A statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher was egged less than two hours after it was installed in her home town.
A protester threw eggs from behind a temporary fence surrounding the memorial, with a cry of “oi” heard after one hit part of the monument. The statue was lowered into place in Grantham, Lincolnshire, amid previous threats of “egg throwing” and was booed by passing motorists today (May 15).
In February 2019, a planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the £300,000 statue of the UK's first female Prime Minister – which was originally intended for Parliament Square in Westminster. Despite its unveiling being delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the statue was erected on a 10ft-high granite plinth this morning.
