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Andrew Neil on The People’s Margaret Thatcher

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This morning, Andrew Neil presented a Radio 4 special recalling how voters felt about Margaret Thatcher. Including opinions from her supporters and detractors, it's a fascinating look into how she was perceived by the electorate throughout key moments in her premiership. Here is what people had to say: On her public perception: 'She doesn't convince me for a start she doesn't understand the problems of working class people. She talks down to people' Debating the cost of the Falklands War: 'Our village school is going to be closed. The cost of keeping it open would be about a hundredth part of £1 million. Wouldn't our school be a better use for money than wasting £454 million a year 8,000 miles away?

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Papers mark Thatcher’s death

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Tomorrow's newspapers pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher, some praising her for changing Britain for the better, others nodding at her ability to divide opinions, even in death.

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David Cameron’s tribute to Margaret Thatcher: full text

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Today we lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton. Margaret Thatcher didn’t just lead our country – she saved our country. And we should never forget that the odds were stacked against her. She was the shopkeeper’s daughter from Grantham who made it to the highest office in the land. There were people who said she couldn’t make it; who stood in her way; who said a woman couldn’t lead. She defied them all. She fought her way to a seat in Parliament…to the leadership of her Party…and then to lead our country…winning the backing of the British people three times in a row. She will be remembered for the big political battles she fought. Taking on the union barons.  Privatising industry.

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Margaret Thatcher in quotes

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"I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime." - 1975 'To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning.' 'I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.' 'If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.' 'I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.' 'To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

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Tributes pour in for Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher died this morning following a stroke.  Downing Street said this afternoon that the former Conservative Prime Minister's funeral will have the same status as the Queen Mother and Princess Diana, with full military honours, a service at St Paul's Cathedral, followed by a private cremation. She will not lie in state, in accordance with her wishes. The flag over No.10 is flying at half mast and  the tributes are flowing in. David Cameron's tribute is posted below. Here are some others:- Barack Obama: 'With the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend.

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