Former UK PM Margaret Thatcher dies

Former UK Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, died on Monday at the age of 87.

Known variously as 'milk-snatcher', 'Iron Lady' and the woman who changed Britain, the Baroness was the United Kingdom's first and only female Prime Minister.

Although public opinion remains divided, Thatcher's legacy places her among the most influential peace-time politicians in modern European history.

Margaret Thatcher is commonly accredited as having entrenched the free-market into British economics, at the expense of her popularity, employment rates and extensive welfare provisions.

See here for the BBC's obituary.

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