I'm sure that if Mrs Thatcher had of been a Labour Prime Minister we would now be enjoying the benefits of a model NHS and superb education system. She would have taken on big business and removed its sting and probably nationalised all foreign enterprises in the UK. But as she was on the other side of the coin this is just speculation - I know that she had a strong personality/character which means a strong positive side and a strong negative side - when she got it right or wrong she stuck to her guns.
I suspect that many in her Cabinet encouraged her to do what she did because they didn't have the balls/brassneck to do so themselves.
Rest in peace.
CD.