Few politicians can be said to have been responsible for changing the way in which we think, let alone contributing to reshaping fundamentally the geo-political and economic environment in which we live, but that is what the late Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990, achieved.
Like what she stood for or not, the long view of history will undoubtedly recognise that her often polarising influence on reshaping our world was exceptional. Whether it was her central role in helping create the climate necessary for dialogue that brought an end to the Cold War; her defence of national sovereignty in relation to the Falkland Islands;