For my sins, my background is similar to Stigweard's. I was a Tory, and actually voted for Thatcher in 1979 because I thought she might offer some radical change from the moribund and destructive cycle that had gone on before. By the time of the Falklands I had change my opinion radically, and have never regretted it. She was a disaster.
I know there are many who will say that she 'cured' the ills of the nation, but to me it's along the same lines as the doctor who said 'The procedure was a complete success; but unfortunately the patient died'.
I still shudder when I think of the hideous triumphalism of the Eighties Tories, and the way so many working people were conned. The phrase 'lions led by donkeys' comes to mind yet again...