thatcherism was never a majority choice - never mind your 'vast majority.' some things remain ever popular - NHS, tolerance, BBC decency and fairness- all routinely attacked by tories or opponents of what the americans call 'big government' and the rest of us regard as society. i've lived nearly all my adult life in scotland and the north of england -and never met half a dozen people who were seriously proposing that thatcherism was the way to go. of those who express an opinion -she is overwhelmingly loathed.