80s Quote by Martin Parr

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

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

For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to…

— Jon Weisman

Liberals in the US don't have great passions about Margaret Thatcher. Conservatives do. For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles…

— Jon Weisman

I hate to say it because I voted against everything Thatcher did, but she had principles she believed in.

— Dennis Skinner

I have an ambivalent relationship with Margaret Thatcher. She came to power in May 1979 - a month before my 11th birthday. I was…

— Sara Sheridan

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

“Britain is no longer ‘Thatcherite’, though in the aftermath of ‘Brexit’, it may even be worse. The need to temper British imperial nostalgia with…

— Shashi Tharoor

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

— Nicola Sturgeon

Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

— Jonathan Coe

Margaret Thatcher was Britain's most controversial modern politician.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair…

— Martin Jacques