What was so controversial about Margaret Thatcher?

So has a line been crossed? There is an argument that says that, in life, Margaret Thatcher relished controversy, so why should we think she would object in death? read more

The same question applies to Brexit. My overall confidence in any Conservative government is heavily influenced by the poverty I have seen caused by their policies. Mrs Thatcher is controversial because of the extremes she has caused; the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. read more

So by the late 1980s one half of the country was enjoying boom conditions while the other half was still nursing deep wounds from the recession of the early 1980s. read more

Of course, Margaret Thatcher, as a three times prime minister whose economic, political and social legacy remains alive and hotly disputed to this day, wasn’t any old mother. And so some, mainly on the political fringes, appear to regard her as such a hate figure that the normal rules of engagement don’t apply. read more