Amid all the pomp, ceremony and security of Baroness Margaret Thatcher's funeral, there were those who were there to protest against the divisive former Prime Minister.<br/> <br />The high police presence at this 15 million dollar ceremony deterred many demonstrators from going, but a few still went, turning their backs on the procession as it passed.<br/> <br />The former Conservative party leader is seen by her critics as responsible for growing inequality and the closure of large swathes of the country's industrial base.<br/> <br />Demonstrators here said the current Conservative government was using the funeral to boost their popularity.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE (English) DAVID WINSLOW, PROTESTER:<br/> <br />"It's essentially a massive propaganda campaign for the Tories to try to kind of elevate Thatcher to the status of a public idol."<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE (English) RICHARD PATON, PROTESTER:<br/> <br />"Are we going to stand by and let them smother us in this sort of fake reverence and vanity of avarice? Not bloody lik