher) deserves either a rise in her state pension and/or a New Year honour, perhaps a Baroness…?

    • 7heo
      7•7 months ago

      Definitely more probable than ‘boobies’

    • @[email protected]
      3•7 months ago

      The image shows it ending with |D. Options:

      B***ID
      B***HD
      B***ND
      B***AD

      The shape of the | means I think these are unlikely: B***WD
      B***MD
      B***JD
      B***VD

      If the picture and number of stars are both accurate, and I’m reading it correctly, then I’m at a loss.

      BEHIND wouldn’t be censored, I assume, but who idk. British sweating is different than Canadian. You can say “fuck” on TV but not “bloody hell”, so there’s probably something there in missing.

  • LerajeEnglish
    17•7 months ago

    Not all heroes use zimmer frames. But some do.

  • FlaxEnglish
    15•7 months ago

    Would love to be a pensioner able to do petty crime with little repurcussions

  • @[email protected]
    12•7 months ago

    From the article:

    A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

    Then the photo shows the word ending in a D

    So what’s the word? Blowhard? Behead? Bedraggled?

    What did the pensioner say?

  • Teon
    5•7 months ago

    Someone mail her more spray paint.
    Better yet, have 20 gallons of magenta paint delivered to her.
    We must encourage this new genre of art!