To be honest that's irrelevant. We are all employed to make money for our employers and I dare say many of us earn our employers thousands or even millions. But we also get paid a wage, most of us earning considerably less than a Prime Minister, but who else gets our funerals paid for and why...
I disagreed with many of Thatchers policies, I thought ding Dong was vaguely amusing and I will not shed a tear on her passing. I have absolutely no interest in her funeral but am disgusted that apparently it's going to cost the taxpayer 10 million quid, money that would be better used paying...