Margaret Thatcher

James Naughtie considers the lasting influence of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century and the only woman to hold the post. Her uncompromising policies and leadership style earned her the enduring nickname "The Iron Lady". She passed away 13 April 2013.

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Negative ads about Britain: it's not as if we're short of material

Doing a U-turn after decades of initiatives portraying Britain as both pleasant and welcoming probably won't be that hard. 

Our idea for a poster, based on a 1950s tourist poster, to put off potential immigrants

It's a task to which the British temperament is uniquely suited: a campaign to sell Britain short. With a year to go before the UK's current migration restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian people are lifted, government ministers are considering mounting an advertising campaign in both countries to highlight the downsides of life in Britain, with a view to discouraging any would-be immigrants.

Where does the Royal Family shop in London?

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