Saturday, 13 April 2013

SALMAN RUSHDIE'S THE SATANIC VERSES AND MAGGIE THE BITCH'

Margaret Thatcher tax shock: £12m mansion where she saw out her days registered in TAX HAVEN

An expert said: “It's strange that the most British of prime ministers enjoyed the benefits of a property registered in the British Virgin Islands"
This lady's not for taxing: Questions raised over Thatcher fortune
This lady's not for taxing: Questions raised over Thatcher fortune
Flag-waving former PM Margaret Thatcher may have avoided millions in inheritance tax by keeping a chunk of her fortune offshore.
A copy of Tory Baroness Thatcher’s will shows she left a £4.7million estate to be shared among family members.
But the £12million Central London mansion where the Iron Lady spent the last years of her life is owned by an anonymous trust registered in the British Virgin Islands – a ­notorious tax haven.
Through this arrangement she could have avoided up to £5million in inheritance tax – the 40% that would have been due if it was owned by a UK individual.
In the will, made in 1997, Thatcher intended to leave £1million to husband Sir Denis, but he died in 2003 – 10 years before her. Instead, her estate is split between her family, with a third each going to her twins Mark and Carol, and the remaining third shared by her grandchildren when they reach 25.
Expert Richard Murphy, of Tax Research, said: “It has always been strange that Margaret Thatcher, that most British of prime ministers, enjoyed the benefits of a property registered in the British Virgin Islands.
"It is possible that Denis Thatcher set up the trust or other offshore arrangements in order to save tax.”
Ex-Tory leader Thatcher died in April aged 87 following a stroke and had her ­ceremonial funeral funded by the taxpayer.
Papers linked to her will state “the gross value of the estate in the United Kingdom amounts to £4,768,795”. But it does not appear to include the Belgravia mansion, valued at £12.4million by Zoopla.
The house was bought in 1991 by Bakeland Property Limited, an anonymous offshore trust in Jersey, on a 64-year lease. It was sub-leased to a firm of the same name based in the British Virgin Islands.
It is not known who the beneficiaries of Bakeland are. If Thatcher had owned shares in it when she died, inheritance tax would have been due on their value.
Lawyer Andrew Kidd, of Clintons, said: “The shares in the BVI company would be included in Baroness Thatcher’s estate, and subject to UK inheritance tax, in so far as they were in her ownership.”
Thatcher’s financial advisors refused in 2002 to explain why she did not appear to own her own house, and stated: “No one’s going to tell you about that.”

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 "‘The bitch is dead.’" 
"‘Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead’" 
 SALMAN RUSHDIE'S THE SATANIC VERSES AND "MAGGIE THE BITCH"

From
The Satanic Verses unexpurgated
by Ahmad Deedat
  
"THE IRON LADY
My wife (Deedat's) has a special liking for Mrs. Margaret Thatcher. She cannot explain. She does not understand her politics. Perhaps it is the clarity of her voice and forceful speeches that attract her to the "Iron Lady".
 
Islam forbids the giving of offensive nick-names to anybody . I take it that Iron Lady is not offensive. If it is, my apologies. I owe Mrs. Thatcher nothing. But my wife and I were offended on learning that beside disparaging her successful economic policies with obscenities, (Refer earlier pages ). Now he (SALMAN RUSHDIE)  makes his character to say -

 "'I'M TALKING- ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHO,' VALANCE EXPLAINED HELPFULLY. 'TORTURE. MAGGIE THE BITCH." TSV p.269.
 
Mickey Rourke (p.8) used only a four letter word for Mrs. Thatcher's POLICIES and Britain was incensed, but when Rushdie applies a five letter title (B-I-T-C-H), it become Kosher(@) Halaal, Permissible! Strange. Oh British, how did Rushdie bewitch you with b-i-t-c-h? 

