Breaking news: Margaret Thatcher has died

[The Larch]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22067155

Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at 87 following a stroke, her spokesman has said.

Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning."

Baroness Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990.

She was the first woman to hold the post. Her family is expected to make a further statement later.

[Caliga]

 

I look forward to yelling at Tyr in this thread.

[Camerus]

RIP

[Solmyr]

 

[Tamas]

 

[CountDeMoney]

I know it doesn't go over well these days over in the UK, but she made Britain relevant again. 
A terrific partner in the Cold War, and the most equitable US-UK relationship since Roosevelt-Churchill.

I'm sure her legacy will be appreciated by her countrymen more than it is now.

[Valmy]

RIP Iron Lady.

[Gups]

I hated her at the time but have amore balanced view these days.

Like most great politicans, her legacy is mixed but there's no doubt she was among the most important British politicans in history and changed our society & politics for ever.

[Josquius]

I look forward to yelling at Tyr in this thread.

Needless to say: 

[PDH]

RIP, as Gups said her legacy is great/large enough that reactions (outside of idiots simply shitting in the thread) will always be mixed - but she was the defining British leader of the late 20th century.

[Valmy]

I look forward to yelling at Tyr in this thread.

Needless to say: 

The Coal Mines are saved!!!111

[Legbiter]

She had a good run. 

[Josephus]

 

[Josquius]

I look forward to yelling at Tyr in this thread.

Needless to say: 

The Coal Mines are saved!!!111

Probally the opposite, there's going to be an upsurge in alcohol related deaths amongst elderly miners in the near future.

[Valmy]

Probally the opposite, there's going to be an upsurge in alcohol related deaths amongst elderly miners in the near future.

They may forget to stay plugged into their iron lungs with all that boozing.