Thatcher

I am persuaded now that I have a better prospect than MrsThatcher of leading the Conservatives to a fourth electoral victoryand preventing the ultimate calamity of a Labour government.

—Heseltine, Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron

Who is there in that lot one would want as a father, except perhaps MrsThatcher? That choice would be irregular but safe.

—West, Dame Rebecca formerly  Cecily Isabel Fairfield

If Margaret Thatcher wins onThursday, I warn you not to be ordinary,I warnyou not to be young,I warnyou not to fall ill, I warn you not to get old.

—Kinnock, Neil Gordon

It will be Blair,Blair, Blair just as it wasThatcher,Thatcher, Thatcher.

—Benn,Tony (Anthony Neil Wedgwood)

I've met serial killers and professional assassins and nobody scared me as much as MrsT.

—Livingstone, Ken

Ispeakof that most dangerous duoöPresident Ray-Gun and the plutonium blonde, Margaret Thatcher.

—Scargill, Arthur

Thenannyseemedtobe extinct until1975, when, likethe coelacanth, shesuddenlyand unexpectedly reappeared in the shape of Margaret Thatcher.

—Hoggart, Simon David

Idon't seehow we cantalk with MrsThatcher† Iwill say to the lads,'Come on, get your snouts in the trough.'

—Weighell, Sidney

   For the past few months, [Margaret Thatcher] has been charging around likesome bargain-basement Boadicea.

—Healey, Denis Winston Healey, Baron

[Margaret Thatcher] has turned the British bulldog into a Reagan poodle.

—Steel, David Martin Scott Steel, Baron

Margaret Thatcher is a brilliant tyrant surrounded by mediocrities.

—Stockton

I think it's essential for comic writers to have a hate figure, a despot, a regime to react against, and I think Thatcher was perfect for me, I loathed everything she stood for.

—Townsend, Sue