With Pages the Combinations from Letters The Satanic Verses


A "FUCKING A."........245
.."FUCKING ALLIES"....269
.."FUCKING AMERICANS".280
.."FUCKING ARGENTINA".268
B "FUCKING BEATLES"...163
.."FUCKING BEDPAN"....169
C "FUCKING CLASS".....270
.."FUCKING CREEP".....178
.."FUCKING CLOWNS"....101
.."FUCKING COMMANDOS"..80
D "FUCKING DIFF?".....262
.."FUCKING DYNASTY"...265
.."FUCKING DOGS"......410
.."FUCKING DREAMS"....122
E "ENJOY FUCKING".....149
G "FUCKING GUITAR"....269
H "FUCKING HORNY".....158
.."FUCKING HELLHC)LE".180
I "FUCKING IDIOT".....526
 
please forgive me, if it is getting too boring. Here is a little variation -
 
FUCKING TANK.........\
FUCKING PEE AITCH DEE.\
FUCKING COUNTRY........\ All this from a
FUCKING LIFE.........../ single page 268 TSV
FUCKING NATION......../
THE BASTARDS........./
Why you enjoy fucking with this one. p.149
You are fucking my woman p.207
Don't holy men ever fuck? p.278
God's own permission to fuck p.386
 
I have had enough of this "fucking shit" (words borrowed from Satanic Salman) let me end with a last bit "WILD DONKEYS FUCKING WEARILY AND DROPPING DEAD STILL CONJOINED" (page 479 TSV)
 
Dear reader, if any pervert, dolt or dullard protests that the foregoing quotations are out of context, then obtain the text (Satanic Salman's Satanic Verses).If you already have it then please buy three high-lighters- red, yellow and green, and go to town in colour coding Rushdie's shit. RED for all the "fuck" and "fucking" words. YELLOW for all the Hindi exotic words, like "bahenchud", "yaar," "haramzada," etc. And GREEN for quotable verses I'll refer you to them later."
 
End of quotation

"1) Rushdie happens to be the only Writer who has got away with an honor of knight due to his mocking and abusing the stalwarts of England, including her highness the Queen of England and the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as well as the entire Londoners. Lets  see how Sir Salman has honored Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth of England.

One of his character (seeming to be himself) dreams that “ he has been making love to the Queen” On page 169 he says through one of his character “chamcha” he dreamed of making love to the Queen and addresses it as “the moon of his delight”

On page 1, in half para Sir Salman uses the f—k four times for the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
On page 269 he bestows various titles on Maggie like “Maggie the Bitch, Maggie torture(Thatcher)”  On Page 80 He honors the British by the noble English word “ f——king class”

2) Sir Salman Rushdie has also been rewarded for the language that he has used, a beauty in its own way a true master piece in English literature. Let me share a few master words and sentences from  Sir Salman’s “Satanic Verses”

Wild donkeys f——-g page 479 addressing the white men

There are also spicy Indian words from the vocabulary of Mumbai gutters. The most notable among them “chutiya” (one who has been popped out of vagina). Believe me Salman has used these words to the address the British. These noble words are used no less then 60 times in the entire book. May be it is unique for the English literature. I don’t know if they are accommodated in the syllabus of schools  He has used the word F—k 52 times in his book and on page 280, he has used this for the Americans.

An award indeed, to the most deserving one from the most deserving  part of the world. Knight hood is the Highest honor from the British for being honored in  his book ” satanic verses “.
If the West can pay 8oo million dollars advance to Sir Salman to abuse them in any way he wants to, then knighthood is indeed a small honor as compared to it. Isn’t it?

The Author Nisaar Yusuf is a speaker and a trainer in Interfaith dialogues and invites people to look into Islam in an honorable manner. He can be reached at  nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com

End of quotation


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The flames of hatred: 30 years of loathing for Baroness Thatcher explodes in celebrations of her death. Will funeral now be targeted?

  • Violence erupts at death parties across UK as Left marks her death
  • Six officers injured in Bristol and Barnardos shop smashed in Brixton
  • Glasgow, Liverpool and Derry were also the scene of the Left's parties
  • More parties are now being planned for funeral date of next Wednesday
By James Chapman, Michael Seamark, Chris Greenwood, Lucy Osborne and Jill Reilly
PUBLISHED: 08:58, 9 April 2013 | UPDATED: 22:57, 9 April 2013

On a blazing street, bloodied youths mill around police with riot shields.
With such disgraceful scenes yesterday, the Left marked the passing of Baroness Thatcher.

