Alone with her memories her resentment grew. ibid.
She arouses extreme emotions. ibid.
This is the story of a working class revolutionary and the woman who led it. This is the story of how the new prosperity and influence of ordinary people offended Britain’s traditional ruling class. Martin Durkin, Margaret: Death of a Revolutionary, Channel 4 2013
Her father Alf was one of the great influences on her life. ibid.
The market was not a wicked thing; it was lively and human and sociable. ibid.
The government should control much of the economy: post-war consensus. ibid.
Mrs Thatcher was finally elected to parliament in 1959. ibid.
At her election The Sun, which had previously been a staunch Labour newspaper, switched to Tory. ibid.
In ’81 she struck against the grandees in a dramatic reshuffle. ibid.
There was a great gulf, Mrs Thatcher believed, between the interests and views of Union leaders and the people they claimed to represent. ibid.
In the end it was the battle to resist Europe which would bring down Margaret Thatcher. ibid.
There is another side to the Iron Lady, another story to be told ... The letters upset popular mythologies about Margaret. Young Margaret, BBC 2013
Muriel was four years older than Margaret and her only sibling. ibid.
She was just thirteen years old when the Second World War broke out. ibid.
It was perhaps her father who made the greatest impact. ibid.
The sisters continued to see one another. ibid.
It’s Maggie for me! Election song
If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old. Neil Kinnock
She [Thatcher] legitimised the idea of selfishness. Neil Kinnock
What about the seal-culling holiday you had in Canada? Spitting Image s1e5, Denis to Margaret Thatcher, ITV 1984
Waitress: Would you like to order, sir?
Margeret Thatcher: Yes. I would like a steak.
Waitress: How do you like it?
Margaret Thatcher: Oh, raw please.
Waitress: What about the vegetables?
Margeret Thatcher: Oh, they’ll have the same as me. Spitting Image
Margaret Thatcher to Leon Britton: Time we dealt firmly with these Tory rebels. I propose we offer them a choice: it’s either tow the line or death. That’s it – we’ll kill the treacherous vermin. Spitting Image s2e3
The Grantham Gremlin – all over the country for the next four years. Spitting Image s2e5
Of course we all know who’s really to blame. It’s the little men who live in my radiator. Spitting Image s7e1, mad Maggie
The question was, Why doesn’t the prime minister resign? And the answer was of course, Because she’s a paranoid schizophrenic liar who won’t listen to reason. Spitting Image s7e2, Mr Speaker’s competition
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. Margaret Thatcher
Britain needs an iron lady. Margaret Thatcher
British sovereign territory has been invaded by a foreign power. The government had now decided that the large task force will sail as soon as all preparations are complete. Margaret Thatcher
Consensus: The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner I stand for consensus? Margaret Thatcher
Home is where you come to when you have nothing better to do. Margaret Thatcher, Vanity Fair May 1991
I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society – from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain. Margaret Thatcher, speech February 1984
I can’t bear Britain in decline. I just can’t. We who either defeated or rescued half of Europe. Who keep half of Europe free! When otherwise it would be in chains. And look at us now. Margaret Thatcher
I confirm is it my intention to let my name to go forward for a second ballot. Margaret Thatcher
I do not intend to be the first woman prime minister of a mediocre and declining Britain. Margaret Thatcher
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you. Margaret Thatcher
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher
I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job. Margaret Thatcher
In the coming years my purpose is to see that private enterprise can start to earn the returns it needs. Margaret Thatcher
I owe nothing to Women’s Lib. Margaret Thatcher
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air. Margaret Thatcher
I stand before you tonight in my red chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved ... the Iron Lady of the Western world! Me? A Cold War warrior? Well, yes – if that is how they wish to interpret my defence of values and freedoms fundamental to our way of life. Margaret Thatcher
I think Nigel [Lawson] was looking for an excuse to resign because of the inflation he had created. Margaret Thatcher
It is exciting to have a real crisis on your hands, when you have spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment. Margaret Thatcher
It isn’t my job to be a fashion leader. But it is my job not to be obviously out of fashion. Or obviously wrongly dressed. And I must never be mutton dressed as lamb. Never. Margaret Thatcher
It was Treachery with a smile on its face. Margaret Thatcher, re Cabinet colleagues
Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our armed forces and marines. Rejoice! Margaret Thatcher, press news outside Downing Street
Mr Chairman, the President of the Commission Mr Delores said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community, he wanted the Commission to be the Executive. And he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No! No! No! Margaret Thatcher, House of Commons