The ThunderDragon: The Bronze Lady

19 February 2007

The Bronze Lady

From Wednesday, Margaret Thatcher will again be watching over the Commons, only this time not in the form of the Iron Lady, but the Bronze Lady - a seven-foot bronze statue, in "debating" pose. It does, however, lack the famous handbag. The statue will be situated opposite another great Prime Minister of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill.

That she should be honoured in this way is undeniable. Whether you like her or loathe her, Margaret Thatcher's influence on British politics was, and still remains, huge. After all, even Tony Banks believed that there had to be a statue of the Iron Lady: "History demands it".

Margaret Thatcher will become the first living Prime Minister to have a statue in the Palace of Westminster, though had not the first marble statue [pictured] commissioned been decapitated it would have probably been far sooner.

Sources: The Telegraph, Daily Mail, BBC

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