Leader: A remarkable force who changed course of history
Too much pomp and ceremony? Perhaps, when seen from a Scottish vantage point. This is, after all, the part of the UK that remained largely immune to the Iron Lady’s political charms – although the proportion of Scots who voted for her in three general elections is higher than the folk memory might suggest.
The relatively small numbers of people who used yesterday’s funeral as an excuse to demonstrate one final time their opposition to her economic and social policies when in power were entitled to their last hurrah. Twenty-three years after she left power, this is still a woman who divides opinion perhaps as no other, and the bitterness felt by many at the disproportionate impact her rule had on some sections of the public is very real.
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