AS the reaction to her death and funeral demonstrated, few politicians have sparked such strength of feeling as Margaret Thatcher.In life, she was either reviled or revered. There was little middle ground. Nevertheless, I was somewhat surprised at the strength and immediacy of these very different responses. It is, perhaps, the greatest evidence of how completely she divided the country.No-one can take away from her the tremendous achievement of being Britain's first woman Prime Minister.But...
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