when did margaret thatcher come to power
Robert Pearce considers why Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979. She was Britainâs first female Prime Minister and our longest-serving Premier of the twentieth century. In addition, she was a dominant leader. Rather than conforming to consensus views, she was prepared to say and repeat âNoâ, and very loudly indeed. âThe lady is not for turning,â she once famously intoned. So intransigent did she become that cabinet colleagues had to turn on her to secure her removal, in 1990.