Tracking Down Maggie: The Unofficial Biography of Margaret Thatcher
1995
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1 day ago · Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to serve as a prime minister in Europe and Britain’s longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. She was also the only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms.
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3 days ago · One of Thatcher’s famous quotes on getting things done is, “I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”. This quote reflects her determination to achieve her goals and her willingness to put in the necessary time and effort to make things happen. Thatcher also emphasized the importance of taking action, stating ...
4 days ago · United Kingdom - Thatcher, Politics, Economy: In the subsequent election, in May 1979, the Conservatives under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher were swept into power with the largest electoral swing since 1945, securing a 43-seat majority.
17 hours ago · Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg quotes Margaret Thatcher, saying “the facts of life are conservative”, adding it is a line “we should always remember, it’s why the left moved to the centre and we get ...
3 days ago · The government of recently elected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refused to buckle, even in the face of hunger strikes in 1980–81 that led to the deaths of 10 prisoners, including Bobby Sands, who had won a seat in the British Parliament while incarcerated and fasting.
1 day ago · We examine the life and career of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female Prime Minister and one of the dominant political figures of 20th-century Britain.
4 days ago · Another reason that post-war politics is coming to be told so often through urban modernism, is that Thatcher herself was so adept at allying modernism and the welfare state. As Ortolano quotes, she wanted to extinguish ‘the block mentality: tower blocks, trade-union block votes, block schools.’
