Labour councillor calls for Margaret Thatcher to "burn in hell"

Florence Anderson should be sacked !!!!

There is no excuse for this kind of behaviour from a councillor.

You should never wish someone to burn in hell.

So I guess she has never done anything wrong??

Bible: “Let him who is without sin among you, be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Being a Labour Councillor MUST fall into that category after what they left us!!!!

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Florence Anderson made the comment in a thread open to the public on the Facebook page "Stop Margaret Thatcher getting royal send off," of which she is a member.

The comment was made as Baroness Thatcher, 85, was being treated in hospital for flu but Cllr Anderson was unrepentant.

She said: "I'm on Facebook as Florence Anderson. That's my private Facebook account.

"On Facebook, I'm not the deputy leader of the council."

Cllr Anderson, a grandmother who led the Eppleton Area Miners' Wives Support Group during the strike, also flatly refused to retract her comments about the former Conservative leader.

"I'm a miner's widow," she said. "I remember 84/85 as if it was yesterday.

"I hate Thatcher for what she did to my community, what she did to the ordinary people who live here."

She added: "I stand by what I said."

The comment was made during an exchange with Dominic McDonough, 21, who stood for the Conservatives in May’s council elections.

In response to his comment about his adoration for Baroness Thatcher, Cllr Anderson wrote: "Well dear Dominic, you can delete me from your page but you can't delete me from here, haha, I hope she BURNS IN HELL."

The thread has since been removed from public view.

On her Facebook profile, Cllr Anderson says she is as a Labour councillor for Hetton Town ward.

She declares her political views as “socialist” and is also a member of a group called “I’ll dance on Thatcher’s grave, even if she is buried at sea”.

She counts Labour MPs Peter Hain, Jim Knight and Bridget Phillipson amongst her online friends.

Sunderland City Council insisted yesterday that there would be no repercussions for the gaffe.

A spokesman said: “There are still strong feelings in many parts of the country about events during Margaret Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister and Cllr Anderson has expressed her feelings.”

Council leader Paul Watson, leader of the Labour group, said: "It was an entirely personal comment that was attributed to her."

But Sunderland Conservatives leader, Cllr Tony Morrissey, criticised her actions, saying: "It is entirely inappropriate for the deputy leader of the council to behave in this way.

"I don't condone anyone going on social networking websites, or anywhere else, and saying they hope someone dies in a horrendous way."

Tory Cllr Lee Martin said: "I doubt Lady Thatcher will lose much sleep over Florence's raging."

Mrs Anderson became the council's first female deputy leader in May 2008 and has been a Labour city councillor since 1991.

A website called http://www.isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk, was this week labelled "vulgar" and "despicable” by a Conservative party source.