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“Margaret Thatcher broke Britain and replaced what had come before with something crueller, nastier,” writes the left-of-centre tabloïd Daily Mirror in its editorial on the former prime minister’s death on April 8.
“To some she fought for Britain. Many others, including the Daily Mirror, felt she spent 11 years fighting against Britain,” continues the newspaper, describing how she “ruled inflexibly during a 1980s scarred by riots, strikes and strife.”
It traces contemporary problems, such as unemployment and drug abuse, back to her “disastrous premiership”.
We recognise she became a frail old lady and her two children have lost a mother. But her passing away doesn’t rewrite political history.
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