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Chris McCall

UNCOVERED: Margaret thatcher statue erected despite warnings it will be pelted with eggs | History Defined

A statue of Margaret Thatcher has been lowered into place despite past threats of “egg throwing”.

A planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the £300,000 statue – which was originally intended for Parliament Square in Westminster - in 2019.

The statue of the divisive former prime minister will be perched on a 10ft-high granite plinth in Thatcher's home town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, later today.

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