Just look at Margaret Thatcher, who governed for 11 years, or Tony Blair for 10 
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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, front left, and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, front center, share a light moment after joining their delegations for a group photo to wrap up the two-day Strategic Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The United States and China pledged US$20 billion to help finance trade amid a global credit crisis Friday as they wrapped up high-level talks marked by a Chinese appeal to Washington to stabilize its economy.
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Pratibha Patil during Medvedev's ceremonial reception at the presidential palace in New Delhi December 5, 2008. Medvedev said on Thursday Russia might lease out nuclear-powered submarines to India as part of deepening defence ties.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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Quotes about Margaret Thatcher
the worst thing that the Czechs could have done was to elect to the presidency a follower of Margaret Thatcher.
was said
in Red County
Quotes from articles mentioning Margaret Thatcher
We’re leaving Downing Street for the last time after eleven-and-a-half years and we’re happy to leave the UK in a very much better state than when we came in
said Margaret Thatcher
Quite how Labour has managed to spin Salmond's remarks about Thatcher in the way that it has is quite astonishing - but the Scottish media has such a Labour bias it makes English newspapers look positively balanced by comparison. Every single Scottish media outlet is biased against the SNP.
was said
in The Scotsman
