She was not 'my heroine', Dick. I merely state facts as to the attitudes she inspired [both pro & anti, a point I had made which you missed & which I had to draw to your attention by quoting my previous posts]. I do not defend her attitude to the iniquitous Pinochet; simply accept it as a fact, & note that it was not that which led to her loss of the support of the electorate ~~ it was her hubristic losing of the plot over the Poll Tax & her refusal to listen to advice or reason on that topic which did that. Tho I must add that she was not the first, nor was she the last, to lie for reasons of policy with unsavoury bedfellows [metaphor, I promise] for political reasons ~~ look at the accommodations made by governments & politicians over the years with the obnoxious Saudi regime, for instance.

It's all very well attacking her memory & trying to belittle her achievements: but the public attitudes to which I have alluded are matters of fact and record, and it is idle to pretend that they are not.

~M~