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Old 14-02-2008, 07:56 PM   #18 (permalink)
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The Iron Lady was indeed quite rusty and did have some embarrassing foul ups but look at the alternative Michael Foot not only a left wing labour CND loony BUT even worse a Plymouth Argyle fan

Some of Mrs T's errors reducing the Armed forces which encouraged Argentina
Giving up on Hong Kong Not being strong on Europe and giving in to Heseltine Clarke Major et al

Bottling the leadership contest was a stupid mistake I wonder what might have been if Airey Neave had not been assassinated and the Brighton bomb had not struck.
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