Thatcherism Special

Economics In Ten by Economics In Ten

Oct 12, 202501:35:59Science & Medicine

In 1925, on the 13th October, a daughter was born to Alfred Roberts and his wife Beatrice Stephenson - she was named Margaret Hilda Roberts. The world would get to know her as Mrs Thatcher or ‘The Iron Lady’ and 100 year...

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