Basically she did to the working classes in her 11 years what American conservatives took about 30 to accomplish. We didn't have a decent rail service to privatize into a fiscal black hole, but hey, the Republicans have made up for it in other ways.
She's responsible for a kind of Randian economic drivel that I think even Ayn might have not found entirely sexy.
The most praise I can give to Thatcher is she managed to dismantle Britain's fascist party and their voter gains because they felt enough at home voting for her party instead.
Total votes 1979 (when she came to power): 191,719
Total votes 1983 (her first re-election): 27,065
I had to pick poems or songs for my class to memorize for an English contest. This was one of the ones I picked. It couldn't have come at a better time!