Violence erupted at ‘death parties’ across the country. Six officers were injured in the early hours at the one pictured below, in Bristol. 

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Macabre:
Macabre: Hundreds took to the streets as 'Thatcher death parties' were held late into the night across the country, organised by critics. A man is seen with a bleeding head in Bristol after a street party

Joyous: People in Liverpool were clearly happy with the death of Margaret Thatcher, as they took to the streets on Monday night, lights flares and setting off fireworks outside Lime Street Station
Joyous: People in Liverpool were clearly happy with the death of Margaret Thatcher, as they took to the streets on Monday night, lights flares and setting off fireworks outside Lime Street Station

Aggression: Police grapple with a protestor as the celebrations became more heated. There were reports that bottles were thrown at police wearing helmets
Aggression: In Brixton, south London, police grapple with a protestor as the celebrations became more heated. There were reports that bottles were thrown at police wearing helmets
Disappointing: A Democratic Unionist member of the Stormont assembly Jonathan Bell described parties organised in Derry and Belfast as 'disappointing and disgusting'
Disappointing: A Democratic Unionist member of the Stormont assembly Jonathan Bell described parties organised in Derry and Belfast as 'disappointing and disgusting'
Young voices: Four girls hold banners reading 'Rejoice! Rejoice' during a celebration of the death of Baroness Thatcher in Brixton, south London
Young voices: Four girls hold banners reading 'Rejoice! Rejoice' during a celebration of the death of Baroness Thatcher in Brixton, south London

It raised security concerns about next week’s funeral, with increasing fears that militant groups, anti-austerity protesters or even dissident Irish Republicans might seek to disrupt the occasion. 

One police source said senior officers had initially been ‘quite relaxed’  about the operation to protect Wednesday’s farewell to the former prime minister, but had hardened their view as disorder broke out. 

The funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral now looks likely to present a security challenge unparalleled since the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 and Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.

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In other developments:
  • The Queen announced she would attend the funeral, effectively elevating it to a state occasion;
  • Parliament prepared for today’s highly unusual recall from its Easter break to allow MPs to pay tribute;
  • Senior MPs called for Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands to be renamed Port Margaret and a statue to be erected in Trafalgar Square in her honour;
  • Lady Thatcher’s son Sir Mark and daughter Carol arrived in Britain to prepare for their mother’s farewell.
While many senior politicians on all sides acknowledged Lady Thatcher’s towering legacy, some of her old foes were unable to demonstrate respect for her in death.

Call out: Firecrews were called to tackle a series of bins which were set on fire by the mob and a police car was damaged by the flying missiles
Call out: Firecrews were called to tackle a series of bins which were set on fire by the mob and a police car was damaged by the flying missiles
Rowdy: Trouble flared after midnight when a rowdy 200-strong crowd refused police requests to disperse from Easton, Bristol
Rowdy: Trouble flared after midnight when a boisterous 200-strong crowd refused police requests to disperse from Easton, Bristol

Prepared: Dozens of officers donned riot gear and used shields and batons as they were pelted with bottles, cans and rubbish
Prepared: Dozens of officers donned riot gear and used shields and batons as they were pelted with bottles, cans and rubbish

Sparks: Wheelie bins were set on fire by the mob and a police car was damaged by the flying missiles
Sparks: Wheelie bins were set on fire by the mob and a police car was damaged by the flying missiles

Police and party goers clash after a Margaret Thatcher death street party
People take party in a street party to 'celebrate' the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Out to party: Some people drank champagne while others walked around in Thatcher masks and one man dressed up as the former PM

Attack: In Bristol, six officers were injured - one seriously - when violence flared at a gathering to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher
Attack: In Bristol, six officers were injured - one seriously - when violence flared at a gathering to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher

 VIDEO  Mobs clash with police during 'celebrations' in Bristol 

Labour leader Ed Miliband faced calls to boycott the most controversial annual trade unionists’ gathering, the Durham Miners’ Gala, in July after it emerged that its leaders were planning a celebration of Lady Thatcher’s demise.
 

Dave Hopper, general secretary of the Durham Miners’ Association, declared: ‘It’s a great day ... she did more damage to us than Hitler did.

