But if Mrs Thatcher's saying something like that - there must be something in it'.
Mrs Thatcher's government revived Britain's political and military role in the region, which continues.
From early on in her premiership Mrs Thatcher had recognised the commercial possibilities in the Gulf.
The author maintained that it was because it showed Mrs Thatcher in a favourable light.
You cite the last time as opposition to Mrs Thatcher in the early 1980s.
Incidentally he argues that had she been around in politics now, Mrs Thatcher would have "accommodated devolution".
After Mrs Thatcher, the country had a growing economy, low public spending and competitive rates of taxation.
The cabinet documents also reveal the confidential meetings Mrs Thatcher had with civic, community and church leaders.
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The publishing of a draft bill looks like an exercise in what Mrs Thatcher used to call "followership" not leadership.
No-one, of course, out-determined Mrs Thatcher, who had seen off many much more powerful men than me.
But Mr Reagan was a pal of Mrs Thatcher and gave Britain whatever help it asked for.
"I personally had the impression that there were some differences between Mrs Thatcher and Douglas Hurd, " he says.
Mrs Thatcher came to believe that she had been tricked into accepting the Single European Act in 1987.
He later became the party chairman under Mrs Thatcher's successor, John Major, spearheading the Conservatives' 1992 general election campaign.
She is TINA - "There Is No Alternative" - the phrase forever associated with Mrs Thatcher in the 1980s.
The storm of conflicting opinions centres on the Mrs Thatcher who became a symbolic figure - even an "ism".
At the time, Mrs Thatcher was a frontbench MP in Harold Macmillan's government.
Ironically, Mrs Thatcher's election to the premiership brought with it the lowest tally of female MPs (19) since 1951.
The neutrality of the Irish government of Charles J Haughey in the conflict earned him Mrs Thatcher's lasting hostility.
When he succeeded Mrs Thatcher on November 28th 1990, both the Tory party and the government were in deep trouble.
Mrs Thatcher called for a brandy - not for Sir Geoffrey but for the poor waitress, whom she proceeded to comfort.
Mrs Thatcher's former chief press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham said he was completely unaware of any negotiations involving the prime minister.
On 12 September 1990 - two months Mrs Thatcher resigned as UK prime minister - Mr Ozal sent her a letter.
"David Cameron joined the Conservative Party in the 1980s because he admired much of what Mrs Thatcher was doing, " he said.
The 28-tonne bus was thought to have been built in the 1980s for a visit by Mrs Thatcher to Northern Ireland.
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Mrs Thatcher's admirers believe that curbing the power of the unions was just part of the economic modernisation over which she presided.
While France's President Mitterrand told Mrs Thatcher he agreed with her, he was at a loss as to what they could do.
Mrs Thatcher was briefed about the disaster in the days that followed it, and it was discussed at a number of meetings.
Mrs Thatcher embodied something they felt had also died - conviction politics.
Even before Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979, rows over the budget had become a theme of Britain's presence in Brussels.
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