Simple person. Stood up for what she believed. Not a Libertarian, nor am I, but believed Government should get out of some things like renting houses to citizens and nurturing a united European economy. “No, no, no and never!’ was a vibrant stand versus union with Europe, foretold economic problems of today and is one of the all time great quotes. However, Thatcher was representative of ‘modern’ ideas and greatly a liberal, socially, and in many ways politically. She did not agree with the Left on it’s affiliation with the public being ‘state dependent’ but Thatcher was a friend of the left as she greatly increased spending and infrastructure support, much to the chagrin of conservatives, social and economic, for a State schools system, public services, ‘women’s rights’ and other areas of ‘intolerance’. This was accomplished through huge taxation of oil resources. The ‘left’ was not a lot more left than she.