I for one will not be in deep mourning over this week's death of Margaret Thatcher. Of course her death is a sad event for her family and friends and they are entitled to their grief. As for the rest of us, the grieving began much earlier, as the results of her policies began to bite. One thing you can say in Thatcher's favour is that she never hid her intentions. Our current crop of tories tend to hide their light under a bushel, pretending to be moderate and compassionate and then implementing hardline policies when they get elected. Thatcher was always up front - pro-free enterprise, anti-welfare, anti-union. She said she would privatise services and she did. She said she would reduce the power of trade unions, and she did. She said she would resist communism, and she did. If you think those are all good things, then she will be your heroine and you will be in mourning right now. I don't, and I'm not. Once Thatcher had won a bloody and costly battle w
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