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Updated May 3, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister of the United Kingdom on this day in 1979. She served as prime minister for 11 years, until her resignation in November 1990. What were Margaret Thatcher’s key policies as prime minister? As prime minister, Margaret Thatcher pursued a program of economic […]
BBC RADIO 4, THE INDEPENDENT (UK) REUTERS Worldcrunch LONDON – Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was honored Wednesday at a solemn funeral at St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London. An estimated 2,300 people from 170 different countries attended the ceremony, which Reuters compared to Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965. The scene inside St Paul’s […]
Worldcrunch Margaret Thatcher, baroness of Kesteven, died on Monday, from a stroke at the age of 87. The iconic leader of the Conservative Party, Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 up to her resignation in 1990. The Soviet Press gave her the nickname the “Iron Lady” for her toughness, and […]