For me, criticism is a reaction to the general tide of *public* adulation that seems to follow the death of someone notable. In the case of George Best, who I guess is who has prompted this, people only started lining up to praise him once he was dead/about to die. He was a convicted criminal and wife beater (not sure if he was ever convicted of domestic violence), yet he's getting a funeral service in Stormont Castle - a very important public building - thanks to the wave of positive sentiments that followed his death.

When Thatcher dies, we will inevitable see a similar outpouring of praise for all the things she achieved - why should all the people who hated what she did or what she stood for have to sit there and listen to it in silence?