LONDON - Mrs Margaret Thatcher has not been in power since 1990. In fact, she's been dead since 2013.
Tough and outspoken, she led the Conservatives to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British premier in over 150 years., the former finance minister Rishi Sunak, has said his economic vision amounts to"common sense Thatcherism" after he clashed with other contenders by refusing immediate tax cuts.
"Thatcher remains a political heroine for much of the Conservative Party membership, many of whom are at an age where they vividly recall the Thatcher years and regard them as some of the greatest political years that we have ever encountered," said Mr Jonathan Tonge, politics professor at Liverpool University."You won't get elected if you criticise Thatcher.
While she made millions better off, her decision to close unprofitable industries led to lasting economic scarring across parts of Britain. Unemployment doubled by the mid-1980s to a level not seen since the Great Depression, and she remains a hated figure in parts of northern England to this day.
Mr Zahawi, a self-made millionaire who arrived in England as a child unable to speak English, outlined his dream of becoming a modern-day Mrs Thatcher. He even went as far to drag her into a policy conversation about obesity.
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