January 9, 2012

Maggie's Magic: Contempt for Complacent Men

Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph

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The Iron Lady is the most important political film for years. Nothing and no one has done more, in the 22 years since she was kicked out of office, to rehabilitate Margaret Thatcher. As anyone who has been on the BBC’s Question Time will know, you only have to mention her name and you will come under a fusillade of boos. Not any more, I suspect; or not so much - not after this film.

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