Thatcher, Margaret

An English political leader of the twentieth century, who became prime minister of Britain in 1979. A member of the Conservative party ( Tories ), Thatcher stressed private enterprise and attacked socialism and the welfare state (see also welfare state ). She resigned from office in 1990.

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Margaret Thatcher had served under the Heath regime as Education Secretary and witnessed the miners topple the Conservative Party.

Author Hilary Mantel is under fire for writing a story about killing Margaret Thatcher.

Next, that exact web of social safety nets was dismantled by Margaret Thatcher, along with the heavily subsidized coal industry.

The British, led by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, won the war: the islands stayed British.

Norman Tebbit, a Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, told the BBC on Sunday that there “may well have been” a cover-up.

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