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Michael Heseltine, from an interview for the documentary television series Thatcher: A Very British Revolution (BBC), as cited in Victoria Ward, "Michael Heseltine: 'I didn't think Margaret Thatcher was leadership material'", The Telegraph (18 May 2019)
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She comes from a certain social background, one step up the ladder of economic success, with it, a lot of the characteristics that you associate with people who've just made it. A certain intolerance of those who haven't, a certain suspicion of those who are further up the ladder, a certain bigotry. Slightly over-simplistic solutions about the nature of the society in which they live. And then she went to university and got a fantastic degree and she had a fine mind.

— Michael Heseltine

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "She comes from a certain social background, one step up the ladder of economic success, with it, a lot of the characteristics that you associate with people who've just made it. A certain intolerance of those who haven't, a certain suspicion of those who are further up the ladder, a certain bigotry. Slightly over-simplistic solutions about the nature of the society in which they live. And then she went to university and got a fantastic degree and she had a fine mind." in the context of "Michael Heseltine, from an interview for the documentary television series Thatcher: A Very British Revolution (BBC), as cited in Victoria Ward, "Michael Heseltine: 'I didn't think Margaret Thatcher was leadership material'", The Telegraph (18 May 2019)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Margaret Thatcher

About Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British politician and stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime minister and the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. As prime minister, she implemented neoliberal economic policies of deregulation and privatization that became known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.