And this idea was very apparent to the majority of the country who voted for her in those elections.

In no election did Thatcher's party ever get a majority of the votes. The people voting against her split their votes between Labour and Liberal or Social Democrat. That's how it works.

I think it's important to remember that. The blame for those years doesn't lie with Thatcher, it lies with the people who voted for her, and that's why it's important to remember that most people never did and never would have.

I agree that "I hate Maggie" is a waste of time - it diverts attention from her disciples who wormed their way to control the Labour Party. It even makes them look good.

For me I see the Thatcher period as a catastrophe. I don't mean that it cost me money - if anything, as a social worker, the problems she brought ensured that there was never any shortage of work. But I remember the way that for year in year out you'd turn on the radio and there were these oily politicians sneering and smug and a constant diet of hate and selfishness and worship of power and money. It corrupted everything, and worst of all it corrupted a whole generation of young people.

And it corrupted the Labour Party as well, which I am afraid is Thatcher's most enduring legacy. So maybe the Tories might never win another election - so what? It's like the scene you get in Vampire films sometimes, right at the end. The Vampire is dead, with a spike through the heart. But as the credits start to roll the one who killed it looks into the camera, and you realise that he's become a Vampire himself.