I think this thread has a high potential to get real ugly real fast.
I'm too young to know what she was like, but my Grandad thought she was magnificent. He loved her. And My Mum always voted for her too, so I've always had the impression she was this great, strong leader that didn't take **** from anybody, and we've never had anyone better since. I just asked my Mum why she liked her, and she says it's because she (Thatcher) whenever she spoke, you felt she meant what she said, and she was going to do what she said, and didn't mess around, while today's politicians, you ask them a question and they just dance circles around it.