Downing Street Says (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The PMS was asked why broadcasters were banned from the unveiling of the portrait of Baroness Thatcher today in Number Ten, to which he replied they were not. However, he stated that it was a private event and that Number Ten decide in consultation with those people involved in any particular event how the event [...]
Downing Street Says (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Asked why the event was being described as private, the PMS said that it was private in the sense that we were not providing a media facility inside Number 10. It would be a very special occasion and the Prime Minister was looking forward to welcoming Baroness Thatcher to Number 10. Put that previously there had [...]
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Margaret Thatcher once reportedly said: "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure." As someone well over the age of 26, I find myself a failure several times a week. But perhaps I am not alone. The bus complaint form for Transport for London suggests the vehicles should now be reconsidered an upmarket form of transport. Besides the conventional...
My World Earth (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Baroness Thatcher poses on the steps of 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, before Mr Brown helped Lady Thatcher safely down the steps Lady Thatcher poses next to Richard Stone's portrait but said she couldn't decide if it was 'good or bad',but she said 'I like it' She might have preferred to be shaking the hand of a new Conservative prime...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives at Downing Street for a ceremony to mark the unveiling of her official portrait.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister.
Politics.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Margaret Thatcher is paying another visit to Gordon Brown in Downing Street today.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A smiling Baroness Thatcher today looked at her portrait that is to be put on display in Downing Street and declared: "I like it."
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A smiling Baroness Thatcher today looked at her portrait that is to be put on display in Downing Street and declared: "I like it."
Media Mumbles (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... skateboards upon them. You may disagree with someone politically but to wish them a violent death? Baroness Thatcher has been hospitalised in the past from falling down and to suggest the image of her falling down the stairs over a skateboard is in anyway funny or just reward to anyone is as deeply disturbing as it is shameful. Apparently this is funny though to Labour’s poster girl...
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A text message reading "Thatcher has died" set off a diplomatic flurry among members of Canada's parliament at a black tie dinner this week, local media reported on Thursday. Stephen Harper, Canada's conservative prime minister, was quickly informed that Baroness Thatcher, the 84-year-old former British Prime Minister, had passed away. The prime minister's office called...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A text message announcing the death of a minister's cat, named Thatcher after his political heroine, sparks an embarrassing diplomatic incident in Canada.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A text message announcing the death of a minister's cat, named Thatcher after his political heroine, sparks an embarrassing diplomatic incident in Canada.
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A text message, which stated, "Thatcher has died", is said to have sparked off a diplomatic flurry among members of Canada's parliament.
Political Wrinkles (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A reminder to name your pet after someone whose already dead...or Abe Vigoda, who, apparently made a pact with the devil to never die...:yes :crazy 'Thatcher' Death Causes Commotion Quote: British media were purring with satisfaction Friday over a kerfuffle in Canada over a cat. It all started Thursday night when Canada's transport minister, John Baird, sent a text message to a friend: "Thatcher...
