Margaret Thatcher
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walks past a pop-art style painting of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as she visits Valentines Park and Mansion in Redbridge, north London on March 29, 2012 for the London Pride Art and Design exhibition. The visit comes as part of a progress of the Queen and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to mark her diamond jubilee.
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Margaret Thatcher never read a newspaper from one week to the next
Not your type ... Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher. Oscar winner, though.
In the 1980s, Labour made the mistake of thinking, every time Margaret Thatcher had a crisis, the party could win the next election. But we did not have the right leader and we did not have the right policies.More quotes »
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Aquascutum in peril as administrator moves in
-- Aquascutum, the venerable British fashion brand that has been worn by Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher , has been placed into administration.Administrator Geoff Rowley of FRP Advisory said Tuesday he hopes to find a buyer."We are conscious of the Read more »
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Papers reveal Thatcher kept Reagan's doodles
-- Margaret Thatcher was so fascinated by U.S. President Ronald Reagan that she snatched and kept a page of his doodles from a G7 summit, the former British prime minister's newly released papers reveal.The page of ink drawings is among personal papers from Read more »
Around the web
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Proud day for new manager on Wembley debut
The first time Roy Hodgson visited Wembley Stadium on 3 May 1975, he witnessed West Ham win the FA Cup final, the last all-English team to do so. Back then, Margaret Thatcher had been leader of the Conservative Party, in opposition, for less than three m 6:10 PM from The Independent Read more »
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Iron and fudge
Margaret Thatcher knew that politics is an argument We are united in our respect for our Queen, and looking forward to a long bank holiday in which to celebrate the random luck by which we were born British. But it was another woman who came to prominenc 6:21 AM from The Telegraph Read more »
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The triumph of Margaret Thatcher: why Europe’s love affair with the European Project is ending
Earlier this week the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project released a major report entitled ‘European Unity on the Rocks’. Its survey, involving more than 9,000 respondents across eight European Union nations as well as the United States, is th 5/31/12 from The Telegraph Read more »
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The secret to Norway’s success
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister and arch-conservative elder stateswoman (John Baird named a cat after her), is sometimes held up as an answer to the question: “What if women ran the world?” The Thatcher example makes the point that women from Ottawa Citizen Read more »
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Jeremy Hunt on BSkyB bid: ‘Margaret Thatcher would be proud of me’
The evidence, including emails and texts, is out. When Adam Smith told Hunt that his decision not refer the BSkyB bid to the Competition Commission had an, erm, mixed reception, he replied: “… good to be a hate figure, Maggie would be proud of me!” The C from Political Scrapbook Read more »
