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‘X-Files’ Star Gillian Anderson Joins ‘The Crown’ As PM Margaret Thatcher For Season 4

‘X-Files’ Star Gillian Anderson Joins ‘The Crown’ As PM Margaret Thatcher For Season 4

The latest star added to the cast of the Netflix series, The Crown, is Gillian Anderson, the lead in The X-Files and The Fall. Anderson will be seen by fans on Season 4 of the hit series as Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister in the United Kingdom. Slate says that Anderson will be […]

5y ago

Brighton’s Grand Hotel Evacuated Due To Anonymous Bomb Threat

Brighton’s Grand Hotel Evacuated Due To Anonymous Bomb Threat

The people of Brighton, England, had quite the scare earlier Sunday, September 10. An anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat targeting the highly frequented Grand Hotel, located on the seafront. As reported by The Guardian, the call turned out to be a hoax, and the building was given the all-clear after bomb technicians secured […]

6y ago

Attempted Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher To Be Made Into A Film

Attempted Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher To Be Made Into A Film

In 1984, an assassination attempt was made against British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The attempt to take the life of one of the world’s most iconic leaders is to now be made into a film. Pulse Films and Addictive Pictures have acquired the rights to Jonathan Lee’s High Dive novel, which is based on the […]

8y ago

Jeb Bush May Have Alienated Irish-American Voters By Wanting Margaret Thatcher On $10 Bill

Jeb Bush May Have Alienated Irish-American Voters By Wanting Margaret Thatcher On $10 Bill

During Wednesday’s GOP debate, presidential hopefuls including Jeb Bush were asked which female they would like to see on the $10 bill, a move suggested recently in Congress. While the other candidates came up with some serious but unlikely, along with humorous suggestions, Jeb Bush immediately said, “I would go with Ronald Reagan’s partner: Margaret […]

8y ago

Was Sir Edward Heath A Pedophile Prime Minister?

Was Sir Edward Heath A Pedophile Prime Minister?

Sir Edward Heath was the leader of the UK Conservative party for 10 years between 1965 and 1975. Heath was Prime Minister of the UK from 1970 until 1974 and died in 2005. In a move that will further shake the UK political establishment, Heath has become the latest high profile political figure in the […]

8y ago

Secret Recording: Reagan’s Awkward Grenada Apology To Thatcher

Secret Recording: Reagan’s Awkward Grenada Apology To Thatcher

A secret recording published on the New York Post reveals an incredibly awkward apology from President Ronald Reagan to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. At the time, the U.K. was angry with the U.S. over the invasion of the Grenada islands, part of the British commonwealth, a military action that caught British officials by surprise. […]

9y ago

Margaret Thatcher Falklands War Telex Up For Auction

Margaret Thatcher Falklands War Telex Up For Auction

An original Margaret Thatcher-signed telex that announced the end of the Falklands War with Argentina is going on the auction block later this month. The historic document is expected to command more than $20,000 US dollars. The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, when Argentinian forces invaded and occupied the area, and ended the […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher Funeral Goes Peacefully, Protests Fail To Materialize [Video]

Margaret Thatcher Funeral Goes Peacefully, Protests Fail To Materialize [Video]

London, UK — Margaret Thatcher’s funeral today apparently proceeded in an orderly, dignified fashion. The civil unrest or violence that was of grave concern to security officials — particularly in the aftermath of street celebrations by left-wing Thatcher haters — never emerged. Security was tight, however, with 4,000 cops making sure any demonstrations against Margaret […]

11y ago

Mick Jagger: Margaret Thatcher Street Celebrations Are Unseemly

Mick Jagger: Margaret Thatcher Street Celebrations Are Unseemly

Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones lead vocalist and frontman, gets no satisfaction from the street parties that have sprung up to celebrate Margaret Thatcher’s death. The former UK prime minister, nicknamed the “Iron Lady” for her decisive leadership style, passed away Monday at age 87 from a stroke. Mrs. Thatcher, the then-leader of the Conservative […]

11y ago

Former Munchkin ‘Ashamed’ Over Oz Song’s Popularity After Thatcher’s Death

Former Munchkin ‘Ashamed’ Over Oz Song’s Popularity After Thatcher’s Death

One former Wizard of Oz star says that she’s ashamed that a song from the film has become so popular in the wake of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s death. Margaret “The Iron Lady” Thatcher is still incredibly controversial more than two decades after she last held office. The division over her policies was […]