‘We will have a hell of a time, we will have comedians on and bands and we are going to enjoy ourselves. There will be a lot of men wanting to have a drink and celebrate.’
Respect MP George Galloway, who prompted anger by tweeting ‘Tramp the dirt down’ after Lady Thatcher’s death, said he was refusing to take part in today’s Parliamentary tributes. 

‘It is a series of tributes at public expense – vast public expense if everyone turns up,’ he said. ‘It is enough to make you sick.’ 

On social networking sites, there were calls  to download the Wizard Of Oz song ‘Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead’ to try to propel it into the top 40 of the singles chart. 
Stand off: The first of several planned 'Thatcher death parties' across the country began on Monday night with more than 200 revellers gathering in Brixton, south London
Stand off: The first of several planned 'Thatcher death parties' across the country began on Monday night with more than 200 revellers gathering in Brixton, south London
The Left's sick 'celebration' of Baroness Thatcher's death: Hundreds of people block the streets in Brixton, South London
The Left's sick 'celebration' of Baroness Thatcher's death: Hundreds of people block the streets in Brixton, South London


Target: Foxtons estate agent on Brixton Road was targeted with paint bombs as celebrations turned sour
Target: Foxtons estate agent on Brixton Road was targeted with paint bombs during the gathering

Outraged: Brixton Ritzy cinema was also a target for the demonstrators. The cinema tweeted: 'Som
Outraged: Brixton Ritzy cinema was also a target for the demonstrators. The cinema tweeted: 'Some the protesters/revellers have climbed up on our redograph and written their own messages, this is not our doing people!'


Determined: Protesters climb on the the balcony at The Ritzy cinema in Brixton and change the letters to 'Margaret Thatcher's dead LOL'
Determined: Protesters climb on the the balcony at The Ritzy cinema in Brixton and change the letters to 'Margaret Thatcher's dead LOL'

VIDEO 'Margaret Thatcher's Dead' Cinema sign change as it happened



Ready for action: A police dog lunges at a protester, but he doesn't seem too perturbed and just smiles back
Ready for action: A police dog lunges at a protester, but he doesn't seem too perturbed and just smiles back


Surprisingly, a close friend of Lady Thatcher said she would have considered the insults and the street parties being organised to mark her death as a ‘remarkable tribute’.
Conor Burns revealed that months ago, the former prime minister expressed delight that stalls at the Trades Union Congress were selling ‘party packs’ for delegates who despised her to use when she passed away.

Mr Burns, who visited Lady Thatcher weekly, said: ‘I remember telling her about the TUC congress selling Thatcher death party packs.

‘She said the fact that they still felt so strongly about her more than 20 years after she left Downing Street was a tribute to the fact that she had done something in politics, rather than just been someone in politics.’ 
Demonstrations: Banners were held stating ¿Rejoice Thatcher is dead¿ by drunken crowds
Demonstrations: Banners were held stating 'Rejoice Thatcher is dead' by drunken crowds
Casualty of the party: Barbados charity shop was also targeted and had its window smashed
Casualty of the party: Barnardos charity shop was also targeted and had its window smashed
Watchful: Police wearing riot gear were called in as drunken crowds rejoiced, many of whom were too young to remember her as prime minister
Watchful: Police wearing riot gear were called in as drunken crowds rejoiced, many of whom were too young to remember her as prime minister

Mr Burns, MP for Bournemouth West, said he too was ‘delighted’ that a noisy minority saw her death as a cause for celebration.

‘The hatred that burns in their hearts is actually an enormous tribute to her. They hate her because she won,’ he insisted.

 Tony Blair, who has been far more effusive in his praise for Lady Thatcher than other Labour figures, insisted the celebrations of her passing ‘were in poor taste’. Asked if he was worried about similar events being staged on his death, he said he was ‘pretty philosophical about it’.

A senior Labour source said Mr Miliband ‘categorically and unequivocally condemns any celebration of Lady Thatcher’s death’.

