The Scots don't like Thatcher....

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

If you argue that Thatcher killed manufacturing in Britain, you sort of forget that manufacturing were dying all over western Europe at the time. Sure Thatcher's policies might have sped up the process in the UK, but it still happened in most western countries at the time. And speeding it up might actually have been a rather good thing as the white-collar based economy of modern western Europe was created in Britain much faster than in say Sweden or France.

As for saying that Thatcher has no popularity ignores the fact that she won three elections, and her annointed successor one after her. It took Labour 18 years, and either adopting or accepting large parts of her policy to manage to actually get back in government. And considering most politicians popularity increases after they leave office, I doubt she is more unpopular today than she was back then. Not that I'm denying that large groups of people hate her with a dying passion, but most people outside of Southern Britain is probably quite an exageration.