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Margaret Thatcher

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"The problem with socialism is that you eventually

run out of other peoples' money"

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Popularly known as the 'Iron Lady'.  Britain's first female Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. She won 3 consecutive terms of office in 2 decades, 1979-1990, and became the only British Prime Minister in the 20th century to do so. Epitomising a particular school of right-wing politics - Thatcherism. One of the most debated stateswomen of the century, earning both respect and contempt from the public, particularly for her treatment of trade unions. It was as Education Secretary that she earned the name 'milk snatcher' when she cut free school milk. Even in death a much admired, yet controversial leader of the UK.

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Margaret Thatcher's mental decline revealed as dementia takes hold, "On bad days, she could hardly remember the beginning of a sentence by the time she got to the end."  Carol Thatcher, August, 2008

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"You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning"