In Bristol six officers were injured as they tried to break up a gathering of around 200 people and were pelted with bottles and cans. One officer remains in hospital and one person was arrested for violent disorder.
In Brixton smashed widows and looting of shops was reported as two women were arrested on suspicion of burglary.
More than 100 people gathered in south London suburb – the scene of fierce riots in 1981 just two years into her first time in office. Some scaled the nearby Ritzy Cinema and changed the film listings to read “Margaret Thatchers dead.
Pictures of anti-Thatcher graffiti scrawled on walls in Brixton also appeared on Twitter, with one reading: “You snatched my milk! & our hope” and there were reports of windows being smashed and shops looted.
Some were carrying banners, with one saying: “Rejoice, Thatcher is dead.”
They also opened champagne and cheered, shouting: “Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, dead, dead, dead.” One shouted: “Free milk for all.”
During the “party” a green smoke bomb was held in the air by one member of the crowd and a firework was set off.
Footage shows police in riot helmets tussling with the crowd as several missiles are thrown. Two women were arrested on suspicion of burglary.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “In order to protect the community and ensure the highways remained clear extra officers were deployed.”
There were performances by musicians including a rendition of the tune dubbed the Bedroom Tax Song called You Cannae Have A Spare Room In A Pokey Cooncil Flat by Alan Smart which has received more than 130,000 views on YouTube.
Local councillor Alex Bigham condemned the celebrations as “disgraceful”, adding: “Even if you detested her policies, many of which I did, it is tasteless posturing.”
A crowd of 300 people also assembled in Glasgow’s George Square where in 1989 protests to the introduction of the former prime minister’s poll tax took place.
Some wore party hats and launched streamers into the air while a bottle of champagne was opened with a toast to the demise of Baroness Thatcher.
Members of various organisations including the Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, the Socialist Working Party, the International Socialist Group, were joined by members of the public to mark the occasion.
Anti-capitalist campaigners shouted from loudspeakers, “Maggie, Maggie, Maggie” as the crowd replied “dead, dead, dead”.
Crowds gathered from 5pm yesterday despite a statement from Glasgow City Council discouraging anyone from attending the event which was organised over social media.
Within minutes of the announcement of the death of the former prime minister a call was made for a demo in Glasgow’s city centre.
Bryan Simpson, 24, who is a member of executive council for Unite the Union created the Facebook event page, Thatcher’s Deed – Party in George Square – Tonight!
More than 1,000 people said they would attend via the social networking site, with a number of people referring to the stroke that killed her as “a stroke of good luck”.
There were four other similar event pages created via Facebook calling people to attend the “death party”.
There has been preparation for the day Margaret Thatcher died for many years. Martin Chomsky, the lead singer of Chomsky Allstars, penned the song So Long Margaret Thatcher a number of years ago.
He performed the song in George Square last night. He said: “There are mixed emotions. I was never brought up to celebrate anyone’s death but the pain she brought to Latin America, Europe and around the world should be remembered.
“I would rather that Thatcherism was dead because she is mostly to blame for what is going on today. She is responsible, but not solely, for the massive gap between the rich and the poor.”
Angela McCormick, a socialist from Glasgow, said: “I’m here for a generation that didn’t have a future when they left school and didn’t have jobs. I’m here for the members of my family who have been devastated by the economic policies or the economic crimes of Margaret Thatcher in the 80s in Glasgow.
“She started with saying ‘it’s all about individuals there’s no such thing as society’ and now Cameron is saying there’s no such thing as welfare. This isn’t nostalgia, this is a fight for our lives and many of us feel fortunate to have survived Thatcherism and we’re telling David Cameron right now, we’ll survive him just like we put an end to Thatcher.”
When asked if she thought it was appropriate to celebrate Baroness Thatcher’s death, Ms McCormick said: “It’s not right and appropriate to wage war on the poor, to channel thousands and millions of pounds into making the rich richer and expect ordinary people to lie down and roll over and put up with it. She was inappropriate, her killing and murder has put blood on her hands and that’s why it’s appropriate to be here today.”
Chief Inspector Mark Jackson, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: “We were called to Chelsea Road, Easton at around 12.30am today.
“Around 200 people had gathered to have a street party and refused police requests to peacefully disperse.
“Bottles and cans were thrown at officers, six of whom suffered injuries. One remains in hospital. A police vehicle was damaged and one person was arrested for violent disorder.
“Some small bin fires were also started and the fire service also attended.”
Haha! Awesome!
This is what will happen in the U.S. when Obama and Hitlery and Biden are gone.
And the Bush-s and Dick “FIVE DEFERMENTS” Cheney, and the NEO-Jew-cons
May they burn together —
Thatcher- http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2013/04/margaret-thatchers-criminal-legacy.html
I never understand why people think Reagan was a great conservative? He was one of the ANTI-cons aka neocons. Reagan started us on the slide of debt-death, preferring to use “credit cards” to hide his excess spending and shove the inflation/debt onto coming generations. Reagan waged war on the Working People of America (1)Launching the war with his attack on unionization, firing the air-traffic controllers and (2) Introducing the concepts of low paid part-time and contract workers. Remember how Henry Ford introduced the concept that if you paid your people enough money, they would/could buy the products they were building? Well Reagan destroyed that concept, and brought us HERE, to THIS economic crash. Reagan was no “hero” who destroyed Communism. Reagan was a coward who HID the fact that the USSR was dead on it’s feet and collapsing. Reagan created fear in the People to get support for a wasteful looting of the Public Treasury by the Military Industrial Thieves. Finally, Reagan, the week after leaving office, ran over to Japan to collect at LEAST $6MILLION in “speaking fees” which was a nice term for BRIBE for keeping our markets open to the Japanese, and thus SELLING OUT American Workers. No, Reagan was not a great man, he was a Low Life Credit Card spendthrift.
And another thing — america became a war mongering state on the day that an all volunteer military (another Reagan screwup) became a reality, in the aftermath of the VN war. Thus ensuring more riches for the WAR PROFITEERS
The four biggest liars w.r.t. the economy over the past 32 years are Reagan, Greenspan, GW Bush and Bernanke. They are the most responsible for the current economic problems because the consumption-debt build up took off in mid-1980s and continues to this day primarily because of bad tax policies.
Thatcher- http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2013/04/margaret-thatchers-criminal-legacy.html
Since 1981 — “don’t tax and spend, just borrow and spend”, the “Reagan Revolution” borrowed most of it during so-called “good times,” and on a scale once reserved for the rare Keynesian stimulus needed to combat serious recession. Thus, now that we’re in a deep recession, when we can least afford our federal government has borrowed and spent way too much. Even worse, we find ourselves at an unprecedented level of indebtedness (comparable, in terms of GDP, to the entire cost of World War
I hope that jew loving whore died a horrible, painful, slow death. Anybody who supports Nazi Israhell deserves a slow, horrible and extremely painful death. May the bitch, and her entire blood line, burn with Reagan. I can’t wait to have a celebration here when our Nazis are dead!
There should be some interesting songs at the football matches this week and in the future.
I would think that Glasgow Celtic fans will get very creative as they usually do.
This could be one of the few times when rival fans join in to sing together all over the UK.
A favourite song is The Merry Ploughboy which goes – “we’re off to Dublin, in the green – F*** The Queen – with the helmets glistening in the sun – “F*** her son” – where the bayonets slash, the orange sash – to the echo of the Thomson gun.
I am sure they will come up with something for the Iron Lady – may she rust in peace.