According to the British "Liverpool Echo" reported on May 18, a British man sold eggs next to the statue of Thatcher that had just been erected in Grantham Town on the 17th, with a price of up to 10 pounds / piece (about 83 yuan / piece). Reminiscent of the scene of the statue being thrown an egg less than two hours after the unveiling of the statue on the 15th, so soon someone saw the business opportunity?
In fact, the man is the British media personality Oli Dugmore (Oli Dugmore), after paying attention to the controversy caused by the statue, he took a train to start the "first pot of gold" of his retail career and filmed the whole process, one did not sell and attracted the police, was warned that this is "anti-social behavior".
A few days ago, the statue of Britain's first female prime minister, which cost up to 300,000 pounds, was unveiled in her hometown of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and within two hours, local people threw eggs at the statue and some people shouted "Tear it down!" ”
The Liverpool Echo reported that the statue, which is about 6 meters high, appears to be brewing discontent throughout the town.
On May 17, a British netizen posted a photo near the statue on Twitter, saying that "there was a guy selling eggs next to the statue of Margaret Thatcher." The tweet has received nearly 120,000 likes.
In the photo, the price tag impressively reads that the unit price of eggs is 10 pounds. Since the price of eggs in British supermarkets is concentrated in 0.2-0.5 pounds / one, such a price immediately attracted netizens to watch.
Someone joked: "10 pounds an egg?!" This is Margaret Thatcher's real child. ”
"For a moment it was not clear whether it was a protest or a tribute."
"The demand is obviously very large, so he can raise the price."
However, the protagonist in the photo is not a local vendor, but Ollie Dugmore, a British journalist and head of the news and political department of the online media Joe. He arrived in the town by train, and on the train, he also read several messages from British netizens dissatisfied with the statue of Margaret Thatcher, and sarcastically said that "it only cost 300,000 pounds to build it".
Ollie said that after seeing the news of someone throwing an egg, he had to check it out to see if the whole town hated the statue.
In street interviews, locals disagreed on Thatcher's attitudes, with elderly people praising the female prime minister and young people showing disdain.
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Ollie also connected with Angus Maguire, the head of an anti-Thatcher group, who criticized that Thatcher's government's privatization policies.
Then, Ollie took the opportunity to go to the supermarket to buy a few dozen eggs, and then went to the statue to set up a stall, and estimated that the demand would be very large. In the video, Ollie shouts in front of a makeshift stall: "Come and buy eggs, 10 pounds a piece!" ”
Seeing that some people were watching and no one was buying, Ollie began to sell hard again, until the police car arrived.
Local police warned him, "As long as you sell any egg, you are partially criminally responsible." At the end of the day, this is anti-social behavior. ”
Ollie then closed his stall and left, complaining that his "entrepreneurship was stifled by rules and bureaucracy."
The Liverpool Echo reported that the statue of Margaret Thatcher in Grantham town has indeed attracted a lot of controversy in recent days. In response, Kelham Cooke, a Conservative leader and mp for the South Kestiven District Council, said that "we must not escape our history" and that "it is normal to have discussions about her relics in Grantham" and that the statue is "a fitting tribute to a truly unique politician".
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