How Did Margaret Thatcher Become The Prime Minister?

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I love argument. I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me - that's not their job. . By saying that she showed what a strong and assuming she is. It is known that during her premiership period she was both loved and hated equally with the British people. She was the person who managed to split the nation and make people to really hate her or love her. On one hand, it can be hard to historians to understand why this happened. On the other hand, people showed their position on her, especially historian’s community. One of those persons were Bernard Porter who said Academic historians have a real problem on their hands with Margaret Thatcher’. Firstly, the essay will explore M. Thatcher becoming the Prime Minister; secondly it will discuss why did people split into a haters and lovers; thirdly it will examine her and historian’s relationship and her approach to history and what made her hard to study and understand.

3rd May, 1979 was a big day for Conservative Party and especially its leader Margaret Thatcher who became first female Prime Minister in Britain. When she was elected she said I am very excited, very aware of the responsibilities .It shows that in her first days of premiership she felt confident and she knew what is
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He assured that Margaret was disliked in his community and not without a reason. She was a person who wanted to interfere with everything, even into history subject despite of that there were specialists who know their subject better than she did. During her premiership period historians had the right to feel disgruntled. B. Porter in his article told that: while she was in power she was not kind to the universities and colleges. It can be assumed that Thatcher wanted to be a part of an academic community even if it is not her cup of tea and make more

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