By Paul Bentley and Mario Ledwith PUBLISHED: 10:42 EST, 12 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:41 EST, 12 April 2013 Embarrassed: Coventry Council leader John Mutton has apologised after suggesting raising a flag with a smiley face on it during Baroness Thatcher's funeral The Labour leader of a city council told his colleagues he would like to fly a flag with a ‘happy smiling face’ on it on the day of Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. Amid a continuing surge of hatred from the Left in response to the former prime minister’s death, the leader of Left-wing Coventry council John Mutton wrote to his colleagues to ask whether they thought the town hall flag should be lowered to half-mast on the day of the funeral.
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John Mutton involved in row over flying flag over Coventry city hall
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'My own view is that I would fly a flag with a happy smiling face on,' he wrote
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Former Lord Mayor Dave Chater wanted her 'hanging from a flagpole'
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