For better or for worse (I point some of this out just to indicate to those who think I just read what I want to see/hear) I read a blog called Cramner. I find it informative if a little bit irritating - and that irritation is not just because of the fact the blogger takes a right-of-centre view on things, but just as much if not more due to his writing style.
Anyhow, apparently some Labour Councillor up in Sunderland has covered herself in glory by hoping that Thatcher "burn in hell" on the back of Thatcher's current state of weak health. So this Cramner chap takes her to task pointing out that, apparently, Thatcher is a Christian.
I'm too young to really know all that much about Thatcher other than that, in the parts I grew up in, she was universally hated, and so the possibility she is a Christian intrigues me. The downside, of course, is trying to read more about this since almost anything written on her is either sycophantic or hate-filled, it seems. Any tips will be gratefully received on reading material; if you're a Tory I may treat your tips with a little more scepticism than I might otherwise...
One thing I note from what Cramner writes is that Thatcher it seems never went as far as to claim you couldn't be anything other than a right winger and a Christian. So I guess with all great figures, those that come afterwards distort what they said or think to some extent.
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