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Actually both have the same meaning. Pissing on her while she's on fire would be to save her by soaking. And it's the least you can do (easier than getting water). This saying means that they wouldn't save Margaret Thatcher even if it was trivially easy to do so.
Are you explaining my own joke to me? Why?
Yeah sorry. Since you mentioned it's the opposite, I wrongly assumed that you didn't know the meaning.