Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Put yourself in her position. Half the country hates you, the national papers either love you or hate you depending on what day, there's rebellion in Ireland and the country is in bankruptcy. Now I'm not necessarily a supporter of Thatcher, but how many of you will be able to stand up against the whole country and take the reigns? Not many. Yes, she closed down the mines and caused terrible unemployment, but if she hadn't have done that then we would have slid into hyperinflation like Germany at the end of the first world war.