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One of the most remarkable political figures in the modern history of the English-speaking peoples is no more today. Opinion of her career and government is still starkly divided in the United Kingdom, much more so than in the United States, where if she's remembered at all it's as Ronald Reagan's "girlfriend". But clearly, however one felt about Maggie, she leaves an enormous legacy: for better or ill, the United Kingdom is a vastly different place now than before she gained office, and much of that change is a consequence of her very long tenure of power.
I recall the day she fell from power: I lived in London then, and walked around the city that afternoon and evening, from Whitehall up to Oxford Circus and back over to the City. With typical aplomb, the Londoners simply refused to note the occasion: they hadn't turned a hair for Hitler's bombs, so they certainly were not about to do so for the fall of the Iron Lady. But of course, everyone had an opinion of her, most very strong, one way or another. A very remarkable woman.
One of the most remarkable political figures in the modern history of the English-speaking peoples is no more today. Opinion of her career and government is still starkly divided in the United Kingdom, much more so than in the United States, where if she's remembered at all it's as Ronald Reagan's "girlfriend". But clearly, however one felt about Maggie, she leaves an enormous legacy: for better or ill, the United Kingdom is a vastly different place now than before she gained office, and much of that change is a consequence of her very long tenure of power.
She called the ANC and Nelson Mandela 'terrorists".
Whether you like her or not, you have to admit she was a true leader. She stood by her convictions and she refused to back down. She a never bowed to political pressure and she always took responsibility for her decisions.
More than that, she and Reagan opposed economic sanctions against South Africa's Apartheid government.
Governments don't suffer under sanctions, the citizens do.
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