>I remember my mother telling me that Ben Elton would be singing at Princess
>Diana's funeral....:-)
>
>(I'm just trying to imagine where he might have slipped "little bit of
>politics there" into Candle in the Wind.....)

Goodbye Maggie Thatch
Though you never thought much of me
You gave me great material
For doing stand-up on TV
All the nondescript politicians
Who thought that you were one of them
Found they'd got more than they bargained for
When you moved into Number Ten

And it seems to me you lived your life
With dogmatic certainty
Never bending to the strains
Of our reality
And I joined in all the protests
When I was just a kid
Your party U-turned long before
The lady ever did

The Major years were tough
For an alternative comedian
Making jokes about David Mellor 
Edwina Currie and Neil Hamilton
Even in your lengthy decline
You're the one that we all miss
There's only so much you can say
About Iain Duncan Smith

Goodbye Maggie Thatch
From an ageing angry young man
Who sees you as something as more than political
More than just Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven

Stephen Bowden