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.
In Londonderry, hundreds of nationalists held a peaceful demonstration at Free Derry corner celebrating Mrs Thatcher's death.
The critics will point to the destruction of manufacturing capacity in the early years of Mrs Thatcher.
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.
In his book Good Times, Bad Times, Sir Harold reported that Mrs Thatcher was the architect of the deal.
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.
Last week Mr Bell tweeted "sympathies" to the devil for hosting Mrs Thatcher.
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.
In April 1982, Mrs Thatcher's declaration of war on Argentina for occupying the Falklands saw a downturn in Anglo-Irish relations.
Mr Herring argues that the portrayal of Mrs Thatcher in the 1980s as fierce and dictatorial actually strengthened her position.
Mrs Thatcher called for a brandy - not for Sir Geoffrey but for the poor waitress, whom she proceeded to comfort.
Some campaigners for the families of the victims have suggested that Mrs Thatcher sought to avoid the police being criticised.
But Sir Malcolm Thornton, former Conservative MP for Liverpool Garston and later Crosby, denied that Mrs Thatcher did not like Liverpool.
Mrs Thatcher's former chief press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham said he was completely unaware of any negotiations involving the prime minister.
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