Sachin=GOD Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 LONDON — Margaret Thatcher, a towering, divisive and yet revered figure who left an enduring impact on British politics, died on Monday of a stroke, her family said. “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning,†a statement from her spokesman, Lord Tim Bell, said. Mrs. Thatcher had been in poor health for months. She served as prime minister for 11 years, beginning in 1979. She was known variously as the Iron Lady, a stern Conservative who transformed Britain’s way of thinking about its economic and political life, broke union power and opened the way to far greater private ownership. She was leader of Britain through its 1982 war in the Falklands and stamped her skepticism about European integration onto her country’s political landscape for decades. NewYorkTimes RIP
Crookbond Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/former-british-premier-thatcher-dead/article4594879.ece The former Conservative leader — nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady’ by Moscow during the Cold War — became Britain’s first woman Prime Minister in 1979 and the first leader to win three elections in a row. She resigned in 1990. She's the longest serving Prime Minister for the UK. England would very well thank probably thank her for her opposition to be integrated into the EU. Her political ideology is widely called "Thatcherism". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcherism
ravishingravi Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 She was an iron lady not unlike our Indira Gandhi. RIP. It is an interesting opportunity to reflect on her legacy. She inspires on great passions on both sides of isle
ganeshran Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Her doctrines changed British Politics forever. Even the non Tory Blair government policies were inspired from her
indiaregulator Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Half of Britain are inspired by her. The other half despise her so much that on a Liverpool Forum, the thread title was: "Ding dong The wicked witch is gone" http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=304948.0
BeautifulGame Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 Half of Britain are inspired by her. The other half despise her so much that on a Liverpool Forum, the thread title was: "Ding dong The wicked witch is gone" http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=304948.0 After reading the revelations of last year about hills borough not really surprising IMO . It was disgusting
Crookbond Posted April 8, 2013 Posted April 8, 2013 The lady who changed the world http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2013/04/margaret-thatcher The essence of Thatcherism was to oppose the status quo and bet on freedom—odd, since as a prim control freak, she was in some ways the embodiment of conservatism. She thought nations could become great only if individuals were set free. Her struggles had a theme: the right of individuals to run their own lives, as free as possible from the micromanagement of the state.
ravishingravi Posted April 9, 2013 Posted April 9, 2013 http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/bloody-compact-discs-thatchers-detractors-came-from-all-classes/274782/
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