Thatcher's greatness was unforeseen when she was used to get rid of Heath

Thatcher's greatness was unforeseen when she was used to get rid of Heath

Margaret Thatcher by Iain Dale Margaret Thatcher’s colleagues began by underestimating her. She was a woman in what was still a man’s world, which meant that voting for her was a satisfyingly conspicuous way to protest against the leadership of Edward Heath, with whom by 1975 Conservative backbenchers were fed up, for he had led them to defeat, and was abominably rude to them. Thatcher, by contrast, was eager to listen and to learn. But few if a…