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Plans to open an anti-Thatcher museum in London are being hatched by artist Darren Cullen.

The 32 year old, originally from Leeds, says he is in the early stages of planning, but has already been looking into finding potential locations and raising the funds for a temporary exhibition on the Iron Lady.

In 2013, Cameron gave his backing to a £15million museum and library called The Thatcher Centre, that would celebrate her life to "ensure Thatcher's legacy lives on".

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But Darren thinks that there should be an alternative to this: a museum which exhibits the negative side of Thatcher and the UK under her rule.

Darren says:" I wanted to start this project because I think there’s going to be a serious need to counteract the whitewashed version of Thatcher’s legacy the official museum will present."

"I’m putting together a proposal at the moment which will lay out the basic plans for the museum. The next stage will be to find potential locations and start raising funds to open a temporary exhibition in London for 6 months or so, to show the types of exhibits the museum would have. Then once we have that up and running, the idea is to look at ways of finding a permanent home for the museum"

Darren held the first meeting for his Anti-Thatcher project on May 19, where the group behind the project discussed staffing issues, the venue and how they would fund raise to get the project off the ground.

He says a group made up of artists, journalists, those who have worked in museums before and owners of small businesses is supporting the idea.

"I wanted to start this project because I think there’s going to be a serious need to counteract the whitewashed version of Thatcher’s legacy the official museum will present." says Darren

It’s unlikely the official museum will address Thatcher’s unflinching support for brutal regimes like the Khmer Rouge In Cambodia, Augusto Pinochet in Chile or apartheid South Africa. They’re not going to talk about Thatcher’s implementation of the first anti-gay law in 100 years, Section 28, which was almost identical to Russia’s recent anti-LGBT law."

"They won’t address how Thatcher oversaw two recessions, massive levels of unemployment, raising poverty and inequality, the devastation of UK manufacturing, deregulation of banks, the Poll Tax and the privatisation of everything from basic utilities to social housing"

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The group wants to "be taken seriously as an educational resource", and say "We'll let the facts speak for themselves, and allow her to damn herself with her own words."

The next steps in putting the plan in motion are searching for venues, putting together an estimation of budget and researching other museums for ideas.

The plan is to crowdfund for an initial 6 month exhibition, before moving to a more permanent venue- ideally a place with historical relevance to the Thatcher era.

“Because this is such a big undertaking I got other people involved to make it a reality - support so far has been fantastic.”

Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister in the UK and the longest serving. She was a highly controversial figure, with some people admiring her ruling style, but angering others her over her treatment of the miners among other things.