Amid pomp and ceremony, Britain will say its final farewell Wednesday to Margaret Thatcher - its first female prime minister and a politician who even in death divides public opinion.
More than 2,000 mourners, Queen Elizabeth II and serving UK Prime Minister David Cameron among them, will join Thatcher's family at St. Paul's Cathedral in London to pay their respects.
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I regrets the world's loss in failing to understand the value of conservatism as embodied in Margaret Thatcher's work. The very negative remarks on the occasion of her funeral are deplorable.
I regret the world's loss in failing to understand the value of conservatism as embodied in Margaret Thatcher's work. The very negative remarks on the occasion of her funeral are deplorable.
I sent a terrible typo: "I regret," not, "I regrets."
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Paul Routledge's assessment of Thatcher in the 'Mirror' truly reflects on her legacy who was known as an'elected dictator'.
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There were demonstrations against her and celebrations on her passing away also in Britain which Tony Blair said were in 'bad taste'.
Thatcher divided public opinion and had come to power not on her own merit but because of splits in Labour as British analysts wrote.
Reading about her also brings into focus the fact that hand in glove with Reagan she was the harbinger of 'New Imperialism'.
A truly controversial leader.