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Leading article Australia

Joe’s Thatcherite message

5 April 2014

9:00 AM

5 April 2014

9:00 AM

The greatest accolade that can be granted to a public figure is not a knighthood, an OA or any such other title; it’s an ‘ism’. Margaret Thatcher will always be remembered for Thatcherism rather than for being a lady and a baroness. The reason is simple. Thatcherism was a philosophy that explained why her fiscally conservative policies were so important to her country at that point in time.

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