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Former British PM Thatcher calls for Pinochet's release
By our correspondent
23 October, 1998

Ex-Conservative prime minister Baroness Thatcher has written to the Times of London newspaper demanding that former dictator Augusto Pinochet to be allowed to return to Chile. She describes the general, who presided over the execution of thousands of his left-wing opponents, in glowing terms.

And our glorious leader "little Johny Howard " is in turn one of Maggies greatest fans.
Whoops must be careful lest I breach the new anti sedition laws.

Frankly my dear... I don't give a rat's arse