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As Margaret Thatcher came up in the world, so the Conservative Party came down.

— Julian Critchley

From the start of her leadership of the Conservative party in February 1975, Thatcher's style seemed shrill and uncompromising, and she became an easy…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

Just as strong Labour supporters in the 1980s could not come to terms with the fact that most people did not hate Mrs Thatcher,…

— Damian Green

Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax.…

— Jon Weisman

I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister this century.…

— Tony Benn

Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where…

— Anthony Holden

While every effort is being undertaken to make the memory of the Thatcher government disappear, Thatcherism is still working its way through the system.

— Stuart Hall

Mrs. Thatcher actually won her big majorities in the Eighties with a smaller vote share than she did in 1979. This happened because the…

— Gavin Williamson

The Establishment decided Thatcher's ideas were safer with a strong Blair government than with a weak Major government. We are given all these personalities…

— Tony Benn

The main purpose of the Thatcher government was to sort out Britain's failing economy.

— Nick Boles

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

— Alan Green

In the 1980s, Thatcher hacked away at our trade unions and abolished the Greater London Council.

— Clive Lewis