one thing all the above has made apparent is that with thatcher you made your choice very early on - an objective one as well as a lot of subjective. for those of us -like me - in our early adulthood she had a big polarising effect and i doubt that many people have crossed the line between loathing and loving her since. also apparent that in general terms the right are finding it very difficult to find any coherent way of supporting the conservative/global capitalist system in its current manifestation. certainly they wont be attracting any folk from the left these days. so we could go on bickering about her and her successors for ever-but our minds (and our gut instincts)were decided years ago, so none of us will be persuaded.