Party is over: The 'celebrations' ended at approximately 1:45am
Party is over: The 'celebrations' ended at approximately 1:45am

Cause: Revellers danced the conga, drank champagne and chanted: 'Maggie, Maggie, Maggie ¿ Dead, Dead, Dead'
Cause: Revellers danced the conga, drank champagne and chanted: 'Maggie, Maggie, Maggie ¿ Dead, Dead, Dead'


History: Brixton was the scene of intense rioting during her time as PM - it was blamed on deep social divisions, racial tensions and unemployment
History: Brixton was the scene of intense rioting during her time as PM - it was blamed on deep social divisions, racial tensions and unemployment

Riot squads against the mob: From Brixton to Belfast, the orchestrated celebration of Lady Thatcher's death

News of Baroness Thatcher’s death was only minutes old when the Left’s internet hate machine swung into action, scenting a golden opportunity for mayhem.

Controversial: This banner was paraded on Monday night in Liverpool - during her time in power the Tories were seen as being indifferent to the industrial decline in Merseyside
Controversial: This banner was paraded on Monday night in Liverpool - during her time in power the Tories were seen as being indifferent to the industrial decline in Merseyside

First there were celebratory taunts on social networking sites, rapidly followed by instructions for street parties across the nation to mark the Iron Lady’s passing.

Within hours, crowds swilling beer and champagne were gathering to show their delight at the news with offensive chants and banners.

And inevitably, as the night wore on, the drunken revels spilled over into violence with the streets ablaze.

Six police officers were injured – one seriously – in one particularly nasty incident early yesterday. Troubled flared after midnight when a rowdy 200-strong crowd refused police requests to disperse from an inner-city area of Bristol.

In ugly scenes mirrored in cities across the country, dozens of officers put on riot gear and used shields and batons when the crowd refused their requests to disperse.

The mob pelted them with missiles, damaged a police car and set wheelie bins alight at the party in inner-city Easton.

Some of the injured police needed hospital treatment and one officer was detained for several hours with a neck injury. An advertisement for the street party read: ‘Let’s see the evil Tory off in style. May she never ever RIP.’ 

Details of the event were posted on the Bristol Indymedia website, which lists ‘10 reasons to hate Thatcher’, including her anti-trade unionism, employment policies, politics of individualism and approach to the Falklands.

 VIDEO  People took to streets in west Belfast following new of former PM's death 

Delight: Revellers huddle in a circle in Falls Road, Belfast, on Monday night after news of her death
Delight: Revellers huddle in a circle in Falls Road, Belfast, on Monday night after news of her death
Public: Graffiti on the Falls Road in west Belfast. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said Margaret Thatcher caused 'great hurt to the Irish and British people' during her time as Prime Minister
Public: Graffiti on the Falls Road in west Belfast. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said Margaret Thatcher caused 'great hurt to the Irish and British people' during her time as Prime Minister

Announcement: A man makes his way past graffiti daubed on the Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Londonderry, northern Ireland
Announcement: A man makes his way past graffiti daubed on the Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Londonderry, northern Ireland 


The air was thick with cannabis smoke as revellers – some drinking champagne and wearing Thatcher masks – chanted: ‘Maggie Thatcher, Maggie Thatcher, she’s not living any more. She’s not living any more.’ 

Response: The reaction to Baroness Thatcher's has split people across Britain
Response: The reaction to Baroness Thatcher's has split people across Britain 

Unemployed Julian Styles, 58, who was made redundant from his factory job in 1984, said: ‘I’ve been waiting for that witch to die for 30 years.

‘Tonight is party time. I’m drinking one drink for every year I’ve been out of work.’
One man was arrested for violent disorder and it took police more than two hours to restore peace.

In Brixton, south London – scene of fierce riots in 1981 during Mrs Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister – more than 300 people began gathering on Monday afternoon chanting: ‘Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead.’ Among the crowds was Rahul Patel, 54, an IT worker carrying a banner proclaiming: ‘Rejoice Thatcher is dead’.

He said: ‘We are happy to be described as disrespectful. I am being disrespectful and I am glad of that. We are rejoicing, rejoicing her death.’ 

Emma Jones, 30, a teacher from south-west London, who had made a banner of Lady Thatcher with devil horns and blood dripping from her mouth, said: ‘There is still so much anger against her for so many reasons, which is why we are here today. It is symbolic.’ 

