Margaret Thatcher compared to Hitler by 'death party' organiser

A teacher who was a key organiser of street parties to “celebrate” Margaret Thatcher’s death has defended her actions by comparing the late prime minister to Adolf Hitler.

Romany Blythe, 45, a drama teacher who works with troubled and vulnerable children, urged thousands to join in “demonstrations of disapproval” around the country after creating a Facebook group called The Witch is Dead.

Ms Blythe, from Lambeth, south London invited members of her group, which now has more than 5,600 people, to “death parties” following Lady Thatcher’s passing on Monday.

The teacher, who works with children at schools in Brighton, is unrepentant calling the Conservative leader a “despot” and saying: “They danced in the streets when Hitler died too’.

She said: “People say you shouldn’t speak ill of the dead – but it depends who the dead person is. We just don’t want to whitewash what happened when she was prime minister.

“In normal circumstances celebrating someone’s death would be reprehensible. But we are generation X, upset people that left school to find hopelessness and despair.

“She was a despot. They danced in the streets when Hitler died too. Mrs Thatcher was friends with Pinochet. She chose her friends very wisely.”

On the day of Lady Thatcher’s death Ms Blythe wrote on her Facebook page: “So the old bag has copped it finally! Party in the square tomorrow then!” She posted a list of locations for parties around the UK.

Speaking to the Brighton Argus last night, she added: “I didn’t do the rioting – I just organised a Facebook page. I’m actually the voice of reason, I didn’t fan the flames. It was a way for us to come together and create unity and solidarity.

“There was no other time we could come together as a group and recognise what had happened to us. It was about politics, not about hatred.”