Essays on Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first ever female Prime Minister following the general election in May of 1979. She and her cabinet inherited a country in peril. The economy was marred by a rising rate of inflation and levels of unemployment not seen since the early…

The lady’s not discerning Statecraft Margaret Thatcher 608pp, HarperCollins As I was finishing Margaret Thatcher’s Statecraft , it was announced that our former prime minister would be making no more public speeches because of ill health. I was sad to hear that news – both…

In office, 1979-1992, a major change came with Margaret Thatcher´s `conversion´ following her reading of a paper on global warming and a major speech in September 1988 to the Royal Society. She followed this with an address to the UN General Assembly in November 1989,…

Margaret Thatcher & Obama Problem Identification Margaret Thatcher was raised in a strict British household with a strong commitment to “self-improvement and a dedication to duty”, and followed a distinguished academic path at Oxford into a career as a politician. Her status as a female…

In 1979 Margaret Thatcher took over from James Callaghan as Prime Minister. On being appointed she appealled, in the words of Francis of Assisi for help in bringing harmony when there is discord. For the next eleven years Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister winning an…

Mrs Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great Britain from the Third of May 1979 until November 22nd 1990. She was the first female and the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century. She brought with her a completely new ideology to base policies upon…