Margaret Thatcher's legacy
Margaret Thatcher transformed politics as the Britain's first female prime minister and her legacy will be debated for years to come.
YouGov/Sun Poll: Thatcher more popular than Churchill
Baroness Thatcher is Britain's most popular prime minister since the Second World War, eclipsing even Sir Winston Churchill, according to a YouGov/Sun poll.
The survey of 1,893 adults revealed:
- 28% of people named Thatcher as the best of the 13 prime ministers since 1945.
- Sir Winston was in second place with 24% of the vote, and Tony Blair in third with 10%.
- Nearly half of those polled (48%) felt she left Britain economically better off, 60% felt she left it more respected in the world.
- 51% believed she created more opportunities for women, 36% declared she left society more free, and 49% said she left a less equal society.
- 50% of people back her being given a full ceremonial funeral at St Paul's Cathedral next week - the rest disagree or simply do not know what to think.
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How will history judge Margaret Thatcher?
Historians Dr Roland Quinalt and Dr Eliza Filby give their views on how history will remember Thatcher less emotively than we do today.
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Thatcher and the decade of genuine revolution I saw
For better or worse Margaret Thatcher gave Alastair Stewart the most electric, stimulating and intellectually satisfying decade of his life.
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The two sides of Margaret Thatcher's legacy
When she was alive Baroness Thatcher was both loved and loathed - and in death, it seems, both the debate and the divide will endure.