11y ago

‘Iron Man 3’ Premiere Postponed For The ‘Iron Lady’

‘Iron Man 3’ Premiere Postponed For The ‘Iron Lady’

London — The gala UK premiere of Iron Man 3 is being postponed one day because of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. The highly anticipated sequel was supposed to debut on Wednesday, April 17, in London but will now screen instead on Thursday at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema. Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and other actors […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher Death Sees ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Song Hit Top 10 In UK

Margaret Thatcher Death Sees ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Song Hit Top 10 In UK

Margaret Thatcher’s death has inspired a Facebook group that aims to get “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” to number one in the UK singles chart. And it seems to be working. “Ding Dong,” which featured in 1939’s Wizard of Oz, is on course to reach number four, confirmed the Official Charts Company Thursday. That […]

11y ago

Is Margaret Thatcher’s “True Heir” Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal?

Is Margaret Thatcher’s “True Heir” Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal?

The New York Times‘s Paul Krugman wrote a column today arguing that the late Margaret Thatcher’s true heir is someone few people would guess — Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. “Her downfall came with the poll tax, a drastically regressive tax — the same amount for everyone, regardless of income — that was too much even […]

11y ago

Tony Blair Scolds Margaret Thatcher Haters For Gloating

Tony Blair Scolds Margaret Thatcher Haters For Gloating

Tony Blair believes that the street “celebrations” following Margaret Thatcher’s death are disrespectful and in poor taste. By extension, this likely includes many of the offensive and vile comments made about the late former UK prime minister on social media. Tony Blair, a member of the Labor Party, served as prime minister from 1997 through […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher Not Mourned By Everybody: Street Parties Celebrate Former PM’s Death

Margaret Thatcher Not Mourned By Everybody: Street Parties Celebrate Former PM’s Death

Margaret Thatcher has died, but not everybody has been hushed into a respectful silence. Proving well-known journalists such as Martin Bashir are not the only voices of dissent, hundreds of people spent Monday evening celebrating the Iron Lady’s passing in the streets of south London and Glasgow. The impromptu street parties, many of which were […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher’s Biggest Posthumous Critic: MSNBC’s Martin Bashir [Videos]

Margaret Thatcher’s Biggest Posthumous Critic: MSNBC’s Martin Bashir [Videos]

Though most of the controversial Margaret Thatcher’s strongest critics have opted for respect in light of news of her death, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir has doubled down on his criticism of the polarizing British politician. Thatcher was one of those folks people either loved hated. Reception of her political career was pretty firmly drawn along party […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher And Ronald Reagan Remembered As Political Soul Mates

Margaret Thatcher And Ronald Reagan Remembered As Political Soul Mates

With Margaret Thatcher dead, Ronald Reagan and the former British Prime Minister are being remembered as political soul mates. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Margaret Thatcher died from a stroke at age 87. Margaret Thatcher was the United Kingdom’s first female Prime Minister and the only woman to serve in that role so far. […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher Dies, Cher Fans Freak Out

Margaret Thatcher Dies, Cher Fans Freak Out

So Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister, has died at age 87 of a stroke, and some people are not really in the mood to squeeze out a few crocodile tears for Britain’s first and only female PM. Perhaps it’s too soon to say anything, but she lived a full life, and, at the […]

11y ago

Meryl Streep Reacts To Margaret Thatcher’s Death

Meryl Streep Reacts To Margaret Thatcher’s Death

Margaret Thatcher’s death has drawn as polarizing a reaction as her political career did, but one very high-profile champion of the former British politician is the acclaimed actress who won as Oscar for playing her. None other than Meryl Streep. Streep won the award for Best Actress at the 84th Academy Awards for playing Thatcher […]

11y ago

Margaret Thatcher’s Death Draws Vitriol, Praise For ‘Iron Lady’ [Reactions]

Margaret Thatcher’s Death Draws Vitriol, Praise For ‘Iron Lady’ [Reactions]

In death it seems Margaret Thatcher is as polarizing as she was in life, with remembrances and harsh criticism volleyed about after the first and only female British Prime Minister passes away of a stroke at the age of 87. Thatcher was in power from 1979 to 1990, and her 11 year reign reshaped British […]

11y ago

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