I agree Thatcherism is not generally accepted as a term of abuse It is used both by Thatcherites myself included when reffering to their own ideolgy and by those who are too blind to see its merits It may have been used as a derogetary term originally the very fact it was first used in Marxism Today a clear supporter of that it no longer carries that effect It is an ideolgy and like all ideoligies it has its supporters and its opposers