Timothy Stanley says Margaret Thatcher was a paradox as a radical conservative . He says she upended Britain 's post-war trajectory , cut taxes and increased privatization . She made country aspirational but demonized opponents and stoked class warfare , he says . Score: 7 As woman , she broke ground ; as PM , she was important but divisive figure .
Timothy Stanley says Margaret Thatcher was a paradox as a radical conservative . He says she upended Britain 's post-war trajectory , cut taxes and increased privatization . She made country aspirational but demonized opponents and stoked class warfare , he says . Stanley : As woman , she broke ground ; as PM , she was important but divisive figure .