{"id":1853,"date":"2013-04-09T02:41:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T02:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/brixton-londoners-party-over-thatchers-death\/"},"modified":"2013-04-09T02:41:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T02:41:11","slug":"brixton-londoners-party-over-thatchers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/brixton-londoners-party-over-thatchers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Brixton Londoners party over Thatcher\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds of people on Monday took to the main square in Brixton, an area of south London which suffered serious rioting in the 1980s, to celebrate the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n
Holding notices saying “Rejoice — Thatcher is dead”, around 200 people gathered in the neighbourhood, a hotspot of alternative culture, and toasted her passing by drinking and dancing to hip-hop and reggae songs blaring from sound systems.<\/p>\n
“I’m very, very pleased. She did so much damage to this country,” said one man brandishing an original newspaper billboard from 1990 announcing Thatcher’s resignation.<\/p>\n
Others scrawled “Good Riddance” on the pavement.<\/p>\n