My mother voted for Thatcher 3 times...and I'm on the right wing myself (though I'm more of a free market liberal than a social traditionalist), and it's true that the nation was split pretty much down the middle on loving or loathing her, few have a weak opinion of her. Put it this way, in June 1997, when her sucessor John Major left office, Britain was a far more materially prosperous , far more tolerant society, and the former communist world much freer, than it would have been had James Callahan won the 1979 General election. On this website you'll not get much unbiased opinion though, as it's about 90% left of centre on here. 'No such thing as society' was a misquote however, she was using the word 'thing' literally, critiscising the idea it is a manipulable object.
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