A statue of the first British female prime minister has been egged and booed within hours after it was erected in her hometown on Sunday.
Less than two hours after the 20-foot-tall statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher was lowered onto its 10-foot-high granite plinth in Grantham, Lincolnshire, a protester threw eggs from behind a temporary fence surrounding the memorial.
One egg hit the statue before a cry of “oi” was heard.
Egg residue and a piece of shell could be seen on the statue’s lower half.
A man in a white T-shirt was seen holding an egg carton in one hand and preparing to throw an egg from the other.
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