Margaret ThatcherIain Dale introduces Margaret Thatcher to a new generation and intelligently explodes some of the myths about her Simon Heffer Margaret Thatcher was a woman of tremendous paradoxes: a conviction politician who was also a pragmatist; someone who delighted in her tough reputation, yet could also be emotional, and even tearful, when confronted by personal or national tragedy. Her reputation as a cabinet leader was one of being quasi dictatorial, yet she