Margaret Thatcher died April 8, 2013 from a stroke. She was 87. She had
been the longest serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. She
set off a profound reversal in national fortunes that became known as
Thatcherism — transforming her country's politics such that for Labour
to come back to power, the erstwhile Socialists had to adopt a much more
centrist stance, hence Tony Blair's "New Labour." What Margaret
Thatcher began is also rightly referred to as the Thatcher Revolution
because the leader of the Conservative Party was a radical ideologue
whose policies turned British society upside down — and still cause
heated if not vitriolic arguments. In recognition of her 11-1/2 years in
office and her immense achievements, historians will inevitably rank
her alongside Winston Churchill as the greatest of this century's
British Prime Ministers.
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