Community Quote by Stuart Hall

I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.

— Margaret Thatcher

“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

“I never swallowed in its entirety the free-market rhetoric of the Thatcherites. But I deeply sympathized with Thatcher’s motives. She wanted the electorate to…

— Roger Scruton

“Thatcher is remembered as The Iron Lady only because she possessed completely negative traits such as persistent stubbornness and a determined refusal to listen…

— Morrisey

Blair worshipped Thatcherism, could see little or no wrong in it, believed that that was what the country needed, thought that there was no…

— Martin Jacques

Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was a loyal…

— Anonymous

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped…

— Martin Parr

Thatcherism has become bigger than she ever was.

— Jonathan Coe

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to…

— Abi Morgan

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of…

— Anonymous

[Margaret Thatcher] aroused such strong loathing in so many people. That's the fact that interests me.

— Hilary Mantel

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