RIP Margaret Thatcher

Two of the Greatest

As a conservative, all I can say about Margaret Thatcher is thank goodness she ruled when he did, she was one of the most outstanding women in my lifetime and her accomplishments will last several lifetimes.
From Fox News: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died after suffering a stroke.
"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning,” Thatcher spokesperson Lord Bell said in a statement.
Thatcher, an outspoken woman known to many as "The Iron Lady," was 87. She led Britain's Conservatives to three election victories from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister since the early 19th century.
"We have lost a great leader, a great prime minister and a great Briton,'' British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/08/britain-margaret-thatcher-at-age-87-dies-after-suffering-stroke/#ixzz2PsIVR9F4
She spent 11 years in Downing Street, the longest run by any 20th century prime minister.
In 1990, a leadership challenge forced her to leave No 10 and two years later she was made a life peer, as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.In recent years she has led a quiet life cared for by her loyal housekeeper Kate. She suffered a minor stroke in 2002 which left her with short-term memory loss.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305754/BREAKING-NEWS-Former-British-prime-minister-Baroness-Thatcher-dies-peacefully-age-87-suffering-massive-stroke.html#ixzz2PsItRWUG