Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady, former Prime Minister of Great Britain has died.

Baroness Thatcher had a stroke on Monday.

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Will be interesting to see the reaction of the British public.
Admired by some but also hated by many.

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There are those who say that she saved the Falkland Islands but destroyed Britain.

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Interesting reactions in UK. Some wonderful praise for her work and at same time street parties celebrating her death.

She certainly wasn't afraid to stand up for what she believed.

May she RIP now.

I attended a lecture by and a subsequent interview with Tony Blair yesterday evening, and he likened those celebrating the death of Mrs. Thatcher to other close minded ideologues who, he suggests, are the real obstacles to evolving civilization.

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So many young people joining the celebrations who would not even have been born (or very young) during MT time in office.
Interesting how one can inherit hatred or simply enjoy the notion of placard waving as priority and cause as secondary.

Many of them would have been indoctrinated daily by their parents in the cult of hatred of Thatcher.

Tony Blair was a Thatcher supporter, and would have been a tad biased also.

Amazing how divisive she is, even in death.

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Always denied it while he was PM though!

By the way, she's being cremated and buried SOOOOOOOOO deep, she'll reach Melbourne, no worries!

DM

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Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

He probably waited to declare his support for that leader of the Conservative Party until after he ended his leadership of the Labour Party.

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Blair actually thought that Thatcher was the right person in the seat at the time.

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So did the voters.

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Ultimately, it wasn't the voters who removed her from the seat.

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Too true! That event unfolded in a civilized fashion, in contrast to the savagery of the yobs who celebrated her death.

Both ex-Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are scheduled to attend her funeral.

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