US EditionThatcher at 100: Lavish celebrations to mark the Iron Lady's life, leadership and legacy
Centenary events include a black-tie dinner and exhibitions reflecting on Thatcher's transformative policies and international impact, attended by 500 guests, officials said.
- On Monday, a black-tie dinner at the Guildhall, City of London, hosted 500 guests to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's 100th birthday, organised by the Margaret Thatcher Centre charitable project.
- Margaret Hilda Roberts was born on Oct. 13, 1925 above Alfred Roberts' shop in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and rose from modest roots to become the UK's first female prime minister after 1979.
- Her government pursued privatisation, deregulation, trade-union reform, tax cuts and market mechanisms, while enduring the 1982 Falklands War, the IRA Brighton bomb, the 1984-85 miners' strike and poll tax unrest.
- Sir Mark Thatcher, son of Margaret Thatcher, will speak publicly about his mother for the first time, while Kemi Badenoch, Conservative party leader, cited her influence last week at the Conservative Party conference, Manchester.
- Her partnership with Ronald Reagan, former US President, helped end the Cold War, while her intense dislike of the European Union fueled modern Euroscepticism and Brexit.
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A subjective selection of information and statements by the influential British politician on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth
Boris blasts Farage at Thatcher dinner
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John Wall: Was Margaret Thatcher the last titan?
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Thatcher at 100: Lessons in civility, strength and enduring alliances
Monday marks the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leaders and supporters from across the Atlantic to pay tribute to her life. We at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute are honored to participate in the celebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacy and connection with Ronald Reagan in the context of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with Pr…
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