Taking Thatcherism To Task

(via J.M.G.)

The wonderful actress Glenda Jackson, MP for Labour, has a thing or two to say about Thatcherism and the tributes to the memory of the Iron Lady.

The Lady Has Turned

Margaret Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979-1990

"To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the 'U-turn', I have only one thing to say: "You turn [U-turn] if you want to. The lady's not for turning." Margaret Thatcher speaking at the British Conservative Party Conference on 10 October 1980.

P.S. There are only two things I believe we should honor her for. The first is that she succeeded in becoming the first female P.M. in the U.K. (and the longest serving one in the 20th century too). The second is that she managed to outplay all her competitors in this mans world by being more of a "man's man" than any of the other men.