SIXTEEN people are in police custody after hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a London landmark to protest against Margaret Thatcher's legacy and mark her death with a party.
Metropolitan Police officers made the arrests - mostly for drunk and disorderly conduct - in the early hours of Sunday as crowds revelled in Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and surrounding streets.
Those arrested are aged between 18 and 44 and remain at a central London police station.
Of those arrested, eight suspects were taken into custody for being drunk and disorderly and two were arrested for assaulting officers.
Union members from across the UK, who had fierce battles with Thatcher in the 1980s, rubbed shoulders with those demonstrating against today's welfare cuts.
Old and young turned out last night to mark the former prime minister's death in a "celebration" that was many years in the planning.
Despite the depth of feeling and a large police presence, there was no serious trouble.
A police spokesman said the last of the protesters left Trafalgar Square about 2am and there were no reports of any damage to property.
During the protest people drank cider and champagne, waving sparklers and letting off party poppers - and they chanted slogans about Thatcher, who died at The Ritz hotel on Monday.
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers travelled to the capital from northeast England, with others joining them from Scotland and Wales.
UK Uncut members, protesting about welfare cuts, also joined the demonstration.
One protester, drinking from a mug that read "I still hate Thatcher", said the event - initially planned by now defunct anarchist group Class War - had been years in the planning.
The 49-year-old, who gave his name only as Steve, said: "I was here during the Poll Tax riot in the 1990s."
"I've come from Brighton to be here today," he said.
"I believe it's something not to be celebrated, but something that needs to be marked in history."
Former miner Dave Douglas from Newcastle, part of the delegation from the miners' union, said Thatcher was a "terrible woman".
"We're absolutely furious at this image that is being presented on television, that the whole country is in mourning," he said.
"In the north of England, in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands, people are celebrating the fact she's gone because we don't support what she did to our community, our industry and our unions."
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