Being Quote by Dido Harding

I was in the debating society at school, I was the president of the Oxford Union, and then I became an MP in the…

— Gyles Brandreth

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

— Cherie Lunghi

I was out of the U.K. as a care-free, fun-loving student for much of Mrs. Thatcher's time in Downing Street, and as I didn't…

— Stephen Hough

Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

— Max Beerbohm

I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher…

— Gary Kemp

I was a Thatcherite. But to be fair, I probably have changed my outlook.

— Nicky Morgan

I was supposed to be a real Thatcherite. Just by dint of being a first-generation immigrant and having not had money, and then suddenly…

— George Michael

I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.

— Eric Greitens

What I realized the moment I got to Oxford was that someone like me could not really be part of it. I mean, I…

— Stuart Hall

I did one of the first interviews with Mrs Thatcher. I think, from memory, she came across then as a sort of wishy-washy European.

— Angela Rippon

You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them

— Evelyn Waugh