Thatcher: What She Did for Women

The many shades of Margaret ThatcherShe changed us all. We went from being a people who saw ourselves as eternally on the downward slide to a nation that was proud to be British again. On the world stage too, she made Britain count once more. She was a startling presence who brought a strong and controversial style to our diplomacy after years of Foreign Office blandness.

Charles Powell, Key Foreign Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1983 – 1990)

Margaret Thatcher is a tricky subject to write about, as is any point or person in history, because it can never be reduced to a singular statement of opinion. Was she good or bad; a feminist icon or the antichrist? Everyone has a different view. Continue reading