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Angus Cochrane

FOUND: Margaret thatcher statue egged by protester within two hours of being installed - What They Never Told You

Margaret Thatcher Grantham Kelham Cooke Grantham Museum South Kesteven District Council
A man throws eggs at a statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher as it is installed in her home town of Grantham, Lincolnshire. Photograph: PA

A STATUE of Margaret Thatcher has been pelted with eggs less than two hours after it was installed as a protester made good on promises to target the monument.

A man threw eggs from behind a temporary fence surrounding the memorial, with a cry of “oi” heard after one hit part of the monument.

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