THIS THREAD is primarily for those who are grateful to Baroness Thatcher.
THIS THREAD has seen a reasonable debate about her virtues and shortcomings [although there are those of us who believe that should wait until after next Wednesday, on the grounds of good manners]
THIS THREAD has managed until recently to avoid visits to the gutter.
OTHER THREADS will happily accommodate those who wish to denigrate our greatest peace-time leader.
On Wednesday my large Union Flag will be at half mast and draped in black. We will never see her like again.
As an aside, my opinion is that those who did not have to live through the 1970s simply cannot know what life was like in the UK: those who could avoid it, avoided it, by overseas tours, even if they were very ill-paid.