Did anyone else see 'Margaret' on the box last night?
And what did you think of it?
I really enjoyed it; the bits about her own thoughts were sometimes unconvincing, but it was a great reminder of a recent period in history, which at least had the happy ending of her being kicked out!
1. It caught the primitive tribalism of the Tory party well
Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 06:03 PM by fedsron2us
particularly their belief in making a sacrifice of the leader when the electoral gods turn nasty.
It was also quite cleverly cast.
Though I loathed Thatcher when she was in power both last nights drama and the more tongue in cheek play about her early career shown last year have given me a bit more understanding of her. It must have been quite lonely and dispiriting having to battle constantly for acceptance in the cliquey, male chauvinist world of Conservative politics.
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