Ruth Cashman, 28, held a Unison banner as she drank from a champagne bottle.
The secretary for the trade union, asked whether celebrating Lady Thatcher’s death was distasteful, replied: ‘A huge number of people died under the Thatcher government, because of her general policies. She was more interested in profit than in the people.’ 


Happy: A woman drinks from a bottle and holds a front page of a newspaper displaying an image of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she and others celebrate her death in Brixton, south London
Happy: A woman drinks from a bottle and holds a front page of a newspaper displaying an image of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she and others celebrate her death in Brixton, south London


Happy: In south London attendees were carrying banners, with one saying: 'Rejoice, Thatcher is dead'
Happy: In south London attendees were carrying banners, with one saying: 'Rejoice, Thatcher is dead'
Macabre celebrations: The champagne was flowing at a Thatcher's Dead Party which was held in George Square, Glasgow
Macabre celebrations: Champagne was flowing tonight as the Left took to the streets to celebrate the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

At 11pm on Monday night two hooded men scaled the Ritzy Cinema and rearranged the letters advertising films to say ‘Margaret Thatchers dead.’ 

To cheers and applause, they later added the words ‘LOL’ – laugh out loud – and attached a sign reading: ‘The bitch is dead.’ 

Riot police were deployed when the mood became more aggressive, missiles were thrown and the crowds refused to let buses pass through the streets. 


Two women, aged 20 and 21, were arrested inside a shop on suspicion of burglary, an estate agent was targeted with paint bombs and a Barnardo’s charity shop window smashed as celebrations turned sour.

People took to the streets in Liverpool, lighting flares and setting off fireworks outside Lime Street station.

Jolly affair: The hastily organsied party saw revellers holding signs reading 'Gotcha! Now get the rest'
Jolly affair: The hastily organsied party saw revellers holding signs reading 'Gotcha! Now get the rest'

Youth celebrations: A teenager wears a t-shirt displaying a celebratory message as other members of the public gather in George Square to mark the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher
Youth celebrations: A teenager wears a t-shirt displaying a celebratory message as other members of the public gather in George Square to mark the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher
Dancing to the beat: They did an impromptu Highland Fling on the pavements of Glasgow - although it was condemned by the city council
Dancing to the beat: They did an impromptu Highland Fling on the pavements of Glasgow - although it was condemned by the city council

Getting underway: As the party got underway revellers handed out party balloons to help the celebrations
Getting underway: As the party got underway revellers handed out party balloons to help the celebrations


In Leeds, revellers cheered and handed out ‘Maggie death cake’ at another street party.
In Glasgow, more than 300 gathered in George Square, scene of angry protests in 1989 at the introduction of the poll tax. 

A chorus of ‘So long, the witch is dead,’ could be heard amidst the popping of champagne corks.  Members of the Communist Party, Socialist Workers’ Party, International Socialist Group and Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation were prominent amongst the crowd, which had ignored calls from the city council to stay away.
In West Belfast, crowds gathered  to drink and dance outside the Sinn Fein office in Lower Falls Road,  where music was played and passing motorists sounded their horns in support. 

Amid similar celebrations in Londonderry, petrol bombs and missiles were thrown at police but there were no reports of casualties.

VIDEO Maggie death cake and free 'celebration drinks' offered at party... 

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Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead tops download chart after Thatcher death

Dilemma for BBC as Wizard of Oz tune also enters top ten of Official Singles Chart.

By Ben Arnold | Yahoo UK Movies News – 4 hours ago
'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead' has risen to number one in the iTunes chart, and so far sits at number 10 in the Official Singles Chart due to a campaign to get the track to number one following the death of Margaret Thatcher.

The song, from the soundtrack to the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz', appeared in the chart just 12 hours after the death of the former prime minister, and has been rising ever since.

[Related story: Interview with the woman behind the Ding Dong! campaign]
[Related story: Streep plays tribute to Margaret Thatcher]

Ding Dong... Wizard of Oz track heading towards number one (Copyright: PA)

According to the Official Charts Company, the track, credited to the 'Wizard of Oz Film Cast', has sold more than 10,600 copies, leaving it around 5000 copies shy of a top three placing.

