Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher | |
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Name | Margaret Hilda Thatcher, née Roberts (13 October, 1925- 8 April, 2013) |
Nicknames | Maggie (the media, people who didn't actually know her), Mother (Conservative staffers), Maggie Thatcher Milk Snatcher (schoolchildren), The Iron Lady (everyone) |
Politics | |
Party | Conservative |
Constituency | Finchley (1959 – 1992) |
Positions | • Prime Minister (4 May, 1979 – 28 November, 1990) • Leader of the Opposition (11 February, 1975 – 28 November, 1990) • Secretary of State for Education and Science (20 June, 1970 – 4 March, 1974) |
Likes | Friedrich Hayek, unfettered capitalism, privatising things |
Dislikes | Communism, socialism, taxes, the welfare state, nationalised industries, miners, the European Union |
Friends | Keith Joseph, Norman Tebbit, Willie Whitelaw, Ronald Reagan, Augusto Pinochet, investment bankers |
Enemies | Michael Heseltine, Geoffrey Howe, the Labour Party, Arthur Scargill, miners, most of Northern England, Scots, the Welsh, Irish nationalists, the IRA, the Soviet Union, poor people, sick people, young people, old people, black people, LGBT people |
Relationships | |
Partners | Denis Thatcher (1951–2003) |
Children | Carol (1953), Mark (1953) |
Personal Attributes | |
Nationality | English |
Religion | Church of England (1951–2013) Methodist (1925–1951) |
Sexuality | Straight |
Height | 5' 5" |
Eye Colour | Blue |
Handedness | Right |
Accent | Received Pronunciation |
Languages | Some French |
This is what we believe!''~ Margaret Thatcher, slapping a copy of Friedrich Hayek's "The Constitution of Liberty" down on the Cabinet table
British Prime Minister 1979-1990. Possibly undead. At any rate statues and paintings in her image keep springing up like tiny mushrooms on a very old slice of pizza, to the horror of left-wingers everywhere. Much like Marmite, you either love her or hate her, but we doubt Thatcher actually tastes of tangy yeast product, and don't want to know what her actual flavour is. "Miner's Tears", probably.
Worse still, a young Thatcher was a part of a team of chemists who developed soft-serve ice cream. This has ruined many childhood memories of delicious 99p flakes. Along with certain nefarious milk-snatching activities under Ted Heath's government, will her dairy-related terror ever end?
Every Prime Minister gets the opportunity to add books to the Cabinet book collection. Thatcher is the only known PM to add their own books.
Life and Career[edit | edit source]
Early Life[edit | edit source]
Pre-political Career[edit | edit source]
Early Political Career[edit | edit source]
Parliamentary Career[edit | edit source]
Full List of Appointments |
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• Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Minister for Pensions) (9 October, 1961 – 16 October, 1964) |
• Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science (10 January, 1967 – 20 June, 1970) |
• Secretary of State for Education and Science (20 June, 1970 – 4 March, 1974) |
• Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment (5 March, 1974 – 11 February, 1975) |
• Leader of the Conservative Party (11 February, 1975 – 28 November, 1990) |
• Leader of the Opposition (11 February, 1975 – 4 May, 1979) |
• Prime Minister (4 May, 1979 – 28 November, 1990) |