It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of Germany but of all continental Europe.

If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht.

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.