Other versions of the song, one credited to July Garland and another cover version sung by Ella Fitzgerald, are also appearing in the official chart, at number 54 and 146 respectively.

It is already one of the shortest songs ever to chart, coming in at 51 seconds long.

It's not clear yet whether the BBC will play the song on the Official Chart Show on Sunday. In a statement quoted by the Daily Mail, the BBC said: "The Official Chart Show on Sunday is a historical and factual account of what the British public has been buying and we will make a decision about playing it when the final chart positions are clear."

The campaign began on Wednesday on Facebook and has since been gathering pace, with the page boasting 7,383 members at the time of writing.

The chart closes at midnight on Saturday, after which the placings will be announced on Radio 1's Official Chart Update show on Sunday.

The news follows director Ken Loach suggesting that Thatcher's funeral be privatised, rather be paid for from the public purse, as it would be 'what she would have wanted'.

Thatcher died on Monday 8 April, following a stroke. She was 87.

Thatcher death "party" in London draws hundreds

By Maria Golovnina | Reuters – 45 minutes ago
By Maria Golovnina
LONDON (Reuters) - Several hundred people turned up for a "party" in central London on Saturday to celebrate the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a mass protest predicted by some failed to materialise.
The British capital's mayor had warned of potential rioting as organisers promised thousands of opponents of Thatcher, who died aged 87 on Monday, would descend on London's Trafalgar Square to mark the passing of a leader who was loved and loathed in equal measure.
Current British politicians and world leaders past and present have paid tributes to the former premier, Britain's longest serving prime minister in over a century, but she continues to divide Britons over policies which saw her crush trade unions and privatise swathes of industry.
The event, which had been planned by left-wing activists in the event of her death decades ago, had been billed as "the party of a lifetime".
But in cold and rainy conditions, it attracted only several hundred jovial and noisy supporters, chanting "Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, dead, dead, dead". Some danced to drums and loud dance music, waving banners bearing messages such as "Rot in hell Thatcher".
Others held up an effigy of Thatcher, complete with light blue suit and handbag, cracked open bottles of champagne which were passed around the small crowd and burnt a mannequin head, shouting "burn Maggie burn".
"I've been waiting to celebrate this for 30 years. Best day of my life," said Simon Gardner, a wildlife photographer from central England who was wearing a top saying "Rejoice, Rejoice, Thatcher is dead".
"She was hated by at least half the population."
There were almost as many police and security personnel visibly present, and a police officer at the scene told Reuters they had expected a far bigger turnout.
SCUFFLES
Some protesters burned flares and threw beer cans at police lines but apart from a few brief and minor scuffles, the protest was largely peaceful with nine arrests mainly for drunk and disorderly behaviour.
Since her death, many of the divisions which characterised her time in office from 1979 to 1990 have resurfaced as was demonstrated in a ComRes poll for two Sunday newspapers.
It found 41 percent of those surveyed disagreed with Prime Minister David Cameron's description of her as the "greatest British peacetime prime minister", with 33 percent agreeing with the sentiment.
Some 59 percent agreed she was the most divisive premier the country had had, while 60 percent thought that Wednesday's ceremonial funeral with military honours, which commentators have estimated will cost about 10 million pounds, should not be funded by taxpayers.
Codenamed "Operation True Blue", the streets will be cleared as Thatcher's coffin is taken on a procession through central London to a service at Saint Paul's Cathedral.
Opponents have denounced the plans, some suggesting it should be privatised and put out to tender, and there are concerns anti-capitalist activists and anarchists with a long record of violent protest may try to cause disruption.
Meanwhile on Sunday, the song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", from the from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", is expected to enter the pop charts following a campaign by those celebrating Thatcher's death.
"My mother once said to me 'Carol I think my place in history is assured'," her daughter Carol Thatcher told reporters outside her late mother's former home in central London.
"The magnificent tributes this week, the wonderful words of (U.S.) President (Barack) Obama, to others from colleagues who once worked alongside her, have proved her right.
"These have given me strength. But I know that this is going to be a tough and tearful week even for the daughter of the 'Iron Lady'."

(Writing by Michael Holden; Editing by Jason Webb)
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