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That's interesting. My English better half and I were just discussing this very point over dinner. We came up with a much different conclusion. I'd argue that Thatcher will come out on the top of a list of Britain's greatest non-wartime Prime Ministers.
Time, however, is going to be far less kind to the architects of "New Labour" - messrs Blair, Brown, Campbell and Mandelson.
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She might due to her devisiveness but in truth Atlee remains the architect of modern Britain and Thatcher was in effect still running on a platform of reducing Atlee's influence 40 years on, therefore I'd still consider him more important in real terms