Recent reports have profiled vast groups of people celebrating the death of the “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher. Romany Blythe, a 45 year old Drama teacher from South London is the woman behind it all. Blythe set up a group on Facebook called the “The WItch Is Dead,” which up to date has more than 5000 members and calls for “demonstrations of disapproval” across the country.

The Facebook site even listed locations of where these riots and demonstrations – parties – took place on Monday. Blythe is a graduate of the University of East London and teaches arts and drama, and works for a company who provide worskshops for secondary schools. According to the company’s website, Blythe speciallises in:

facilitating workshops for young, excluded and potentially criminalised individuals and uses drama techniques she has developed to explore resolution of conflict and oppression.

The invitation on the Facebook page read:

Come and celebrate our liberty and freedom from tyranny! On the day Maggie stands down, once and for all!

Blythe claimed to have invited some 5,300 people to a flash party which would have marked Thatcher’s passing with the message: “Anyone else like to join?”

But why does Blythe seem to harbour such hatred towards Thatcher? According to the Telegraph, Blythe told the publication her deep anger toward Thatcher was born after the former Prime Minister told her she might never find work when she left school in 1984.

Blythe claims to be a Labour supporter, but hopes that the party will return to being a party of the people before she votes in favour of them again. She continued by saying that the parties were aimed at Thatcher’s policies and not directly at the former Prime Minister herself. Blythe used the parties as a means to reflect on the past.

She has family and they will grieve. She’s not the enemy right now; her legacy is the enemy.

I’m calling for a peaceful demonstration of disapproval and letting the Government know we’re not stupid and we haven’t been brainwashed by more prosperous times since then.

The group parties were described by Blythe as a “group catharsis” for “survivors of the Thatcher years.” But Britain has not seen the last of these parties, more are set to be thrown this coming weekend.

[Source: The Telelgraph]