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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead the song “chartjacked” by opponents of Margaret Thatcher fails to reach the number one spot.
Gary Gibbon
Could any Tory leader have delivered “Thatcherism”? Before the Iron Lady died Gary Gibbon asked Michael Heseltine about his views of the woman he served then tried to topple.
We’ve been raging against the machine since 2009, but is “chartjacking” really an act of political defiance? Channel 4 News takes a look at the hit parade.
As David Cameron and Angela Merkel meet for talks, the prime minister and German chancellor will be striving for warmer relations than their predecessors Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl.
As details of the guests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral emerge, the decision of the Queen to attend remains controversial, as does the scale of the ceremony.
Margaret Thatcher spawned a wave of protest songs. But then came 1984’s Do They Know It’s Christmas which gave miners’ benefit records an air of axe-grinding and pettiness, writes Bob Stanley.
Gary Gibbon
Sounding prime ministerial the Labour leader seems to find paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher less troublesome than her successor David Cameron.
Foreign Secretary William defends the cost of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral as it emerges that MPs attending today’s tributes to Britain’s first woman prime minister will be able to claim expenses.
Prime Minister David Cameron tells the Commons that his Conservative predecessor Margaret Thatcher was an “extraordinary leader and woman” who made Britain great again.
Did Margaret Thatcher’s government initiate a social revolution? Did poor people become poorer under her? And did government spending as a percentage of GDP decrease? We look at the numbers.
Gary Gibbon
The bitter divisions over Margaret Thatcher’s downfall live on. One Tory minister said it was all still too raw to talk about.
From snatching milk to destroying British industry, FactCheck busts some of the biggest myths of the Thatcher era.
Margaret Thatcher divided opinion like no other prime minister. Jackie Long speaks to Brian Thwaites, a Labour voter who became a lifelong Tory after seizing the chance to buy his own council home.
Baroness Thatcher is to be buried on Wednesday 17 April. The funeral will be attended by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and dignitaries from around the world.
As foreign leaders send tributes to Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday following a stroke, there are celebrations in Brixton and Glasgow by those who continue to oppose the “Iron Lady”.