Maggie’s bad mood

by Tribune Web Editor
Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Maggie Thatcher must be gutted. Too ill to attend her big 85th birthday bash and the only thing worth watching on the telly is the story of miners celebrating.

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  • terence patrick hewett

    The fact that we are still talking about Thatcher shows her significance. She brought out the worst sort of snobbery and bigotry from the British because she had something for everybody. They hated her because she was a woman, that she was a success, that she was middle class, that her antecedents were trade and not professional, that she was provincial, that her education was science and not arts and humanities, that she was conservative, that she was non-feminist, that she was Christian and because she simply loved her country. The worst male vice is of course that of taking the path of least resistance, and she seldom did that. She was smart, clever and courageous and she wasn’t much liked for that either. She showed us that one person can make a difference and she showed us that decline is not inevitable; that we could win again against the best in the world. But above all, she was hated because she was right.

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