Margaret Thatcher

[EnglishLady]

I know some members have an interest in the UK and/or UK Politics



Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.

Successor David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death.


Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the role.


She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.

The ceremony, with full military honours, will take place at London's St Paul's Cathedral.

The union jack above Number 10 Downing Street has been lowered to half-mast.


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BBC News - Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies, aged 87


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[Ragman]

I know some members have an interest in the UK and/or UK Politics



Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.

Successor David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death.


Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the role.


She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.

The ceremony, with full military honours, will take place at London's St Paul's Cathedral.

The union jack above Number 10 Downing Street has been lowered to half-mast.


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BBC News - Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies, aged 87

 

[jrcase]

RIP, Iron Lady. You killed Socialism in The UK, at least temporarily.

 

[21cExp]

She was quite the gal, Thatcher was, and for what seemed like forever was always in the news. I can see where some who grew up in that period might think being Prime Minister was a position one held for life.

In true Interwebs fashion, however, people thought, when seeing the twitter news about Thatcher with hashtag #nowthatcherisdead, thought it said "now that cher is dead" and started spreading the word that Cher is on her way to heaven. . .