Attlee versus Thatcher: We need to pick better heroes.

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1. No contest really

Attlee saw active service and was wounded in the Great War. He then went on to serve in Churchill's War Cabinet from 1940-45. His life spanned the world shattering conflicts of the first half of the 20 th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee

By contrast Thatcher was a big fish in an increasingly small post war British pond. As I have said elsewhere the fact that some people can not recognise the difference says all you need to know about the UKs problems. We are still a nation in denial about our decline in the world.