What brought this thread on?

No point in wasting energy on her. The blame lies with the MPs in the Tory party who betrayed their more decent traditions by putting her at their head and supporting her on her mission of destruction - and of course those ordinary voters (never a majority) who backed her.

But I'd agree that the real betrayal was that by Tony Blair, and his acolytes and sycophants, who chose to complete what Thatcher left unfinished.